אֶ֫בֶן 274 noun feminineGenesis 29:2 (
masculine1 Samuel 17:40 ?) stone (Assyrian 
abnu, = the sharp, projecting ? see Dl
W, Pr 107; Phoenician 
אבן; Aramaic 
H69 אֶבֶן, 
axnbAf; Ethiopic 
እብን፡ Sabean [
ם]
אבנ DHM
ZMG 1883, 341) — 
א׳ absolute 
Genesis 28:22 +; 
אָ֑בֶן Genesis 11:3 +; construct 
Genesis 49:24 +; suffix 
אַבְנוֺ 2 Kings 3:25; 
אֲבָנִים Genesis 31:46 +, etc.; — a 
stone (large or small). 
    1. in natural state, used as pillow 
Genesis 28:11, 
18 (E); seat 
Exodus 17:12 (E); cover of well 
Genesis 29:2, 
3 (twice in verse); 
Genesis 29:8, 
10 (J); causing one to stumble 
Isaiah 8:14; marring good ground 
2 Kings 3:19, 
25; hand-missle 
Exodus 21:18 (JE) 
Numbers 35:17, 
23 (P) 
2 Samuel 16:6, 
13, especially in judicial stoning, with verb 
רָגַם Leviticus 20:2, 
27; 
Leviticus 24:23; 
Numbers 14:10; 
Numbers 15:35, 
36; 
Joshua 7:25a (all P), so also 
Deuteronomy 21:21; 
2 Chronicles 24:21; 
Ezekiel 16:40; 
Ezekiel 23:47; compare 
1 Kings 12:18 2 Chronicles 10:18; with verb 
סָקַל Deuteronomy 13:11; 
Deuteronomy 17:5; 
Deuteronomy 22:21, 
24; 
1 Kings 21:13; also 
Joshua 7:25b (J E or D); sling-stones 
Judges 20:16; 
1 Samuel 17:40, 
49 (twice in verse); 
1 Samuel 17:50; 
2 Chronicles 26:14; hurled by engines 
2 Chronicles 26:15; set up for inscribing law 
Deuteronomy 27:2, 
4, 
8; 
Joshua 8:32 (all D); as memorial 
Joshua 4:3, 
5, 
6, 
7, 
8, 
9, 
20, 
21 (J E D) 
1 Samuel 7:12; as sacred pillar (
מַצֵּבָה) 
Genesis 28:18; 
Genesis 35:14 (anointed with oil), 
Genesis 28:22 (= 
בֵּיתאֵל) compare 
(רֹעֶה) א׳ יִשְׂרָאֵל Genesis 49:24 (see Di); as witness 
Genesis 31:45 compare 
Joshua 24:26, 
27 (all J E); plural gathered into heap (
גַּל) over dead, 
Joshua 7:26 (see Di) 
Joshua 8:29; compare 
Joshua 10:18, 
27 (JE) 
2 Samuel 18:17; 
גַּל on which meal was eaten, in a compact 
Genesis 31:46 (twice in verse) (JE); built into altar 
Exodus 20:25; 
Deuteronomy 27:5, 
6 (J E D) 
Joshua 8:31; 
1 Kings 18:31, 
32, 
38; compare 
2 Kings 23:15 
 Klo (for 
הבמה); of figured stone (forbidden) 
מַשְׂכִּית א׳ Leviticus 26:1 (H);
גדולה א׳ where ark rested 
1 Samuel 6:14, 
15 also 
1 Samuel 6:18 (MT 
אבל which see); (see for other note-worthy stones 
9 below.
 
    2. stone, as material, of tablets 
Exodus 24:12; 
Exodus 31:18; 
Exodus 34:1 (plural) 
Exodus 34:4; 
Exodus 34:4 (JE) 
Deuteronomy 4:13; 
Deuteronomy 5:19; 
Deuteronomy 9:9, 
10, 
11; 
Deuteronomy 10:1, 
3; of vessels, hence probably 
Exodus 7:19 (P; 
א׳ = vessels of stone || 
עצים) see Di; idols (|| 
עץ) 
Deuteronomy 4:28; 
Deuteronomy 28:36, 
64; 
Deuteronomy 29:16; 
2 Kings 19:18 = 
Isaiah 37:19; also 
Jeremiah 3:9; 
Ezekiel 20:32; pavement 
2 Kings 16:17; edifice 
1 Kings 6:7 compare 
Genesis 11:3; also 
2 Samuel 5:11; 
2 Kings 12:13; 
1 Chronicles 22:15; often plural of (worked) stones 
Leviticus 14:40, 
42 (twice in verse); 
Leviticus 14:43, 
45 (P; in wall of house) 
2 Kings 22:6 +, compare of city-wall Nehemiah 3:35 [
Nehemiah 4:3]; of (ruined) city 
1 Kings 15:22; Nehemiah 3:34 [
Nehemiah 4:2]; tomb 
Isaiah 14:19; 
אֲבָנִים יְקָרוֺת (costly building-stones) 
1 Kings 5:31 [
1 Kings 5:17]; 
1 Kings 7:9, 
10, 
11 (see also below 
3); 
אַבְנֵי־ שַׁיִשׁ = marble (see 

) 
1 Chronicles 29:2; 
אַבְנֵי גָזִית = 
hewn stones 1 Kings 5:31 [
1 Kings 5:17]; 
1 Chronicles 22:2; 
Ezekiel 40:42 (for altar-tables), — compare 
גָּזִית; 
מַחְצֵב א׳ 2 Kings 12:13; 
2 Kings 22:6; 
2 Chronicles 34:11; foundation-stone, corner-stone 
Isaiah 28:16; 
Jeremiah 51:26; 
Job 38:6; 
Psalm 118:22; cap-stone, completing the building, 
הָרִאשֹׁנָה הָא׳ Zechariah 4:7 (but see 
פִּנָּה רֹאש Psalm 118:22 as above), 
Zechariah 3:9 upon one stone seven eyes, probably refers to this cap- or head-stone; the eyes are symbol of God's watchfulness; perhaps explaining cup-stones found in Orient, see Guthe
ZPV 1890, 129; 
stone-cutters חָרָשֵׁי א׳ 2 Samuel 5:11; 
1 Chronicles 22:15; 
חֹצְבֵי הָא׳ 2 Kings 12:13 compare 
1 Chronicles 22:2.
 
    9. In topographic terms (nearly = proper name); 
אֶבֶן בֹּהַן Joshua 15:6; 
Joshua 18:17; [
H72 הָעֶזֶר א׳ 1 Samuel 5:1; compare 
1 Samuel 7:12, also 
1 Samuel 4:1 (We Dr)]; 
הָא׳ הָאָ֑זֶל 1 Samuel 20:19, read 
הָאַרְגָּב הַלָּאז see 

 here & 
1 Samuel 20:41 (We Dr Klo); 
הַזֹּחֶלֶת א׳ 1 Kings 1:9 (where We
Skizzen III, 171 compare Arabic 
Zuhal = Saturn).
 
† 
אַרְגָּב noun masculine heap, mound (probably); — so read 
1 Samuel 20:19 (for 
אבן), 
1 Samuel 20:41 (for 
ננב), 

 (
αρ σαβ, ερσαβ), Th We Klo Dr Kit Bu HPS. 
See related Aramaic BDB entry 
H69
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