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אֶבֶן
ʼeben · Hebrew · Strong's H68 · 273 occurrences
The KJV renders 6 different Hebrew and Greek words as “head”
What it means
a stone
from the root of H1129 (בָּנָה) through the meaning to build;
How the KJV renders it
chalk, hail, head, slingstone, weight
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“head”
“weight”
also renders báros (G922), ónkos (G3591), mishqâl (H4948), peleç (H6425)
“hail”
also renders chálaza (G5464), bârâd (H1259)
“chalk”
also renders gir (H1615)
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Where it appears
273 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 12:2 · HRd/Ncfpa
They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow. They were of Saul’s relatives of the tribe of Benjamin.
1 Chronicles 20:2 · HNcfsa
David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it. It was set on David’s head, and he brought very much plunder out of the city.
1 Chronicles 22:2 · HNcfpc
David gave orders to gather together the foreigners who were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to cut dressed stones to build God’s house.
1 Chronicles 22:14 · HC/Ncfpa
Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for Yahweh’s house one hundred thousand talents of gold, one million talents of silver, and bronze and iron without weight; for it is in abundance. I have also prepared timber and stone; and you may add to them.
1 Chronicles 22:15 · HNcfsa
There are also workmen with you in abundance—cutters and workers of stone and timber, and all kinds of men who are skillful in every kind of work;
1 Chronicles 29:2 · HC/Ncfpc
Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, the bronze for the things of bronze, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood, also onyx stones, stones to be set, stones for inlaid work of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
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Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.