אבן
ahban
feminine noun
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From the root of בנה (H1129) through the meaning to build
from the root of H1129 through the meaning to build; a stone:— carbuncle, mason, plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
Outline
- stone (large or small)
- common stone (in natural state)
- stone, as material
- of tablets
- marble, hewn stones
- precious stones, stones of fire
- stones containing metal (ore), tool for work or weapon
- weight
- plummet (stones of destruction) also made of metal
- stonelike objects, eg hailstones, stony heart, ice
- sacred object, as memorial Samuel set up to mark where God helped Israel to defeat the Philistines
- (simile)
- sinking in water, motionlessness
- strength, firmness, solidity
- commonness
- (metaph)
- petrified with terror
- perverse, hard heart