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Lexicon :: Strong's H3837 - lāḇān

Aa
לָבָן
Transliteration
lāḇān
Pronunciation
law-bawn'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as לָבָן (H3836)
Strong’s Definitions

לָבָן Lâbân, law-bawn'; the same as H3836; Laban, a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert:—Laban.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 55x

The KJV translates Strong's H3837 in the following manner: Laban (55x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 55x
The KJV translates Strong's H3837 in the following manner: Laban (55x).

  1. Laban = "white"

    proper masculine noun

    1. son of Bethuel, brother of Rebekah, and father of Leah and Rachel

      proper locative noun

    2. a wilderness encampment of the Israelites

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָבָן Lâbân, law-bawn'; the same as H3836; Laban, a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert:—Laban.
STRONGS H3837: Abbreviations
II. לָבָן 54 proper name, masculine son of Bethuel, brother of Rebekah, and father-in-law of Jacob (Greek Version of the LXX Λαβαν), Genesis 24:29 (twice in verse); Genesis 24:50; Genesis 27:43; Genesis 28:2, 5 + 17 times J (Gen 29, 30, 31, 32); Genesis 29:15, 16, 19, 21, 22, 26 + 18 times E (Gen 31, 32, הָאֲרַמִּי ל׳ Genesis 31:24); Genesis 25:20 (הָאֲרַמִּי ל׳) Genesis 28:5 (id.), also Genesis 28:2; Genesis 29:24, 29; Genesis 46:18, 25 (all P).

III. לָבָן proper name, of a location, connected with desert-journey of Israelites Deuteronomy 1:1, Greek Version of the LXX Λοβαν; possibly = H3841 לִבְנָה 2, which see.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

24:29; 24:50; 25:20; 27:43; 28:2; 28:2; 28:5; 28:5; 29; 29:15; 29:16; 29:19; 29:21; 29:22; 29:24; 29:26; 29:29; 29:30; 29:31; 29:32; 31; 31:24; 31:32; 46:18; 46:25

Deuteronomy

1:1

H3837

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3837 matches the Hebrew לָבָן (lāḇān),
which occurs 55 times in 47 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:29 - Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he came out quickly to the man at the water-spring.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:50

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:50 - Then Laban and Bethuel said in answer, This is the Lord's doing: it is not for us to say Yes or No to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:20 - Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramaean of Paddan-aram, and the sister of Laban the Aramaean, to be his wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:43 - So now, my son, do what I say: go quickly to Haran, to my brother Laban;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:2 - But go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and there get yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:5 - So Isaac sent Jacob away: and he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramaean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:5 - And he said to them, Have you any knowledge of Laban, the son of Nahor? And they said, We have.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:10 - Then when Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, coming with Laban's sheep, he came near, and rolling the stone away from the mouth of the hole, he got water for Laban's flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:13 - And Laban, hearing news of Jacob, his sister's son, came running, and took Jacob in his arms, and kissing him, made him come into his house. And Jacob gave him news of everything.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:14 - And Laban said to him, Truly, you are my bone and my flesh. And he kept Jacob with him for the space of a month.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:15 - Then Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my brother are you to be my servant for nothing? say now, what is your payment to be?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:16 - Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:19 - And Laban said, It is better for you to have her than another man: go on living here with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:21 - Then Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife so that I may have her, for the days are ended.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:22 - And Laban got together all the men of the place and gave a feast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:24 - And Laban gave Zilpah, his servant-girl, to Leah, to be her waiting-woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:25 - And in the morning Jacob saw that it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What have you done to me? was I not working for you so that I might have Rachel? why have you been false to me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:26 - And Laban said, In our country we do not let the younger daughter be married before the older.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:29 - And Laban gave Rachel his servant-girl Bilhah to be her waiting-woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:25 - Now after the birth of Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Let me go away to my place and my country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:27 - And Laban said, If you will let me say so, do not go away; for I have seen by the signs that the Lord has been good to me because of you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:34 - And Laban said, Let it be as you say.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:36 - And sent them three days' journey away: and Jacob took care of the rest of Laban's flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:40 - These lambs Jacob kept separate; and he put his flock in a place by themselves and not with Laban's flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:42 - But when the flocks were feeble, he did not put the sticks before them; so that the feebler flocks were Laban's and the stronger were Jacob's.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:1 - Now it came to the ears of Jacob that Laban's sons were saying, Jacob has taken away all our father's property, and in this way he has got all this wealth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:2 - And Jacob saw that Laban's feeling for him was no longer what it had been before.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:12 - And he said, See how all the he-goats are banded and marked and coloured: for I have seen what Laban has done to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:19 - Now Laban had gone to see to the cutting of the wool of his sheep; so Rachel secretly took the images of the gods of her father's house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:20 - And Jacob went away secretly, without giving news of his flight to Laban the Aramaean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:22 - And on the third day Laban had news of Jacob's flight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:24 - Then God came to Laban in a dream by night, and said to him, Take care that you say nothing good or bad to Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:25 - Now when Laban overtook him, Jacob had put up his tent in the hill-country; and Laban and his brothers put up their tents in the hill-country of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:26 - And Laban said to Jacob, Why did you go away secretly, taking my daughters away like prisoners of war?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:31 - And Jacob, in answer, said to Laban, My fear was that you might take your daughters from me by force.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:33 - So Laban went into Jacob's tent and into Leah's tent, and into the tents of the two servant-women, but they were not there; and he came out of Leah's tent and went into Rachel's.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:34 - Now Rachel had taken the images, and had put them in the camels' basket, and was seated on them. And Laban, searching through all the tent, did not come across them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:36 - Then Jacob was angry with Laban, and said, What crime or sin have I done that you have come after me with such passion?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:43 - Then Laban, answering, said, These women are my daughters and these children my children, the flocks and all you see are mine: what now may I do for my daughters and for their children?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:47

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:47 - And the name Laban gave it was Jegar-sahadutha: but Jacob gave it the name of Galeed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:48

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:48 - And Laban said, These stones are a witness between you and me today. For this reason its name was Galeed,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:51

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:51 - And Laban said, See these stones and this pillar which I have put between you and me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:55

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:55 - And early in the morning Laban, after kissing and blessing his daughters, went on his way back to his country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:4 - And he gave them orders to say these words to Esau: Your servant Jacob says, Till now I have been living with Laban:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:18 - These are the children of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah, and Jacob had these sixteen children by her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:25 - These were the children of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, seven persons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:1 - These are the words which Moses said to all Israel on the far side of Jordan, in the waste land in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran on the one side, and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab on the other.
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