אֶבֶןʼeben

Meanings

Same root

• בָּנָהbânâh · H1129to build (literally and figuratively)
• אֶבֶןʼeben · H69{a stone}
• אֹבֶןʼôben · H70a pair of stones (only dual); a potter's wheel or a midwife's stool (consisting alike of two horizontal disks with a support between)
• אֲבָנָהʼĂbânâh · H71Abanah, a river near Damascus
• אֶבֶן הָעֵזֶרʼEben hâ-ʻÊzer · H72Eben-ha-Ezer, a place in Palestine

Where it appears

Appears 273 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 2:12 The gold of that land is exceptionally pure; aromatic resin and onyx stone are also found there.
• Genesis 11:3 They began saying to each other, “Let’s make bricks and harden them with fire.” (In this region bricks were used instead of stone, and tar was used for mortar.)
• Genesis 28:11 At sundown he arrived at a good place to set up camp and stopped there for the night. Jacob found a stone to rest his head against and lay down to sleep.
• Genesis 28:18 The next morning Jacob got up very early. He took the stone he had rested his head against, and he set it upright as a memorial pillar. Then he poured olive oil over it.
• Genesis 28:22 And this memorial pillar I have set up will become a place for worshiping God, and I will present to God a tenth of everything he gives me.”
• Genesis 29:2 He saw a well in the distance. Three flocks of sheep and goats lay in an open field beside it, waiting to be watered. But a heavy stone covered the mouth of the well.