Usually translated as
stone, weights, weight, stony, plummet, headstone, carbuncle, mason, chalkstone, hailstone, slingstone
Occurrences
ʼeben occurs 272 times in 238 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (13), Exodus (25), Leviticus (9), Numbers (5), Deuteronomy (24), Joshua (20), Judges (3), 1 Samuel (9), 2 Samuel (6), 1 Kings (19), 2 Kings (6), 1 Chronicles (7), 2 Chronicles (14), Nehemiah (3), Job (11), Psalms (3), Proverbs (9), Ecclesiastes (2), Isaiah (11), Jeremiah (6), Lamentations (2), Ezekiel (17), Daniel (1), Micah (2), Habakkuk (2), Haggai (1), Zechariah (8)
- Genesis 2:12 — And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone (וְאֶ֥בֶן).
- Genesis 11:3 — And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone (לְאָ֔בֶן), and slime had they for morter.
- Genesis 28:11 — And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones (מֵאַבְנֵ֣י) of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
- Genesis 28:18 — And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone (הָאֶ֙בֶן֙) that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
- Genesis 28:22 — And this stone (וְהָאֶ֣בֶן), which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
- Genesis 29:2 — And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone (וְהָאֶ֥בֶן) was upon the well’s mouth.
- Genesis 29:3 — And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone (הָאֶ֙בֶן֙) from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well’s mouth in his place.
- Genesis 29:3 — And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone (הָאֶ֛בֶן) again upon the well’s mouth in his place.
- Genesis 29:8 — And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone (הָאֶ֔בֶן) from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.
- Genesis 29:10 — And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone (הָאֶ֙בֶן֙) from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.
- Genesis 31:45 — And Jacob took a stone (אָ֑בֶן), and set it up for a pillar.
- Genesis 31:46 — And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones (אֲבָנִ֔ים); and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
- Genesis 31:46 — And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones (אֲבָנִ֖ים), and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
- Genesis 35:14 — And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone (אָ֑בֶן): and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
- Genesis 49:24 — But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone (אֶ֥בֶן) of Israel:)
- Exodus 7:19 — And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone (וּבָאֲבָנִֽים).
- Exodus 15:5 — The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone (אָֽבֶן).
- Exodus 15:16 — Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone (כָּאָ֑בֶן); till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
- Exodus 17:12 — But Moses’ hands were heavy; and they took a stone (אֶ֛בֶן), and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
- Exodus 20:25 — And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone (אֲבָנִים֙), thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
- Exodus 21:18 — And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone (בְּאֶ֖בֶן), or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
- Exodus 24:12 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone (הָאֶ֗בֶן), and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
- Exodus 25:7 — Onyx stones (אַבְנֵי), and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
- Exodus 25:7 — Onyx stones, and stones (וְאַבְנֵ֖י) to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
- Exodus 28:9 — And thou shalt take two onyx stones (אַבְנֵי), and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:
- Exodus 28:10 — Six of their names on one stone (הָאֶ֣בֶן), and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.
- Exodus 28:10 — Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone (הָאֶ֥בֶן), according to their birth.
- Exodus 28:11 — With the work of an engraver in stone (אֶבֶן֒), like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
- Exodus 28:11 — With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones (הָאֲבָנִ֔ים) with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
- Exodus 28:12 — And thou shalt put the two stones (הָאֲבָנִ֗ים) upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.
- Exodus 28:12 — And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones (אַבְנֵ֥י) of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial.
- Exodus 28:17 — And thou shalt set in it settings of stones (אֶ֔בֶן), even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.
- Exodus 28:17 — And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones (אָ֑בֶן): the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row.
- Exodus 28:21 — And the stones (וְ֠הָאֲבָנִים) shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.
- Exodus 31:5 — And in cutting of stones (אֶ֛בֶן), to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.
- Exodus 31:18 — And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone (אֶ֔בֶן), written with the finger of God.
- Exodus 34:1 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone (אֲבָנִ֖ים) like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.
- Exodus 34:4 — And he hewed two tables of stone (אֲבָנִ֜ים) like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.
- Exodus 34:4 — And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone (אֲבָנִֽים).
- Exodus 35:9 — And onyx stones (וְאַ֨בְנֵי), and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
- Exodus 35:9 — And onyx stones, and stones (וְאַבְנֵ֖י) to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate.
- Exodus 35:27 — And the rulers brought onyx stones (אַבְנֵ֣י), and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;
- Exodus 35:27 — And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones (אַבְנֵ֣י) to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate;
- Exodus 35:33 — And in the cutting of stones (אֶ֛בֶן), to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work.
- Exodus 39:6 — And they wrought onyx stones (אַבְנֵ֣י) inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.
- Exodus 39:7 — And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones (אַבְנֵ֥י) for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Exodus 39:10 — And they set in it four rows of stones (אָ֑בֶן): the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.
- Exodus 39:14 — And the stones (וְ֠הָאֲבָנִים) were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.
- Leviticus 14:40 — Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones (הָ֣אֲבָנִ֔ים) in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city:
- Leviticus 14:42 — And they shall take other stones (אֲבָנִ֣ים), and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the house.