Hebrew
אֶ֫בֶן e·ven
“stone” · 273 times in the Old Testament
Through the Bible
- “stones” 87
- “stone” 82
- “rock” 7
- “gemstones” 7
- “weights” 6
- other ways 84
- lithos, the Greek the New Testament uses for it 59
In the New Testament it continues as lithos: Matthew 21:42 quotes Psalms 118:22, and puts this word in Greek.
As a table, book by book
| Book | Times |
|---|---|
| Genesis | 15 |
| Exodus | 33 |
| Leviticus | 10 |
| Numbers | 5 |
| Deuteronomy | 25 |
| Joshua | 22 |
| Judges | 3 |
| 1 Samuel | 10 |
| 2 Samuel | 7 |
| 1 Kings | 24 |
| 2 Kings | 8 |
| 1 Chronicles | 10 |
| 2 Chronicles | 14 |
| Nehemiah | 3 |
| Job | 11 |
| Psalms | 3 |
| Proverbs | 11 |
| Ecclesiastes | 3 |
| Isaiah | 14 |
| Jeremiah | 7 |
| Lamentations | 2 |
| Ezekiel | 17 |
| Daniel | 1 |
| Micah | 2 |
| Habakkuk | 2 |
| Haggai | 2 |
| Zechariah | 9 |
| Matthew | 11 |
| Mark | 8 |
| Luke | 14 |
| John | 7 |
| Acts | 2 |
| Romans | 2 |
| 1 Corinthians | 1 |
| 2 Corinthians | 1 |
| 1 Peter | 5 |
| Revelation | 8 |
How the BSB translates it
Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.
Its meanings, as STEP Bible divides them
- stone 259
- weight 13
- (Zoheleth) Stone 1
With a pronoun joined
Hebrew joins “me”, “you”, “him” and the like to the end of a word.
Where it occurs
Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.
“stones” 87
Genesis 1
- 31:46 …stones So they took stones and made a mound…
Exodus 11
- 20:25 …you make an altar of stones for Me you must…
- 28:9 …Take two onyx stones and engrave on them…
- 28:11 …Israel on the two stones the way a gem…
- 28:12 …Fasten both stones on the shoulder pieces…
- 28:12 …the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of…
- 28:17 …of gemstones four rows of stones In the first row…
- 28:21 …The twelve stones are to correspond to…
- 35:27 …The leaders brought onyx stones and gemstones to mount…
- 39:6 …They mounted the onyx stones in gold filigree settings…
- 39:7 …the ephod as memorial stones for the sons of…
- 39:14 …The twelve stones corresponded to the names…
Leviticus 5
Deuteronomy 5
Joshua 11
- 4:3 …up for yourselves twelve stones from the middle of…
- 4:6 …ask What do these stones mean to you…
- 4:7 …cut off Therefore these stones will be a memorial…
- 4:8 …They took up twelve stones from the middle of…
- 4:9 …also set up twelve stones in the middle of…
- 4:20 …set up the twelve stones they had taken from…
- 4:21 …the meaning of these stones
- 8:31 …an altar of uncut stones on which no iron…
- 8:32 …Israelites Joshua inscribed on the stones a copy of the…
- 10:18 …Joshua said Roll large stones against the mouth of…
- 10:27 …had hidden Then large stones were placed against the…
1 Samuel 1
- 17:40 …hand selected five smooth stones from the brook and…
2 Samuel 2
1 Kings 14
- 5:17 …to quarry large costly stones to lay the foundation…
- 5:17 …the temple with dressed stones
- 6:7 …was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry…
- 7:9 …were constructed with costly stones cut to size and…
- 7:10 …laid with large costly stones some ten cubits long…
- 7:11 …Above these were costly stones cut to size and…
- 10:2 …great abundance and precious stones And she came to…
- 10:10 …of spices and precious stones Never again were spices…
- 10:11 …almug wood and precious stones
- 12:18 …labor but all Israel stoned him to death And…
- 15:22 …and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the…
- 18:31 …And Elijah took twelve stones one for each tribe…
- 18:32 And with the stones Elijah built an altar…
- 18:38 …the sacrifice the wood the stones and the dust and…
2 Kings 2
1 Chronicles 3
2 Chronicles 7
- 3:6 …the temple with precious stones for beauty and its…
- 9:1 …in abundance and precious stones And she came to…
- 9:9 …of spices and precious stones There had never been…
- 9:10 …algum wood and precious stones
- 16:6 …and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the…
- 26:15 …arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and…
- 32:27 …his silver gold precious stones spices shields and all…
Nehemiah 2
Job 3
Psalms 1
- 102:14 …servants delight in her stones and take pity on…
Ecclesiastes 2
Isaiah 5
Jeremiah 3
Lamentations 1
- 3:53 …a pit and cast stones upon me…
Ezekiel 1
- 26:12 …beautiful homes and throw your stones and timber and soil…
And 7 more, on the full page.
“stone” 82
Genesis 9
- 28:18 …next morning Jacob took the stone that he had placed…
- 28:22 …And this stone I have set up…
- 29:2 …well And a large stone covered the mouth of…
- 29:3 …shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of…
- 29:3 …Then they would return the stone to its place over…
- 29:8 …flocks have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away…
- 29:10 …went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth…
- 31:45 …So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up…
- 35:14 …had spoken with him a stone marker and he poured…
Exodus 10
- 7:19 …the vessels of wood and stone
- 15:5 …they sank there like a stone
- 17:12 …grew heavy they took a stone and put it under…
- 21:18 …one strikes the other with a stone or a fist and…
- 24:12 …give you the tablets of stone with the law and…
- 28:10 …their names on one stone and the remaining six…
- 31:18 …of the Testimony tablets of stone inscribed by the finger…
- 34:1 …Moses Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals…
- 34:4 …Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals…
- 34:4 …and taking the two stone tablets in his hands…
Leviticus 1
- 26:1 …not place a sculpted stone in your land to…
Numbers 2
Deuteronomy 11
- 4:13 …wrote on two tablets of stone
- 4:28 …made gods of wood and stone which cannot see or…
- 5:22 …them on two tablets of stone and gave them to…
- 9:9 …to receive the tablets of stone the tablets of the…
- 9:10 …gave me the two stone tablets inscribed by the…
- 9:11 …gave me the two stone tablets the tablets of…
- 10:1 …me Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals…
- 10:3 …wood chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals…
- 28:36 …gods gods of wood and stone
- 28:64 …gods gods of wood and stone which neither you nor…
- 29:17 …them made of wood and stone of silver and gold…
Joshua 5
Judges 3
1 Samuel 6
- 7:12 …Afterward Samuel took a stone and set it up…
- 14:33 …Saul Roll a large stone over here at once…
- 17:49 …his bag took out a stone and slung it striking…
- 17:49 …Philistine on the forehead The stone sank into his forehead…
- 17:50 …Philistine with a sling and a stone without a sword in…
- 20:19 …began and remain beside the stone Ezel…
2 Samuel 1
- 20:8 …were at the great stone in Gibeon Amasa joined…
1 Kings 4
2 Kings 4
1 Chronicles 1
- 22:14 …have also provided timber and stone and you may add…
2 Chronicles 2
Nehemiah 1
- 9:11 …into the depths like a stone into raging waters…
Job 1
- 6:12 …my strength like that of stone or my flesh made…
Psalms 1
- 118:22 The stone the builders rejected has…
Proverbs 4
Isaiah 4
Jeremiah 3
Ezekiel 5
Habakkuk 1
- 2:19 …Awake or to silent stone Arise Can it give…
Zechariah 1
- 3:9 …See the stone I have set before…
And 2 more, on the full page.
“rock” 7
Genesis 1
- 49:24 …name of the Shepherd the Rock of Israel…
Joshua 2
1 Samuel 2
Job 2
“gemstones” 7
Exodus 7
- 25:7 …and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on…
- 28:17 …on it a setting of gemstones four rows of stones…
- 31:5 …to cut gemstones for settings and to…
- 35:9 …and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on…
- 35:27 …leaders brought onyx stones and gemstones to mount on the…
- 35:33 …to cut gemstones for settings and to…
- 39:10 …on it four rows of gemstones The first row had…
“weights” 6
Not translated: the English carries it without a word 5
“him” 3
“hailstones” 3
“as stones” 3
“slingstones” 3
“onyx stones” 2
“stone him” 2
“two differing weights” 2
“threw stones” 2
“ore” 2
“cornerstone” 2
“unequal weights” 2
“plumb line” 2
“sapphire” 2
“onyx” 1
Genesis 1
- 2:12 …is pure and bdellium and onyx are found there…
“instead of stone” 1
Genesis 1
- 11:3 …So they used brick instead of stone and tar instead of…
“one of the stones” 1
Genesis 1
- 28:11 …had set And taking one of the stones from that place he…
“some stones” 1
Genesis 1
- 31:46 …to his relatives Gather some stones So they took stones…
“as a stone” 1
Exodus 1
- 15:16 …will be as still as a stone until Your people pass…
“way a gem” 1
Exodus 1
- 28:11 …on the two stones the way a gem cutter engraves a seal…
“contaminated ones” 1
Leviticus 1
- 14:42 …be obtained to replace the contaminated ones as well as additional…
“joshua and caleb” 1
Numbers 1
- 14:10 …congregation threatened to stone Joshua and Caleb Then the glory of…
“heavy stone” 1
Numbers 1
- 35:23 …or without looking drops a heavy stone that kills him but…
“whose rocks” 1
Deuteronomy 1
- 8:9 …lack nothing a land whose rocks are iron and whose…
“must stone that person” 1
Deuteronomy 1
- 17:5 …done this evil thing and you must stone that person to death…
“stone her” 1
Deuteronomy 1
- 22:21 …men of her city will stone her to death For she…
“them” 1
Deuteronomy 1
- 22:24 …that city and stone them to death the young…
“by” 1
Joshua 1
- 10:11 …of them were killed by the hailstones than by…
“like a stone” 1
1 Samuel 1
- 25:37 …him and he became like a stone
“stonemasons” 1
2 Samuel 1
- 5:11 …with cedar logs carpenters and stonemasons and they built a…
“standard” 1
2 Samuel 1
- 14:26 …according to the royal standard
“temple” 1
1 Kings 1
- 5:17 …to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones…
“costly” 1
1 Kings 1
- 7:10 …were laid with large costly stones some ten cubits…
“laid with large” 1
1 Kings 1
- 7:10 …The foundations were laid with large costly stones some ten…
“some” 1
1 Kings 1
- 7:10 …some ten cubits long and some eight cubits long…
“stones in place” 1
2 Kings 1
- 3:25 …Kir haraseth was left with stones in place but men with slings…
“stonecutters” 1
2 Kings 1
- 12:12 …masons and stonecutters They also purchased timber…
“sling stones” 1
1 Chronicles 1
- 12:2 …right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows and…
“masons” 1
1 Chronicles 1
- 22:15 …have many workers stonecutters masons carpenters and men skilled…
“as well as onyx” 1
1 Chronicles 1
- 29:2 …wood for the wood as well as onyx for the settings turquoise…
“turquoise” 1
1 Chronicles 1
- 29:2 …onyx for the settings turquoise stones of various colors…
“slabs” 1
1 Chronicles 1
- 29:2 …kinds of precious stones and slabs of marble all in…
“precious stones” 1
1 Chronicles 1
- 29:8 …Whoever had precious stones gave them to the…
“stoned him” 1
2 Chronicles 1
- 24:21 …order of the king they stoned him in the courtyard of…
“as stone” 1
Job 1
- 38:30 …the waters become hard as stone and the surface of…
“against a stone” 1
Psalms 1
- 91:12 …not strike your foot against a stone
“charm” 1
Proverbs 1
- 17:8 …A bribe is a charm to its giver wherever…
“differing” 1
Proverbs 1
- 20:10 Differing weights and unequal measures…
“stones together” 1
Ecclesiastes 1
- 3:5 …a time to gather stones together a time to embrace…
“rocky” 1
Isaiah 1
- 14:19 …sword and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass…
“altar” 1
Isaiah 1
- 27:9 …When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits…
“jewels” 1
Isaiah 1
- 54:12 …your gates of sparkling jewels and all your walls…
“gems” 1
Lamentations 1
- 4:1 …gold has become dull The gems of the temple lie…
“send hailstones” 1
Ezekiel 1
- 13:11 …will come in torrents I will send hailstones plunging down and a…
“hail” 1
Ezekiel 1
- 13:13 …anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive…
“you” 1
Ezekiel 1
- 16:40 …you who will stone you and cut you to…
“cut them” 1
Ezekiel 1
- 23:47 …mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords…
“dressed stone” 1
Ezekiel 1
- 40:42 …were also four tables of dressed stone for the burnt offering…
“one stone” 1
Haggai 1
- 2:15 …this day forward Before one stone was placed on another…
“another” 1
Haggai 1
- 2:15 …stone was placed on another in the temple of…
“capstone” 1
Zechariah 1
- 4:7 …he will bring forth the capstone accompanied by shouts of…
“cover” 1
Zechariah 1
- 5:8 …pushing down the lead cover over its opening…
“like jewels” 1
Zechariah 1
- 9:16 …of His people for like jewels in a crown they…
The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.