Strong's Lexicon

H3840

H3840 — לִבנָה

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

Hebrewlibnahnoun femOccurrences: 1TWOT: 1074a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3840
Word:	לִבנָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from H3835
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	1
Transliteration:	libnah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	lib-naw'
Meaning:	1. (properly) whiteness 2. (by implication) transparency
KJV Renderings:	paved.

Use Strong's responsibly

Strong's is an index and starting point, not the final meaning of a word. Do not build doctrine from a gloss, root, or number. Test meaning by sentence, grammar, authorial usage, context, and the passage argument.

Read: Using Strong's Responsibly

Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4317

לְבֵנָה noun feminine brick, tile (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic לְּבִינְתָּא [untranscribed source text 2743]; Zinjirli לבן (?) DHM^{Sendsch.37. 59} ; Assyrian libittu; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2744], [untranscribed source text 2745], [untranscribed source text 2746], [untranscribed source text 2747], [untranscribed source text 2748] (loan-words according to Frä^4f.); according to Thes and most from whiteness of clay, or light colour of sun-baked bricks; so Nö^{ZMG xi,1886,735} Lag^{BN 139}; > others regard as Assyrian loan-word VOJ^{i. 22ff.}; in Assyrian a derivative from labânu , throw down, prostrate, is sought Dl^{Pr. 93f.(compare HWB 369)}); — ׳ ל Gen 11:3; Ezek 4:1 construct לִבְנַת Exod 24:10 plural לְבֵנִים Gen 11:3 + 7 t.; suffix מִלִּבְנֵיכֶם Exod 5:19 —

1. brick, as building-material, Gen 11:3 (singular collective; elsewhere plural) Gen 11:3; Exod 1:14 straw used in making Exod 5:7, compare Exod 5:8 Exod 5:16 Exod 5:18 Exod 5:19; Isa 9:9 (figurative; as inferior to גָּזִית hewn stone); incense burnt on Isa 65:3 ( = roof-tiles ? compare Che Di).

2. = tile, on which plan of city could be engraved (חקק) Ezek 4:1.

3. = pavement, Exod 24:10 (compare Di).

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

לבנה (l’v)

Concordance entry

EHCC: Genl1: 3. Go to, let us make brick, — they had brick for stone, ax. ם!.1:14 morter, and in brick, -- 2 1. give the people straw to male . . to us, - שוֹװםסששװ;נ,;}[.פן»,.טו / !3&':%&־9.}»#5;1: ` . The bricks are down, . = incense upon ates -- dae, 4: Loto of an, take thee « ie 329 00