Strong's H68 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: אֶבֶן (ʼeben)

Pronunciation: eh'-ben

Morphology: n-f

Derivation: from the root of בָּנָה (bânâh) [H1129] through the meaning to build;

Definition: a stone

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

Senses

1. stone (large or small)
1. common stone (in natural state)
2. stone, as material
3. of tablets
4. marble, hewn stones
5. precious stones, stones of fire
6. stones containing metal (ore), tool for work or weapon
7. weight
8. plummet (stones of destruction) also made of metal
9. stonelike objects, eg hailstones, stony heart, ice
10. sacred object, as memorial Samuel set up to mark where God helped Israel to defeat the Philistines
11. (simile)
12. sinking in water, motionlessness
13. strength, firmness, solidity
14. commonness
15. (metaph)
16. petrified with terror
17. perverse, hard heart

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.