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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 - And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:14 - and made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field. In all their work they ruthlessly made them work as slaves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:7 - “You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as in the past; let them go and gather straw for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:8 - But the number of bricks that they made in the past you shall impose on them, you shall by no means reduce it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry, ‘Let us go and offer sacrifice to our God.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:16 - No straw is given to your servants, yet they say to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:18 - Go now and work. No straw will be given you, but you must still deliver the same number of bricks.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:19 - The foremen of the people of Israel saw that they were in trouble when they said, “You shall by no means reduce your number of bricks, your daily task each day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:10 - “The bricks have fallen,
but we will build with dressed stones;
the sycamores have been cut down,
but we will put cedars in their place.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:3 - a people who provoke me
to my face continually,
sacrificing in gardens
and making offerings on bricks;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:1 - “And you, son of man, take a brick and lay it before you, and engrave on it a city, even Jerusalem.
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