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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(stone-like). A hard, heavy, dark wood, used for ornamental work and musical instruments (Ezek. 27:15¹⁵The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony. (Ezekiel 27:15)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

The well-known hard black wood; it was imported with ivory into Tyre (Ezek. 27:15¹⁵The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony. (Ezekiel 27:15)).

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East Indian Ebony

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

1894 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

hoben

Phonic:

ho’-ben

Meaning:

only in plural, from an unused root meaning to be hard; ebony

KJV Usage:

ebony