Definition

a stone

Etymology

from the root of H1129 (בָּנָה) through the meaning to build;

Where the KJV renders it

• carbuncle
• mason
• plummet
• (chalk-
• hail-
• head-
• sling-) stone(-ny)
• (divers) weight(-s)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

A deep-dive treatment of this word is in the works. The featured chapter above carries the long form of what this word meant to its first audience.