What does אֶבֶן · יִשְׂרָאֵל mean in the Bible?
אֶבֶן · יִשְׂרָאֵל is a Hebrew phrase meaning "the Stone of Israel".
Hebrew · H68, H3478
אֶבֶן יִשְׂרָאֵל
A stone · he will rule as God ; Jisraël , a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
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אֶבֶן H68 a stone
Pronunciation ʾeven
Foundation and witness: stone marks covenant, builds altars, and testifies to God's permanence and judgment
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יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 he will rule as God ; Jisraël , a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
What does אֶבֶן יִשְׂרָאֵל (Even Yisra'el) mean in the Bible?
אֶבֶן · יִשְׂרָאֵל is a Hebrew phrase meaning "the Stone of Israel".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H68, H3478?
H68, H3478 is connected to 2,780 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. the Stone of Israel
Strong's H68, H3478
Lexical occurrences 2,780 verses Source Gloss
the Stone of Israel
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
אֶבֶן יִשְׂרָאֵל is built from this root:
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain