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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”
“chalk”
also renders gir (H1615)
Questions this word decides
- What does John 3:5 mean ('born of water and Spirit')?
- What does Matthew 16:18 mean ('on this rock I will build my church')?
- What does 2 Timothy 3:16 mean that scripture is 'God-breathed'?
- What does it mean to be born again?
Where it appears
273 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 12:2 HRd/Ncfpa1 Chronicles 20:2 HNcfsa1 Chronicles 22:2 HNcfpc1 Chronicles 22:14 HC/Ncfpa1 Chronicles 22:15 HNcfsa1 Chronicles 29:2 HC/Ncfpc1 Chronicles 29:8 HNcfpa1 Kings 1:9 HNcfsc1 Kings 5:17 HNcfpa1 Kings 5:18 HC/Td/Ncfpa1 Kings 6:7 HNcfsa1 Kings 6:18 HNcfsa1 Kings 7:9 HNcfpa1 Kings 7:10 HC/Ncfpc1 Kings 7:11 HNcfpa1 Kings 8:9 HTd/Ncfpa1 Kings 10:2 HC/Ncfsa1 Kings 10:10 HC/Ncfsa1 Kings 10:11 HC/Ncfsa1 Kings 10:27 HRd/Ncfpa1 Kings 12:18 HNcfsa1 Kings 15:22 HNcfpc1 Kings 18:31 HNcfpa1 Kings 18:32 HTd/Ncfpa1 Kings 18:38 HTd/Ncfpa1 Kings 21:13 HRd/Ncfpa1 Samuel 6:14 HNcfsa1 Samuel 6:15 HTd/Ncfsa1 Samuel 7:12 HNcfsa1 Samuel 14:33 HNcfsa1 Samuel 17:40 HNcfpa1 Samuel 17:49 HNcfsa1 Samuel 17:50 HC/Rd/Ncfsa1 Samuel 20:19 HTd/Ncfsa1 Samuel 25:37 HR/Ncfsa2 Chronicles 1:15 HRd/Ncfpa2 Chronicles 2:14 HRd/Ncfpa2 Chronicles 3:6 HNcfsa2 Chronicles 9:1 HC/Ncfsa2 Chronicles 9:9 HC/Ncfsa2 Chronicles 9:10 HC/Ncfsa2 Chronicles 9:27 HRd/Ncfpa2 Chronicles 10:18 HNcfsa2 Chronicles 16:6 HNcfpc2 Chronicles 24:21 HNcfsa2 Chronicles 26:14 HC/R/Ncfpc2 Chronicles 26:15 HC/Rd/Ncfpa2 Chronicles 32:27 HC/R/Ncfsa2 Chronicles 34:11 HNcfpc2 Kings 3:19 HRd/Ncfpa2 Kings 3:25 HNcfpc/Sp3fs2 Kings 12:12 HC/Ncfpc2 Kings 16:17 HNcfpa2 Kings 19:18 HC/Ncfsa2 Kings 22:6 HC/Ncfpc2 Samuel 5:11 HNcfsc2 Samuel 12:30 HC/Ncfsa2 Samuel 14:26 HR/Ncfsc2 Samuel 16:6 HRd/Ncfpa2 Samuel 16:13 HRd/Ncfpa
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.