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Stone; Stones
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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1. Hebrew and Greek Words:
(1) Chiefly אבן ,
2. Literal Usage:
The word is used of great stones (Genesis 29:2 ); of small stones (1 Samuel 17:40 ); of stones set up as memorials (1 Samuel 7:12 , "Eben-ezer," "stone of help"); of precious stones (Exodus 35:9 , etc.); of hailstones (Joshua 10:11 ).
3. Figurative Usage:
Of hardness: "I will take the stony heart out of their flesh" (Ezekiel 11:19 ); of one smitten: "(Nabal's) heart died within him, and became as a stone" (1 Samuel 25:37 ); of weight: "A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty" (Proverbs 27:3 ); of dumbness: "Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise!" (Habakkuk 2:19 ); of Jerusalem: "I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the peoples" (Zechariah 12:3 ); of the corner-stone as a figure of high position:
"The stone which the builders rejected
Is become the head of the corner" (Psalm 118:22 ).
(2) Used also anatomically of the testicles (Leviticus 21:20; Deuteronomy 23:1; Job 40:17 , פּחד ,
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Stone; Stones'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/s/stone-stones.html. 1915.
