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Strong's Hebrew · H70

אֹבֶן

ʼôben · o' ben

Definitiona pair of stones (only dual); a potter's wheel or a midwife's stool (consisting alike of two horizontal disks with a support between)

Derivationfrom the same as H68 (אֶבֶן);

KJV usagewheel, stool.

Occurrences2 in the KJV · 2 verses

אֹבֶן in Scripture

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.