H68

אבן

אבן
ahban

Feminine noun · 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

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

Usages (5/5)

Zechariah 4:7

Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.

Breakdown

O great mountain Esau's system. thou shalt become a plain Represents destruction.

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