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Lexicon :: Strong's H3828 - lᵊḇônâ

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לְבוֹנָה
Transliteration
lᵊḇônâ
Pronunciation
leb-o-naw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1074d

Strong’s Definitions

לְבוֹנָה lᵉbôwnâh, leb-o-naw'; or לְבֹנָה lᵉbônâh; from H3836; frankincense (from its whiteness or perhaps that of its smoke):—(frank-) incense.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H3828 in the following manner: frankincense (15x), incense (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H3828 in the following manner: frankincense (15x), incense (6x).

  1. frankincense

    1. a white resin burned as fragrant incense

      1. ceremonially

      2. personally

      3. used in compounding the holy incense

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לְבוֹנָה lᵉbôwnâh, leb-o-naw'; or לְבֹנָה lᵉbônâh; from H3836; frankincense (from its whiteness or perhaps that of its smoke):—(frank-) incense.
STRONGS H3828: Abbreviations
† I. לְבֹנָה, לְבוֺנָה noun feminine frankincense (from white colour, compare LagBN 33; Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic id., לְבוּנְתָּא, bdb052605 Phoenician לבנת; Arabic bdb052606 (Lane3007); Ethiopic bdb052607 is from λιβανος); — ל׳ Exodus 30:24 + 18 times; לְבֹנָתָהּ Leviticus 2:2, 16; — used in preparation of holy incense Exodus 30:34 (|| סַמִּים); used as incense Jeremiah 6:20, on meal-offering Leviticus 2:1, 2, 15, 16; Leviticus 6:8, compare Leviticus 5:11; Numbers 5:15; also Jeremiah 17:26; Jeremiah 41:5; Isaiah 43:23; Isaiah 66:3; with shew-bread Leviticus 24:7; Nehemiah 13:5, 9; 1 Chronicles 9:29 (|| בְּשָׂמִים); burned as perfume (article of luxury) Songs 3:6 (|| מֹר); גִּבְעַת הַלְּבוֺנָה Songs 4:6 (|| הַר הַמּוֺר); עֲצֵי לְבוֺנָה Songs 4:14 (|| נֵרְדְּ, כַּרְכֹּם, קָנֶה, קִנָּמוֺן, מֹר, אֲהָלוֺת); as tribute to Zion Isaiah 60:6 (|| זהב). — In Hexateuch only P.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

30:24; 30:34

Leviticus

2:1; 2:2; 2:2; 2:15; 2:16; 2:16; 5:11; 6:8; 24:7

Numbers

5:15

1 Chronicles

9:29

Nehemiah

13:5; 13:9

Song of Songs

3:6; 4:6; 4:14

Isaiah

43:23; 60:6; 66:3

Jeremiah

6:20; 17:26; 41:5

H3828

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3828 matches the Hebrew לְבוֹנָה (lᵊḇônâ),
which occurs 21 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:34 - And the LORD said to Moses: “Take sweet spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, and pure frankincense with these sweet spices; there shall be equal amounts of each.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:1 - ‘When anyone offers a grain offering to the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour. And he shall pour oil on it, and put frankincense on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:2 - ‘He shall bring it to Aaron’s sons, the priests, one of whom shall take from it his handful of fine flour and oil with all the frankincense. And the priest shall burn it as a memorial on the altar, an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:15 - ‘And you shall put oil on it, and lay frankincense on it. It is a grain offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:16 - ‘Then the priest shall burn the memorial portion: part of its beaten grain and part of its oil, with all the frankincense, as an offering made by fire to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 - ‘But if he is not able to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then he who sinned shall bring for his offering one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering. He shall put no oil on it, nor shall he put frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:15 - ‘He shall take from it his handful of the fine flour of the grain offering, with its oil, and all the frankincense which is on the grain offering, and shall burn it on the altar for a sweet aroma, as a memorial to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:7 - “And you shall put pure frankincense on each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, an offering made by fire to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:15 - ‘then the man shall bring his wife to the priest. He shall bring the offering required for her, one-tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil on it and put no frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering of jealousy, an offering for remembering, for bringing iniquity to remembrance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:29 - Some of them were appointed over the furnishings and over all the implements of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour and the wine and the oil and the incense and the spices.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5 - And he had prepared for him a large room, where previously they had stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the articles, the tithes of grain, the new wine and oil, which were commanded to be given to the Levites and singers and gatekeepers, and the offerings for the priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:9 - Then I commanded them to cleanse the rooms; and I brought back into them the articles of the house of God, with the grain offering and the frankincense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:6 - The Shulamite
Who is this coming out of the wilderness
Like pillars of smoke,
Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
With all the merchant’s fragrant powders?

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:6 - Until the day breaks
And the shadows flee away,
I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh
And to the hill of frankincense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:14 - Spikenard and saffron,
Calamus and cinnamon,
With all trees of frankincense,
Myrrh and aloes,
With all the chief spices—

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:23 - You have not brought Me the sheep for your burnt offerings,
Nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices.
I have not caused you to serve with grain offerings,
Nor wearied you with incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:6 - The multitude of camels shall cover your land,
The dromedaries of Midian and Ephah;
All those from Sheba shall come;
They shall bring gold and incense,
And they shall proclaim the praises of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:3 - “He who kills a bull is as if he slays a man;
He who sacrifices a lamb, as if he breaks a dog’s neck;
He who offers a grain offering, as if he offers swine’s blood;
He who burns incense, as if he blesses an idol.
Just as they have chosen their own ways,
And their soul delights in their abominations,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:20 - For what purpose to Me
Comes frankincense from Sheba,
And sweet cane from a far country?
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable,
Nor your sacrifices sweet to Me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:26 - “And they shall come from the cities of Judah and from the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin and from the lowland, from the mountains and from the South, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and incense, bringing sacrifices of praise to the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:5 - that certain men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, eighty men with their beards shaved and their clothes torn, having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.
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