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Even (אבן) means stone in Hebrew.

It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

אֶבֶן
even
noun · feminine
In English

stone

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with א

The dictionary gives 5 meanings for Even.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    תערובת מינרלים הנוצרת באופן טבעי.
    וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֶל-מֹשֶׁה עֲלֵה אֵלַי הָהָרָה וֶהְיֵה-שָׁם וְאֶתְּנָה לְךָ אֶת-לֻחֹת הָאֶבֶן וְהַתּוֹרָה וְהַמִּצְוָה אֲשֶׁר כָּתַבְתִּי לְהוֹרֹתָם.
  2. 2
    סלע, אוסף מינרלים מוצק וקשה, חומר הנחצב מהרים או מצוי על פני הקרקע; גוש העשוי מאבן (1)
    וַיֹּאמְרוּ אִישׁ אֶל-רֵעֵהוּ הָבָה נִלְבְּנָה לְבֵנִים וְנִשְׂרְפָה לִשְׂרֵפָה וַתְּהִי לָהֶם הַלְּבֵנָה לְאָבֶן וְהַחֵמָר הָיָה לָהֶם לַחֹמֶר.
  3. 3
    תכשיט, אבן־חן.
    וּזֲהַב הָאָרֶץ הַהִוא טוֹב שָׁם הַבְּדֹלַח וְאֶבֶן הַשֹּׁהַם.
  4. 4
    משחקקובייה של משחק.
  5. 5
    למילה מקבילות בשפות שמיות רבות: אוגריתית – (אַבן); כנענית – (אבן); אכדית – (abnu); ארמית־סורית – ܐܰܒ݂ܢܳܐ, ܐܲܒ݂ܢܵܐ (ʾaḇnā); ארמית ־יהודית: אַבְנָא; ארמית־מנדעית – ࡀࡁࡍ (abn); געז – እብን; דרום־ערבית – ועוד.

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Even is a feminine noun.

Written with vowel points
אֶבֶן
Written without vowel points
אבן
Said
even
Root
א־ב־נ
Pattern
קֶטֶל
Plural
: אֲבָנִים
Inflections
ר': אֲבָנִים, נ"ר: אַבְנֵי־
Gematria
53

This is how Even is said in other languages.

English
stone
Arabic
حجر
Russian
камень
French
pierre
Spanish
piedra
German
Stein
Yiddish
שטיין

These words mean nearly the same as Even.

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These words rhyme with Even.

The word Even is part of these phrases and sayings.

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The word Even comes from the root א־ב־נ, like these words.

These words come before and after Even in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Even.

What does Even (⁨אבן⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Even (⁨אבן⁩) means stone. It is said even, with the stress on e.

What is a synonym for Even (⁨אבן⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Even (⁨אבן⁩) are ⁨סלע⁩, ⁨מחצב⁩, ⁨צוק⁩, ⁨צור⁩, ⁨לבנה⁩, and ⁨יהלום⁩.

What rhymes with Even (⁨אבן⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Even (⁨אבן⁩) include ⁨תבן⁩ and ⁨גבן⁩.

Is Even (⁨אבן⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Even (⁨אבן⁩) is a feminine noun, and its plural is ⁨: אֲבָנִים⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry אבן of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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