Strong's #68: 'eben (pronounced eh'-ben)
from the root of 1129 through the meaning to build; a stone:--+ carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
'eben
1) stone (large or small)
1a) common stone (in natural state)
1b) stone, as material
1b1) of tablets
1b2) marble, hewn stones
1c) precious stones, stones of fire
1d) stones containing metal (ore), tool for work or weapon
1e) weight
1f) plummet (stones of destruction) also made of metal
1g) stonelike objects, eg hailstones, stony heart, ice
1h) sacred object, as memorial Samuel set up to mark where God helped Israel to defeat the Philistines
1i) (simile)
1i1) sinking in water, motionlessness
1i2) strength, firmness, solidity
1i3) commonness
1j) (metaphorically)
1j1) petrified with terror
1j2) perverse, hard heart
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Relation: from the root of H1129 through the meaning to build
Usage:
This word is used 272 times:
Joshua 8:31: "of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lifted up"
Joshua 8:32: "And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law"
Joshua 10:11: "to Beth-horon, that the LORD great stones from heaven upon"
Joshua 10:11: "and they died: they were more which died with hailstones with hailstones than they whom"
Joshua 10:18: "said, Roll great stones upon the mouth and set"
Joshua 10:27: "the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in"
Joshua 15:6: "by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:"
Joshua 18:17: "is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,"
Joshua 24:26: "and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak,"
Joshua 24:27: "the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it"
Judges 9:5: "persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal"
Judges 9:18: "persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant,"
Judges 20:16: "men every one could sling stones"
1 Samuel 6:14: "where there was a great stone: and they cleaved the wood of the cart,"
1 Samuel 6:15: "were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings"
1 Samuel 7:12: "Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh"
1 Samuel 14:33: "Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day."
1 Samuel 17:40: "and chose him five smooth stones the brook, and put them in a shepherd's"
1 Samuel 17:49: "his bag, and took a stone, and slung it, and smote"
1 Samuel 17:49: "the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell"
1 Samuel 17:50: "over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew"
1 Samuel 20:19: "when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel."
1 Samuel 25:37: "died within him, and he became as a stone."
2 Samuel 12:30: "the weight of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David's"
2 Samuel 14:26: "the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight."
2 Samuel 16:6: "And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king"
2 Samuel 16:13: "him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust."
2 Samuel 18:17: "a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled"
2 Samuel 20:8: "When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa"
1 Kings 1:9: "and oxen and fat cattle by the stone which is by En-rogel,"
1 Kings 5:17: "commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, stones,"
1 Kings 5:17: "great stones, costly stones, stones, to lay the foundation of the house."
1 Kings 5:17: "costly stones, stones, to lay the foundation of the house."
1 Kings 5:18: "them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared and stones to build the house."
1 Kings 6:7: "And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither"
1 Kings 6:18: "all was cedar; there was no stone seen."
1 Kings 7:9: "All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed"
1 Kings 7:10: "And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten"
1 Kings 7:10: "was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten and stones"
1 Kings 7:10: "stones, even great stones, stones of ten and stones of eight"
1 Kings 7:10: "stones of ten and stones of eight cubits."
1 Kings 7:11: "And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars."
1 Kings 8:9: "save the two tables of stone, which put there"
1 Kings 10:2: "much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed"
1 Kings 10:10: "great store, and precious stones: there came no more such"
1 Kings 10:11: "great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones."
1 Kings 10:27: "silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars he to be as the sycamore trees that"
1 Kings 12:18: "and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed"
1 Kings 15:22: "and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha"
1 Kings 18:31: "And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons"
