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Ebenezer

אֶבֶן הָעֵזֶרStrong’s H0072

even haezer (e-ven ha-e-zer)

Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Even haezer is the Hebrew word usually translated “-ezer”, “eben-” and “from eben-”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.”
1 Samuel 4:1 KJV
Meaning
  1. § Ebenezer = "stone of help"
How it's translated
  • -ezer 3
  • eben- 2
  • from eben- 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Samuel 3

1 book in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

אֶבֶן הָעֵזֶר even haezer · Ebenezer

§ Ebenezer = "stone of help" memorial stone erected by Samuel to mark where God helped Israel to defeat the Philistines-north of Jerusalem

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.