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Lexicon :: Strong's H3828 - lᵊḇônâ

Aa
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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 BoxExo 30:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:34 - And the Lord said to Moses, Take sweet spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, with the best frankincense, in equal weights;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:1 - And when anyone makes a meal offering to the Lord, let his offering be of the best meal, with oil on it and perfume:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:2 - And let him take it to Aaron's sons, the priests; and having taken in his hand some of the meal and of the oil, with all the perfume, let him give it to the priest to be burned on the altar, as a sign, an offering made by fire, for a sweet smell to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:15 - And put oil on it and perfume: it is a meal offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:16 - And part of the meal of the offering and part of the oil and all the perfume is to be burned for a sign by the priest: it is an offering made by fire to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 - But if he has not enough money for two doves or two young pigeons, then let him give, for the sin he has done, the tenth part of an ephah of the best meal, for a sin-offering; let him put no oil on it, and no perfume, for it is a sin-offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:15 - The priest is to take in his hand some of the meal of the meal offering and of the oil of it, and all the perfume on it, burning it on the altar as a sign, for a sweet smell to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:7 - And on the lines of cakes put clean sweet-smelling spices, for a sign on the bread, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:15 - Then let him take her to the priest, offering for her the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal, without oil or perfume; for it is a meal offering of a bitter spirit, a meal offering keeping wrongdoing in mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:29 - And some of them were responsible for the holy things and for the vessels of the holy place, and the meal and the wine and the oil and the perfume and the spices.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5 - Had made ready for him a great room, where at one time they kept the meal offerings, the perfume, and the vessels and the tenths of the grain and wine and oil which were given by order to the Levites and the music-makers and the door-keepers, and the lifted offerings for the priests.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:9 - Then I gave orders, and they made the rooms clean: and I put back in them the vessels of the house of God, with the meal offerings and the perfume.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:6 - Who is this coming out of the waste places like pillars of smoke, perfumed with sweet spices, with all the spices of the trader?

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:6 - Till the evening comes, and the sky slowly becomes dark, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:14 - Spikenard and safron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:23 - You have not made me burned offerings of sheep, or given me honour with your offerings of beasts; I did not make you servants to give me an offering, and I did not make you tired with requests for perfumes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:6 - You will be full of camel-trains, even the young camels of Midian and Ephah; all from Sheba will come, with gold and spices, giving word of the great acts of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:3 - He who puts an ox to death puts a man to death; he who makes an offering of a lamb puts a dog to death; he who makes a meal offering makes an offering of pig's blood; he who makes an offering of perfumes for a sign gives worship to an image: as they have gone after their desires, and their soul takes pleasure in their disgusting things;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:20 - To what purpose does sweet perfume come to me from Sheba, and spices from a far country? your burned offerings give me no pleasure, your offerings of beasts are not pleasing to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:26 - And they will come from the towns of Judah, and from the places round about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowlands, and from the mountains, and from the South, with burned offerings and offerings of beasts and meal offerings and perfume and offerings of praise, to the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:5 - Some people came from Shechem, from Shiloh and Samaria, eighty men, with the hair of their faces cut off and their clothing out of order, and with cuts on their bodies, and in their hands meal offerings and perfumes which they were taking to the house of the Lord.
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