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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H68 - Weights

Strong's No.:H68

Hebrew:אֶבֶן

Transliteration:ʼeben

Phonetic:eh'-ben

Word Origin:From the root of H1129 through the {meaning} to build

Bible Usage:+ {carbuncle} + {mason} + {plummet} {[chalk-} {hail-} {bead-} sling-] stone ({-ny}) (divers) weight (-s).

Part of Speech:Noun Feminine

Strongs
Definition:

a stone


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

1. stone (large or small)

a. common stone (in natural state)

b. stone, as material

1. of tablets

2. marble, hewn stones

c. precious stones, stones of fire

d. stones containing metal (ore), tool for work or weapon

e. weight

f. plummet (stones of destruction) also made of metal

g. stonelike objects, eg hailstones, stony heart, ice

h. sacred object, as memorial Samuel set up to mark where God helped Israel to defeat the Philistines

i. (simile)

1. sinking in water, motionlessness

2. strength, firmness, solidity

3. commonness

j. (metaph)

1. petrified with terror

2. perverse, hard heart


Bible References:
Weights

Translation
Occurrences:
carbuncles ( 1 )
chalkstones ( 1 )
hailstones ( 4 )
headstone ( 1 )
plummet ( 1 )
slingstones ( 1 )
stone ( 105 )
stones ( 138 )
stony ( 2 )
weight ( 4 )
weights ( 6 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.