Strong's Lexicon

H3828

H3828 — לְבוֹנָה לֶבוֹנָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewlbownahnoun femOccurrences: 21TWOT: 1074d

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3828
Word:	לְבוֹנָה לֶבוֹנָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from H3836
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	21
Transliteration:	lbownah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	leb-o-naw' (or lbonah {leb-o-naw'};) n-f.
Meaning:	1. frankincense (from its whiteness or perhaps that of its smoke)
KJV Renderings:	(frank-)incense.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4311

I. לְבֹנָה, לְבוֺנָה noun feminine frankincense (from white colour, compare Lag^{BN 33}; Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic id., לְבוּנְתָּא, [untranscribed source text 2737] Phoenician לבנת; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2738] (Lane³⁰⁰⁷); Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 2739] is from λιβανος); — ׳ ל Exod 30:24 + 18 t.; לְבֹנָתָהּ Lev 2:2; Lev 2:16 — used in preparation of holy incense Exod 30:34 (|| סַמִּים); used as incense Jer 6:20, on meal-offering Lev 2:1; Lev 2:2; Lev 2:15; Lev 2:16; Lev 6:8, compare Lev 5:11; Num 5:15 also Jer 17:26; Jer 41:5; Isa 43:23; Isa 66:3 with shew-bread Lev 24:7; Neh 13:5; Neh 13:9; 1Chr 9:29 (|| בְּשָׂמִים); burned as perfume (article of luxury) Song 3:6 (|| מֹר); גִּבְעַת הַלְּבוֺנָה Song 4:6 (|| הַר הַמּוֺר); עֲצֵי לְבוֺנָה Song 4:14 (|| נֵרְדְּ, כַּרְכֹּם , קָנֶה, קִנָּמוֺן, מֹר, אֲהָלוֺת); as tribute to Zion Isa 60:6 (|| זהב). — In Hexateuch only P .

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

לבונה (l’v)

Exodus 30:34

KJV: And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:

EHCC: sweet spices with pure Srankincense :

Leviticus 2:2

KJV: And he shall bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord:

EHCC: 16. with all the frankincense thereof;

Numbers 5:15

KJV: Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.

EHCC: nor put frankincense thereon ;

1 Chronicles 9:29

KJV: Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.instruments: or, vessels

EHCC: and the frankincense, and the

Nehemiah 18:5

EHCC: the frankincense, and the vessel

Isaiah 48:23

EHCC: nor wearied thee with incense.

Jeremiah 6:20

KJV: To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.

EHCC: cometh there to me incense