Lexicon :: Strong's H3835 - lāḇan

לָבַן
Transliteration
lāḇan
Pronunciation
law-ban'
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1074b,1074h

Strong’s Definitions

לָבַן lâban, law-ban'; a primitive root; also as denominative from H3843 to be (or become) white; to make bricks:—make brick, be (made, make) white(-r).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H3835 in the following manner: make white (3x), make (2x), make brick (1x), be white (1x), be whiter (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H3835 in the following manner: make white (3x), make (2x), make brick (1x), be white (1x), be whiter (1x).

  1. 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)

  2. (Qal) to make bricks

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָבַן lâban, law-ban'; a primitive root; also as denominative from H3843 to be (or become) white; to make bricks:—make brick, be (made, make) white(-r).
STRONGS H3835: Abbreviations
† [לָבֵן] verb be white (on ֵ֯ see BaNB 166; LagBN 33, compare 53, 54 infers לָבֹן ֗֗֗ from לְבֹנָה; Late Hebrew id., Pi. Hiph., and derivatives; Phoenician לבן white; Arabic milk; also be white, dialect of Yemen, MaltzanZMG 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. Perfect 3rd person plural הִלְבִּינוּ Joel 1:7; Imperfect 1st person singular אַלְבִּין Psalm 51:9; 3rd person 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.
Hithp. Imperfect יִתְלַבְּנוּ Daniel 12:10 be purified (ethical, || יִתְבָּֽרֲרוּ). — לָבַן, make brick, see below

† [לָבַן] verb denominative make brick (as Assyrian labânu from libittu DlHWB 370); —
Qal Imperfect 1st person plural נִלְבְּנָה 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).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:3

Exodus

5:7; 5:14

Psalms

51:9; 51:9

Isaiah

1:18; 1:18

Daniel

11:35; 11:35; 12:10

Joel

1:7; 1:7