לְבוֹנָהlᵉbôwnâh

frankincense (Exodus 30:24; Leviticus 2:2; Leviticus 2:16; Exodus 30:34; Jeremiah 6:20)

Pronunciation: leb-o-naw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3828

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 21 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 30:34 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Gather fragrant spices—resin droplets, mollusk shell, and galbanum—and mix these fragrant spices with pure frankincense, weighed out in equal amounts.
  • Leviticus 2:1 “When you present grain as an offering to the Lord, the offering must consist of choice flour. You are to pour olive oil on it, sprinkle it with frankincense,
  • Leviticus 2:2 and bring it to Aaron’s sons, the priests. The priest will scoop out a handful of the flour moistened with oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this representative portion on the altar. It is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
  • Leviticus 2:15 Put olive oil on this grain offering, and sprinkle it with frankincense.
  • Leviticus 2:16 The priest will take a representative portion of the grain moistened with oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn it as a special gift presented to the Lord.
  • Leviticus 5:11 “If you cannot afford to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, you may bring two quarts of choice flour for your sin offering. Since it is an offering for sin, you must not moisten it with olive oil or put any frankincense on it.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).