אֶ֫בֶן₂₇₄ noun feminine^{Genesis 29:2} (masculine^{1Samuel 17:40} ?) stone (Assyrian abnu, = the sharp, projecting ? see Dl^{W, Pr 107}; Phoenician אבן; Aramaic אֶבֶן, ; Ethiopic Sabean [ ם]אבנ DHM^{ZMG 1883, 341}) — ׳א absolute Genesis 28:22 +; אָ֑בֶן Genesis 11:3 +; construct Genesis 49:24 +; suffix אַבְנוֺ 2 Kings 3:25; אֲבָנִים Genesis 31:46 +, etc.; — a stone (large or small).

1 in natural state, used as pillow Genesis 28:11,18 (E); seat Exodus 17:12 (E); cover of well Genesis 29:2,3(twice in verse); Genesis 29:8,10 (J); causing one to stumble Isaiah 8:14; marring good ground 2 Kings 3:19,25; hand-missle Exodus 21:18 (JE) Numbers 35:17,23 (P) 2 Samuel 16:6,13, especially in judicial stoning, with verb רָגַם Leviticus 20:2,27; Leviticus 24:23; Numbers 14:10; Numbers 15:35,36; Joshua 7:25 a (all P), so also Deuteronomy 21:21; 2Chronicles 24:21; Ezekiel 16:40; Ezekiel 23:47; compare 1 Kings 12:18 2Chronicles 10:18; with verb סָקַל Deuteronomy 13:11; Deuteronomy 17:5; Deuteronomy 22:21,24; 1 Kings 21:13; also Joshua 7:25b (J E or D); sling-stones Judges 20:16; 1 Samuel 17:40,49 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 17:50; 2Chronicles 26:14; hurled by engines 2 Chronicles 26:15; set up for inscribing law Deuteronomy 27:2,4,8; Joshua 8:32 (all D); as memorial Joshua 4:3,5,6,7,8,9,20,21 (J E D) 1 Samuel 7:12; as sacred pillar (מַצֵּבָה) Genesis 28:18; Genesis 35:14 (anointed with oil), Genesis 28:22 (= בֵּיתאֵל) compare ׳(רֹעֶה) א יִשְׂרָאֵל Genesis 49:24 (see Di); as witness Genesis 31:45 compare Joshua 24:26,27 (all J E); plural gathered into heap (גַּל) over dead, Joshua 7:26 (see Di) Joshua 8:29; compare Joshua 10:18,27 (JE) 2 Samuel 18:17; גַּל on which meal was eaten, in a compact Genesis 31:46 (twice in verse) (JE); built into altar Exodus 20:25; Deuteronomy 27:5,6 (J E D) Joshua 8:31; 1 Kings 18:31,32,38; compare 2 Kings 23:15 ᵐ5 Klo (for הבמה); of figured stone (forbidden) מַשְׂכִּית ׳א Leviticus 26:1 (H) ;גדולה ׳א where ark rested 1 Samuel 6:14,15 also 1 Samuel 6:18 (ᵑ0 אבל q. v.); (see for other note-worthy stones 9 below

2 stone, as material, of tablets Exodus 24:12; Exodus 31:18; Exodus 34:1 (plural) Exodus 34:4; Exodus 34:4 (JE) Deuteronomy 4:13; Deuteronomy 5:19; Deuteronomy 9:9,10,11; Deuteronomy 10:1,3; of vessels, hence probably Exodus 7:19 (P; ׳א = vessels of stone "" עצים) see Di; idols ("" עץ) Deuteronomy 4:28; Deuteronomy 28:36,64; Deuteronomy 29:16; 2 Kings 19:18 = Isaiah 37:19; also Jeremiah 3:9; Ezekiel 20:32; pavement 2 Kings 16:17; edifice 1 Kings 6:7 compare Genesis 11:3; also 2 Samuel 5:11; 2 Kings 12:13; 1 Chronicles 22:15; often plural of (worked) stones Leviticus 14:40,42 (twice in verse); Leviticus 14:43,45 (P; in wall of house) 2 Kings 22:6 +, compare of city-wall Nehemiah 3:35; of (ruined) city 1 Kings 15:22; Nehemiah 3:34; tomb Isaiah 14:19; אֲבָנִים יְקָרוֺת (costly building-stones) 1 Kings 5:31; 1 Kings 7:9,10,11 (see also below

3); אַבְנֵיֿ שַׁיִשׁ = marble (see ᵐ5) 1 Chronicles 29:2; אַבְנֵי גָזִית = hewn stones 1 Kings 5:31; 1 Chronicles 22:2; Ezekiel 40:42 (for altar-tables), — compare גָּזִית; מַחְצֵב ׳א 2 Kings 12:13; 2 Kings 22:6; 2Chronicles 34:11; foundation-stone, corner-stone Isaiah 28:16; Jeremiah 51:26; Job 38:6; Psalm 118:22; cap-stone, completing the building, הָרִאשֹׁנָה ׳הָא Zechariah 4:7 (but see רֹאשׁ מִּנָּה Psalm 118:22 as above), Zechariah 3:9 upon one stone seven eyes, probably refers to this cap- or head-stone; the eyes are symbol of God's watchfulness; perhaps explaining cup-stones found in Orient, see Guthe^{ZPV 1890, 129}; stone-cutters ׳חָרָשֵׁי א 2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Chronicles 22:15; ׳חֹצְבֵי הָא 2 Kings 12:13 compare 1 Chronicles 22:2. 3 precious stones, Generally with modifying word יְקָרָה ׳א collective 2 Samuel 12:30; 1 Kings 10:2 + often (see 2); הַשֹּׁהַם ׳א Genesis 2:12 (J) compare Exodus 25:7; Exodus 28:9; Exodus 35:9,27; Exodus 39:6 (P) 1 Chronicles 29:2; מִלֻּאִים ׳א Exodus 25:7; Exodus 35:9,27 compare 1 Chronicles 29:2; סַמִּיר ׳א Ezekiel 1:26; Ezekiel 10:1; אַבְנֵי אֶקְדָּח Isaiah 54:12; חֵפֶץ ׳א ib.; אַבְנֵי פוּח וְרִקְמָה 1 Chronicles 29:2; חֵן ׳א Proverbs 17:8; on אַבְנֵי אֵשׁ (stones of fire) Ezekiel 28:14,16 as precious stones = Assyrian aban išâti (?) see Dl^{Pa 118 & W 40}; but Sm and others thunderbolts; also without distinctive modifier Exodus 25:7; Exodus 35:9; ׳חָרַשׁ א engraver in stone Exodus 28:11; compare Exodus 31:5; Exodus 35:33 (P).

4 stones containing metal, = ore, Deuteronomy 8:9 (see Di) Job 28:2 compare Job 28:3.

5 a weight, originally stone (see Proverbs 27:3 compare English weight stone = 14 lb) אַבְנֵיכִֿיס Proverbs 16:11 (compare Assyrian Dl^{W 38}); הַמֶּלֶח ׳א 2 Samuel 14:26 (i.e. accusative to royal standard; compare COT^{Genesis 23:16}); ׳וָא ׳א Deuteronomy 25:13; Proverbs 20:10,23 (i.e. different weights, for dishonest use); כִּיס אַבְנֵי מִרְמָה Micah 6:11; just weights אַבְנֵיצֶֿדֶק Leviticus 19:36; שְׁלֵמָה ׳א Proverbs 11:1; hence also heavy mass of metal (lead) Zechariah 5:8.

6 plummet Isaiah 34:11 (stones of devastation, or emptiness, compare on sense 2 Kings 21:13; Amos 7:7,8); also made of metal הַבְּדִּיל ׳הא Zechariah 4:10 (conversely plummet from plumbum).

7 objects like stones; particle hail, explicitly, אַבְנֵי הַבָּרָד Joshua 10:11 compare Isaiah 30:30; אֶלְגָּבִישׁ ׳א Ezekiel 13:11,18; Ezekiel 38:22; but also אֲבָנִים גְּדֹלוֺת Joshua 10:11 (E) (compare Assyrian Dl^{W 38}); lime-stones אַבְנֵיגִֿר Isaiah 27:9.

8 in simile (mostly poetry) of sinking in water Exodus 15:5 = Nehemiah 9:11; motionlessness Exodus 15:16; strength Job 6:12; firmness Job 41:16; solidity (of ice) Job 38:30; in prose, of commonness 1 Kings 10:27; 2Chronicles 1:15; also metaphor of one in fear 1 Samuel 25:37 (i.e. 653petrified with terror, compare Exodus 15:16 above); ׳לֵב הָא = perverse, hard heart Ezekiel 11:19; Ezekiel 36:26; אַבְנֵינֵֿזֶר Zechariah 9:16 (of ransomed Israel) — ׳א personified Habakkuk 2:11 compare Habakkuk 2:19; compare Ezekiel 13:11 (see 7 above)

9 In topographic terms (nearly = proper name); אֶבֶן בֹּהַן Joshua 15:6; Joshua 18:17; הָעֶזֶר ׳א 1 Samuel 5:1; compare 1 Samuel 7:12, also 1 Samuel 4:1 (We Dr); ׳הָא הָאָ֑זֶל 1 Samuel 20:19, read הָאַרְגָּב הַלָּאז see ᵐ5 here & 1 Samuel 20:41 (We Dr Klo); הַזֹּחֶלֶת ׳א 1 Kings 1:9 (where We^{Skizzen III, 171} compare Arabic Zuhal = Saturn).

אַרְגָּב noun masculine heap, mound (probably); — so read 1 Samuel 20:19 (for אבן), 1 Samuel 20:41 (for ננב), ᵐ5 (αρ σαβ, ερσαβ), Th We Klo Dr Kit Bu HPS.

אֶ֫בֶן noun feminine^{Daniel 2:34} stone (Biblical Hebrew id.); — absolute׳א Daniel 2:34 +; emphatic אַבְנָא Daniel 2:35; —

1 a (the) stone Daniel 2:34,35,45; Daniel 6:18.

2 stone, material of idols Daniel 5:4,23; of buildings Ezra 5:8; Ezra 6:4.



to build, a stone, diverse weights

From the root of banah through the meaning to build; a stone -- + carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).

see HEBREW banah

ū·lə·’aḇ·nê — 1 Occ.
ū·lə·’e·ḇen — 2 Occ.
ū·ḇā·’ă·ḇā·nîm — 2 Occ.
ū·ḇā·’e·ḇen — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇə·’e·ḇen — 1 Occ.
wa·’ă·ḇā·na·yiḵ — 1 Occ.
ḇā·’ă·ḇā·nîm — 5 Occ.
ḇā·’ā·ḇen — 6 Occ.
wā·’e·ḇen — 5 Occ.
wə·’aḇ·nê — 10 Occ.
wə·hā·’ă·ḇā·nîm — 3 Occ.
wə·hā·’e·ḇen — 2 Occ.
wə·lā·’e·ḇen — 1 Occ.
’e·ḇen — 5 Occ.
wə·’aḇ·nā — 3 Occ.
hā·’ā·ḇə·nā·yim — 2 Occ.
’ă·mā·nāh — 1 Occ.
hā·‘ā·zer — 1 Occ.
hā·‘ê·zer — 2 Occ.
’aḇ·nêṭ — 2 Occ.