English Explanatory Dictionary

benben stone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sacred stone found in solar temples in ancient Egypt.

Word forms

benben stone benben stones

Etymology

From Egyptian bnbn (“Benben, the first mound or stone to arise from the primordial waters at the creation of the world”)—compare bnbnt (“pyramidion”)—and stone.

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