Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heben

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables: heben
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"And thou moſt dreaded impe of higheſt Ioue, / Faire Venus ſonne, that with thy cruell dart / At that good knight ſo cunningly didſt rove, / That glorious fire it kindled in his heart, / Lay now thy deadly Heben bow apart, / And with thy mother milde come to my ayde: […]"

Etymology

From Middle English ebenif, hebenyf (influenced by Late Latin hebeninus), from Ecclesiastical Latin ebenius (“of ebony”), from Latin hebenus (“ebon tree”), from Ancient Greek ἔβενος (ébenos), from Egyptian hbnj, U13:n-Z4:M3

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: ebenif, ebenius, hebenus, ἔβενος, hbnj

Usage

Questions

What does heben mean?: Ebony.
Where does heben come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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