Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H1894 |
|---|---|
| Word: | הוֹבֶן |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | only in plural, from an unused root meaning to be hard |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | hoben |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ho'-ben |
| Meaning: | 1. ebony |
| KJV Renderings: | ebony. |
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[הָבְנִי] noun [masculine] ebony (so Symm ᵑ9 Ki & moderns; otherwise ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ; Egyptian heben , LiebleinÄZ 1886, 13 compare PinskEinleitung 83; Greek ἔβενος, Latin hebenum) — only plural הָבְנִים Ezek 27:15 Qr ( Kt הובנים) קַרְנוֺת שֵׁן והבנים; it was brought from India, & (finer) from Ethiopia, compare Sm & references
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
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