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ʾeven אֶ֫בֶן ‘stone’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from the root of bānā בָּנָה ‘to build’ through the idea of building
Roots: בנה

ʾeven n, f
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

Mentioned in Genesis 49:24, 2:12, 11:3, 28:11, 28:18, 28:22, 29:2, 29:3, 29:8, 29:10, 31:45, 31:46, 35:14 Exodus 7:19, 15:5, 15:16, 17:12, 20:25, 21:18, 24:12, 25:7, 28:9, 28:10, 28:11, 28:12, 28:17, 28:21, 31:5, 31:18, 34:1, 34:4, 35:9, 35:27, 35:33, 39:6, 39:7, 39:10, 39:14 Codex Leviticus 14:40, 14:42, 14:43, 14:45, 19:36, 20:2, 20:27, 24:23, 26:1 Numbers 14:10, 15:35, 15:36, 35:17, 35:23 Deuteronomy 22:21, 28:36, 28:64, 4:13, 4:28, 5:22, 8:9, 9:9, 9:10, 9:11, 10:1, 10:3, 13:11, 17:5, 21:21, 22:24, 25:13, 25:15, 27:2, 27:4, 27:5, 27:6, 27:8, 29:16 Joshua 4:21, 4:3, 4:5, 4:6, 4:7, 4:8, 4:9, 4:20, 7:25, 7:26, 8:29, 8:31, 8:32, 10:11, 10:18, 10:27, 15:6, 18:17, 24:26, 24:27 Judges 9:5, 9:18, 20:16 1 Samuel 6:14, 6:15, 7:12, 14:33, 17:40, 17:49, 17:50, 20:19, 25:37 2 Samuel 18:17, 5:11, 12:30, 14:26, 16:6, 16:13, 20:8 1 Kings 1:9, 5:31, 5:32, 6:7, 6:18, 7:9, 7:10, 7:11, 8:9, 10:2, 10:10, 10:11, 10:27, 12:18, 15:22, 18:31, 18:32, 18:38, 21:13 2 Kings 19:18, 3:19, 3:25, 12:13, 16:17, 22:6 Isaiah 37:19, 8:14, 14:19, 27:9, 28:16, 30:30, 34:11, 54:11, 54:12, 60:17, 62:10 Jeremiah 2:27, 3:9, 43:9, 43:10, 51:26, 51:63 Ezekiel 28:16, 1:26, 10:1, 10:9, 11:19, 13:11, 13:13, 16:40, 20:32, 23:47, 26:12, 27:22, 28:13, 28:14, 36:26, 38:22, 40:42 Micah 1:6, 6:11 Habakkuk 2:11, 2:19 Haggai 2:15 Zechariah 3:9, 4:7, 4:10, 5:4, 5:8, 9:15, 9:16, 12:3 Psalms 91:12, 102:15, 118:22 Proverbs 11:1, 16:11, 17:8, 20:10, 20:23, 24:31, 26:8, 26:27, 27:3 Job 14:19, 5:23, 6:12, 8:17, 28:2, 28:3, 28:6, 38:6, 38:30, 41:16, 41:20 Lamentations 3:53, 4:1 Ecclesiastes 3:5, 10:9 Daniel 11:38 Nehemiah 3:34, 3:35, 9:11 1 Chronicles 12:2, 20:2, 22:2, 22:14, 22:15, 29:2, 29:8 2 Chronicles 2:13, 1:15, 3:6, 9:1, 9:9, 9:10, 9:27, 10:18, 16:6, 24:21, 26:14, 26:15, 32:27, 34:11

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