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Lexicon :: Strong's H3835 - lāḇan

Aa
לָבַן
Transliteration
lāḇan
Pronunciation
law-ban'
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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 bdb052603 milk; bdb052604 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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

H3835

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3835 matches the Hebrew לָבַן (lāḇan),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:3 - Then they said H559 to one H376 another H7453, “Come H3051, let’s make H3835 bricks H3835 and [fn]fire H8313 them thoroughly H8316.” And they used H1961 brick H3843 for stone H68, and they used H1961 tar H2564 for mortar H2563.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:7 - “You are no H3808 longer H3254 to give H5414 the people H5971 straw H8401 to make H3835 bricks H3835 as previously H8543 H8032; have them go H1980 and gather H7197 straw H8401 for themselves H1992.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:14 - Moreover, the foremen H7860 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, whom H834 Pharaoh’s H6547 taskmasters H5065 had set H7760 over H5921 them, were beaten H5221 [fn]and asked H559, “Why H4069 have you not completed H3615 your required H2706 task H2706 of making H3835 bricks H3835 either H1571 yesterday H8543 or H1571 today H3117, as before H8543 H8032?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:7 -

[fn]Purify H2398 me with hyssop H231, and I will be H2891 clean H2891;

[fn]Cleanse H3526 me, and I will be whiter H3835 than H4480 snow H7950.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:18 -

“Come H1980 now H4994, and let us [fn]debate H3198 your case,”

Says H559 the LORD H3068,

“Though H518 your sins H2399 are as scarlet H8144,

They shall become as white H3835 as snow H7950;

Though H518 they are red H119 like crimson H8438,

They shall be like wool H6785.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:35 - “And some H4480 of [fn]those who have H7919 insight H7919 will fall H3782, to refine H6884, purge H1305, and [fn]cleanse H3835 them until H5704 the end H7093 time H6256; because H3588 it is still H5750 to come at the appointed H4150 time H4150.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 12:10 - “Many H7227 will be purged H1305, [fn]cleansed H3835, and refined H6884, but the wicked H7563 will act H7561 wickedly H7561; and none H3808 H3605 of the wicked H7563 will understand H995, but [fn]those who have H7919 insight H7919 will understand H995.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:7 -

It has made H7760 my vine H1612 a waste H8047

And my fig H8384 tree H8384 a stump H7111.

It has stripped H2834 them bare H2834 and hurled H7993 them away H7993;

Their branches H8299 have become H3835 white H3835.

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