Words the Bible translates as rock
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 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
- petraπέτραrock: solid living rock, whether bedrock, a rock face, or a standing mass of stone, as distinct from a loose stone one could lift or throw
- tsurצוּרa rock: a massive block of stone, a cliff or boulder, and from there a name for God as the unmovable place of safety
- selaסֶלַעa large rock: a cliff, crag, or massive boulder, and by extension a secure place of refuge
- evenאֶבֶןa stone: a piece of rock that has been cut loose and set in place, whether in a wall, over an opening, or carved into an image
- kephכֵּףrocknot studied yet
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