Strong's Lexicon

H3836

H3836 — לָבָן לָבֵן

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

HebrewlabanadjectiveOccurrences: 29TWOT: 1074a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3836
Word:לָבָן לָבֵן
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:from H3835
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:29
Transliteration:laban
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:law-bawn' (or (Gen. 49) adj.
Meaning:1. white
KJV Renderings:white.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4305

I. לָבָן adjective white; — ׳ ל absolute Gen 30:35 + 13 t.; construct לְבֶןֿ Gen 49:12 (compare Ges«GKC:93»§ 93, 2, R. 1 Lgb ii, 74 BaNb 166); feminine לְבָנָה Lev 13:4 + 6 t.; plural לְבָנִים Zech 1:8 + 3 t.; לְבָנוֺת Gen 30:37 + 2 t.; — white, of wood under bark Gen 30:37 (twice in verse) (compare Joel 1:7); of spots on goats v Joel 1:35 (all J ); of manna Exod 16:31 ( P ); garments Eccl 9:8 (sign of cheerfulness and joy); of teeth וּלְבֶןשִֿׁנַּיִם מֵחָלָב Gen 49:12 (poem in J ; || חַכְלִילִי עֵינַיִם מִיָּ֑יִן) of Judah (on interpretations see Di and, differently, Marc. JastrJBL xi. (1892), 128); of horses Zech 1:8; Zech 6:3; Zech 6:6 (in vision); chfly. of diseased skin or flesh on body (בַּהֶרֶת Lev 13:4; Lev 13:19; Lev 13:24; Lev 13:25; Lev 13:26; Lev 13:38) Lev 13:4; Lev 13:10; Lev 13:13; Lev 13:16; Lev 13:17; Lev 13:19; Lev 13:24; Lev 13:38 and of hair on such spots Lev 13:3; Lev 13:4 ; Lev 13:10 ; Lev 13:20 ; Lev 13:21 ; Lev 13:25 ; Lev 13:26 + אֲדַמְדֶּ֫מֶת Lev 13:19; Lev 13:24; Lev 13:43 compare Lev 13:42 + כֵּהָה Lev 13:39 (all P ).


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

לבן (lah-vēhn)

Genesis 49:12

KJV: His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
EHCC: and his teeth white with milk.
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