Words the Bible translates as hailstones
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- evenאֶבֶןa stone: a piece of rock a person can gather, shape, carry, throw, or build with
+3 more meanings
- a precious stone: a gem valued for its beauty and worth
- a stone used as a standard of measure: the weight in a merchant's bag or on a builder's line
- stone as an image of what is hard, heavy, lifeless, or dirt cheap
- baradבָּרָדhail: chunks of ice that fall from a storm sky, in the Bible almost always as a weapon God hurls in judgment
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