H70: אֹבֶן
ʼôben · pronounced o' ben · “wheel”
Definition
a pair of stones (only dual); a potter's wheel or a midwife's stool (consisting alike of two horizontal disks with a support between)
KJV translates it as: wheel, stool.
Word origin: from the same as H68 (אֶבֶן);
Extended definition
1) wheel, disc
1a) potter's wheel
1b) bearing-stool, midwife's stool
1a) potter's wheel
1b) bearing-stool, midwife's stool
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H70 is translated
- stones ×2
Bible verses with H70 (ʼôben)
ʼôben appears in 2 verses.
- Exodus 1:16
And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
- Jeremiah 18:3
Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.