אֶבֶן even

Hebrew word for “stone” · Strong’s H68 · used 273 times in 239 verses

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Meaning

: stone; 1) stone (large or small);

Senses in the lexicon

• stone (259)
• stone: weight (13)
• (Zoheleth) Stone (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for even in context, with how often each is used:

• stones 155
• stone 97
• weight 10
• like stones 4
• weights 3
• like stone 2
• one of the stones 1
• like a stone 1

Where it is used

Also in 15 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Joshua 4 (8), Exodus 28 (6), Deuteronomy 27 (5), Genesis 29 (4), Exodus 39 (4), Leviticus 14 (4), 1 Kings 10 (4), 2 Chronicles 9 (4), Genesis 28 (3), Exodus 35 (3)

Forms

• אבן 65
• אבנים 41
• אבני 29
• ואבן 23
• האבן 20
• האבנים 20
• באבנים 15
• ואבני 10
• באבן 8
• אבניה 5

Words used with it

Words that share verses with even more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• עֵץ ets “tree” 40
• יָקָר yaqar “precious” 19
• זָהָב zahav “gold” 26
• רָגַם ragam “to stone” 13
• שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 25
• גָּדוֹל gadol “great” 22
• לוּחַ luach “tablet” 12
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 24
• שׂוּם sum “to set” 19
• שָׁם sham “there” 20
• סָקַל saqal “to stone” 9
• מוּת mut “to die” 18

Key verses

The verses using even that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 49:24 — But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of…
• Deuteronomy 28:64 — And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou…
• 1 Kings 21:13 — And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the…
• Isaiah 27:9 — By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as…
• Isaiah 28:16 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth…
• Isaiah 30:30 — And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of…
• Isaiah 54:11 — O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
• Ezekiel 1:26 — And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was…
• Ezekiel 11:19 — And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of…
• Ezekiel 36:26 — A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart…
• 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,…
• Zechariah 12:3 — And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.