e.ven H68

אֶ֫בֶן (e.ven) means “stone” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

אֶ֫בֶן Hebrew · H68 273 tagged occurrences in 239 verses

Pronunciation guide: eh'-ben Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H0068G

אֶ֫בֶן · e.ven · stone

: stone 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) (metaph) 1j1) petrified with terror 1j2) perverse, hard heart

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TBESH · H0068H

אֶ֫בֶן · e.ven · stone: weight

: weight 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) (metaph) 1j1) petrified with terror 1j2) perverse, hard heart

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TBESH · H0068I

אֶ֫בֶן · e.ven · (Zoheleth) Stone

The sacred object, a memorial Samuel set up to mark where God helped Israel to defeat the Philistines Combined with en ro.gel (זֹחֶ֫לֶת "Zoheleth" H2120) This name means stone (large or small), stone, as material

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from the root of H1129 (בָּנָה) through the meaning to build; a stone

KJV glosses: [phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).

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How translators render H68

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
stones	62
stone	31
a stone	16
and stone	10
the stones	10
the stone	9
of stone	8
of stones	4
weights	4
and gemstones	3
as stones	3
him	3
vvv	3
and onyx stones	2
and the stone	2
gemstones	2
hailstones	2
of gemstones	2
of rocks	2
rock	2
to the stone	2
with stones	2
your stones	2
a cornerstone	1
a heavy stone	1
a rock	1
a rocky	1
against a stone	1
and a plumb line	1
and a stone	1
and cut them	1
and hail	1
and hailstones	1
and slabs	1
and slingstones	1
and some	1
and stones	1
and to a stone	1
and with the stones	1
another	1
as a stone	1
as stone	1
as well as onyx	1
by	1
cover	1
differing	1
for ore	1
from ore	1
her stones	1
i will send hailstones	1
instead of stone	1
its rocks	1
jewels	1
joshua and caleb	1
like a stone	1
like jewels	1
of dressed stone	1
one of the stones	1
one stone	1
precious stones	1
slingstones	1
some stones	1
standard	1
stones together	1
the capstone	1
the contaminated ones	1
the gems	1
the plumb line	1
the rock	1
the way a gem	1
the weights	1
them	1
these stones	1
to sling stones	1
turquoise	1
two differing weights	1
unequal weights	1
weight	1
whose rocks	1
with a stone	1
with its stones	1
with slingstones	1
with stones in place	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
stones	62
stone	27
of stone	19
a stone	12
of stones	12
him with stones	11
the stones	10
the stone	9
and stone	7
them with stones	6
and stones	5
and the stones	4
as a stone	3
as stones	3
away the stones	3
divers weights	3
of the stones	3
these stones	3
weight	3
and great hailstones	2
in stone	2
the stony	2
thy stones	2
to the stone	2
weights	2
against a stone	1
all the stones	1
all the weights	1
also and stone	1
and for stones	1
and hailstones	1
and masons	1
and these stones	1
and this stone	1
and to a stone	1
and with a stone	1
and with the stones	1
behold this stone	1
but for a stone	1
by the stone	1
for a foundation a stone	1
for behold the stone	1
for stone	1
for the stone	1
her with stones	1
his stone	1
in her stones	1
nor a stone	1
o great hailstones	1
of carbuncles	1
of land with stones	1
of thee a stone	1
of those stones	1
of you a stone	1
or with any stone	1
slingstones	1
that the stone	1
the headstone	1
the plummet	1
the weight	1
thee with stones	1
their stone	1
thence a stone	1
there upon the stones	1
there was no stone	1
thereof and the stone	1
thereof and the stones	1
they the stones	1
to the stones	1
upon a stone	1
upon the stones	1
whose stones	1
with a stone	1
with hailstones	1
with stones	1
with the stones	1
ye by these stones	1

Verses containing H68

Page 5 of 5. 239 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

Jeremiah 2:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Yet in the time of trouble, they say, ‘Rise up and save us!’
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Jeremiah 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.
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Jeremiah 43:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“In the sight of the Jews, pick up some large stones and bury them in the clay of the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace at Tahpanhes.
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Jeremiah 43:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these stones that I have embedded, and he will spread his royal pavilion over them.
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Jeremiah 51:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences
No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone, because you will become desolate forever,” declares the LORD.
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Jeremiah 51:63 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and cast it into the Euphrates.
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Lamentations 3:53 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.
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Lamentations 4:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.
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Ezekiel 1:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Above the expanse over their heads was the likeness of a throne with the appearance of sapphire, and on the throne high above was a figure like that of a man.
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Ezekiel 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I looked and saw above the expanse, above the heads of the cherubim, the likeness of a throne of sapphire.
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Ezekiel 10:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I looked and saw four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub. And the wheels gleamed like a beryl stone.
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Ezekiel 11:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them; I will remove their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh,
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Ezekiel 13:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth.
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Ezekiel 13:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury.
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Ezekiel 16:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They will bring a mob against you, who will stone you and cut you to pieces with their swords.
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Ezekiel 20:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When you say, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the peoples of the lands, serving wood and stone,’ what you have in mind will never come to pass.
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Ezekiel 23:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses.
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Ezekiel 26:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water.
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Ezekiel 27:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; for your wares they exchanged gold, the finest of all spices, and precious stones.
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Ezekiel 28:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.
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Ezekiel 28:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for I had ordained you. You were on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the fiery stones.
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Ezekiel 28:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.
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Ezekiel 36:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
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Ezekiel 38:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.
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Ezekiel 40:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There were also four tables of dressed stone for the burnt offering, each a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit high. On these were placed the utensils used to slaughter the burnt offerings and the other sacrifices.
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Daniel 11:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And in their place, he will honor a god of fortresses—a god his fathers did not know—with gold, silver, precious stones, and riches.
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Micah 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble in the open field, a planting area for a vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley and expose her foundations.
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Micah 6:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?
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Habakkuk 2:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.
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Habakkuk 2:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”
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Haggai 2:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now consider carefully from this day forward: Before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD,
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Zechariah 3:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
See the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave on it an inscription, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.
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Zechariah 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. Then he will bring forth the capstone accompanied by shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”
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Zechariah 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.”
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Zechariah 5:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”
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Zechariah 5:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“This is Wickedness,” he said. And he shoved her down into the basket, pushing down the lead cover over its opening.
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Zechariah 9:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD of Hosts will shield them. They will destroy and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and roar as with wine. And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls, drenched like the corners of the altar.
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Zechariah 9:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On that day the LORD their God will save them as the flock of His people; for like jewels in a crown they will sparkle over His land.
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Zechariah 12:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On that day, when all the nations of the earth gather against her, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who would heave it away will be severely injured.
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