Lectionary Calendar

Friday, May 2nd, 2025
the Second Week after Easter

video advertismenet

Attention!

StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!

Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #3835 - לָבַן

Transliteration

lâban

Phonetics

law-ban'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

1074b,1074h

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to be white
1. (Hiphil)
  1. to make white, become white, purify
  2. to show whiteness, grow white
2. (Hithpael) to become white, be purified (ethical)
(Qal) to make bricks

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3021 ‑ λευκαίνω (lyoo‑kah'ee‑no);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (8)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

Daniel 2

Joel 1

BSB (8)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

Daniel 2

Joel 1

CSB (5)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

Daniel 2

Joel 1

ESV (8)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

Daniel 2

Joel 1

KJV (8)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

Daniel 2

Joel 1

LEB (8)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

Daniel 2

Joel 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (1)

Genesis 1

NAS (0)

Genesis 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (8)

Genesis 1

Exodus 2

Psalms 1

Isaiah 1

Daniel 2

Joel 1

ASV (8)

and to make them white 1

in making brick 1

let us make 1

me, and i shall be whiter 1

themselves, and make themselves white 1

thereof are made white 1

they shall be as white 1

to make 1

BSB (8)

and i will be whiter 1

and made spotless 1

for making 1

have turned white 1

let us make 1

made spotless 1

of bricks 1

they will be as white 1

CSB (5)

as white 1

bricks 1

cleansed 2

have turned white 1

ESV (8)

made white 2

make 2

making bricks 1

white 2

whiter 1

KJV (8)

brick 1

make 2

white 4

whiter 1

LEB (8)

and cleansed 1

and i shall be whiter 1

and will be cleansed 1

have turned white 1

let us make 1

of brickmaking 1

they will be white 1

to make 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (1)

bricks 1

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (8)

and to make them white 1

are made white 1

in making brick 1

they shall be as white 1

to make 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2303) n b l (לבנ LBN) AC: ? CO: White AB: ?: Something that is white. Also bricks made from white materials. [from: nb- a building material]

V) n b l (לבנ LBN) - I. White:To be white. II. Brick:To make bricks. KJV (8): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Hitpael) white, brick, whiter - Strongs: H3835 (לָבַן)

N^m) n b l (לבנ LBN) - White: KJV (29): white - Strongs: H3836 (לָבֵן)

N^f1) e n b l (לבנה LBNH) - I. Moon:As white. II. Brick:KJV (14): moon, brick, tile - Strongs: H3842 (לְבָנָה), H3843 (לְבֵנָה)

a^m) n b l m (מלבנ MLBN) - Brick-kiln: A furnace for firing bricks. KJV (3): brickkiln - Strongs: H4404 (מַלְבֵּן)

c^f1) e n f b l (לבונה LBWNH) - Frankincense: As white. KJV (21): frankincense, incense - Strongs: H3828 (לְבוֹנָה)

e^f1) e n b i l (ליבנה LYBNH) - I. Pop KJV (3): poplar, paved - Strongs: H3839 (לִבְנֶה), H3840 (לִבְנָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[לָבֵן] verb be white (on ֵ֯ see Ba^{NB 166}; Lag^{BN 33}, compare 53,54infers לָבֹן ֗֗֗ from לְבֹנָה; Late Hebrew id., Pi`el Hiph`il, and derivatives; Phoenician לבן white; Arabic

milk;

also be white, dialect of Yemen, Maltzan^{ZMG xxvii, 1873,247}; apparently √ of following fourteen words, but this dubious especially in case of II. III. לָבָן, לְבָנָא, לִבְנָה, II. לְבוֺנָה, I. II. לִבְנִי); —

Hiph`il Perfect 3 plural הִלְבִּינוּ Joel 1:7; Imperfect 1 singular אַלְבִּין Psalm 51:9; 3 plural יַלְבִּינוּ Isaiah 1:18; Infinitive construct וְלַלְבֵּן (= וּלְהַלְבֵּן) Daniel 11:35; —

1 make white = purify (ethical) Daniel 11:35 (no object expressed, "" צָרַף, בָּרֵר).

2 shew whiteness, grow white, of fig-tree, stripped by locusts, Joel 1:7; figurative of moral purity, ׳כַּשֶּׁלֶג יַלְב Isaiah 1:18; ׳מִשֶּׁלֶג אַלְב Psalm 51:9.

Hithpa`el Imperfect יִתְלַבְּנוּ Daniel 12:10 be purified (ethical, "" יִתְבָּֽרֲרוּ). — לָבַן, make brick, see below

[לָבַן] verb denominative make brick (as Assyrian labânu from libittu Dl^{HWB 370}); —

Qal Imperfect 1 pluralנִלְבְּנָה Genesis 11:3 (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb); Infinitive construct לִלְבֹּן Exodus 5:7 (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb), Exodus 5:14 (absolute)

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

לָבַן

(1) to be white, unused in Kal, see לָבָן, לְבָנָה.

(2) denom. from לְבֵנָה to make bricks, Genesis 11:3; Exodus 5:7, 14. (Arab. لَبَّنَ id.)

Hiphil

(1) trans. to make white, metaph. to purge, to cleanse from the filthiness of sins, Daniel 11:35.

(2) intrans. to be white (compare as to verbs of colour in Hiph., Heb. Gram. § 52, 2), Psalms 51:9; Isaiah 1:18; Joel 1:7.

Hithpael, to purge oneself [or, to be purged], Daniel 12:10.

The derivatives follow immediately, except מַלְבֵּן.

These files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available BibleSupport.com

List of Word Forms

אַלְבִּֽין׃ אלבין׃ הִלְבִּ֖ינוּ הלבינו וְיִֽתְלַבְּנ֤וּ וְלַלְבֵּ֖ן ויתלבנו וללבן יַלְבִּ֔ינוּ ילבינו לִלְבֹּ֥ן לִלְבֹּן֙ ללבן נִלְבְּנָ֣ה נלבנה ’al·bîn ’albîn alBin hil·bî·nū hilBinu hilbînū lil·bōn lilBon lilbōn nil·bə·nāh nilbeNah nilbənāh velalBen veyitlabbeNu wə·lal·bên wə·yiṯ·lab·bə·nū wəlalbên wəyiṯlabbənū yal·bî·nū yalBinu yalbînū