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Lexicon :: Strong's H3843 - lᵊḇēnâ

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לְבֵנָה
Transliteration
lᵊḇēnâ
Pronunciation
leb-ay-naw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1074g

Strong’s Definitions

לְבֵנָה lᵉbênâh, leb-ay-naw'; from H3835; a brick (from the whiteness of the clay):—(altar of) brick, tile.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H3843 in the following manner: brick (10x), tile (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H3843 in the following manner: brick (10x), tile (1x).

  1. tile, brick

    1. brick

    2. tile

    3. pavement

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לְבֵנָה lᵉbênâh, leb-ay-naw'; from H3835; a brick (from the whiteness of the clay):—(altar of) brick, tile.
STRONGS H3843: Abbreviations
† לְבֵנָה noun feminine brick, tile (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic לְּבִינְתָּא bdb052704; Zinjirli לבן (?) DHMSendsch.37. 59; Assyrian libittu; Arabic bdb052705, bdb052706, bdb052707, bdb052708, bdb052709 (loan-words according to Frä4f.); according to Thes and most from whiteness of clay, or light colour of sun-baked bricks; so NöZMG xi,1886,735 LagBN 139; > others regard as Assyrian loan-word VOJi. 22ff.; in Assyrian a derivative from labânu, throw down, prostrate, is sought DlPr. 93f.(compare HWB 369)); — ל׳ Genesis 11:3; Ezekiel 4:1; construct לִבְנַת [H3840 Exodus 24:10]; plural לְבֵנִים Genesis 11:3 + 7 times; suffix מִלִּבְנֵיכֶם Exodus 5:19; —
1. brick, as building-material, Genesis 11:3 (singular collective; elsewhere plural) Genesis 11:3; Exodus 1:14; straw used in making Exodus 5:7, compare Exodus 5:8; Exodus 5:16; Exodus 5:18; Exodus 5:19; Isaiah 9:9 (figurative; as inferior to גָּזִית hewn stone); incense burnt on Isaiah 65:3 (= roof-tiles ? compare Che Di).
2. = tile, on which plan of city could be engraved (חקק) Ezekiel 4:1.
3. = pavement, [H3840 Exodus 24:10] (compare Di).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:3; 11:3; 11:3; 11:3

Exodus

1:14; 5:7; 5:8; 5:16; 5:18; 5:19; 5:19

Isaiah

9:9; 65:3

Ezekiel

4:1; 4:1

H3843

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3843 matches the Hebrew לְבֵנָה (lᵊḇēnâ),
which occurs 11 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:3 - They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:14 - They made their lives bitter with harsh labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:7 - “You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks; let them go and gather their own straw.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:8 - But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don’t reduce the quota. They are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:16 - Your servants are given no straw, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:18 - Now get to work. You will not be given any straw, yet you must produce your full quota of bricks.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:19 - The Israelite overseers realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You are not to reduce the number of bricks required of you for each day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:10 - “The bricks have fallen down, but we will rebuild with dressed stone; the fig trees have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:3 - a people who continually provoke me to my very face, offering sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on altars of brick;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:1 - “Now, son of man, take a block of clay, put it in front of you and draw the city of Jerusalem on it.
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