לָבַןlâban

Meanings

Same root

• לְבֵנָהlᵉbênâh · H3843a brick (from the whiteness of the clay)
• לָבָןlâbân · H3836white
• לִבְנֶהlibneh · H3839some sort of whitish tree, perhaps the storax
• לִבְנָהlibnâh · H3840properly, whiteness, i.e. (by implication) transparency
• לְבָנָהlᵉbânâh · H3842properly, (the) white, i.e. the moon
• לִבְנִיLibnîy · H3845Libni, an Israelite
• מַלְבֵּןmalbên · H4404a brickkiln
• שִׁיחוֹר לִבְנָתShîychôwr Libnâth · H7884Shichor-Libnath, a stream of Palestine

Where it appears

Appears 8 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 11:3 They began saying to each other, “Let’s make bricks and harden them with fire.” (In this region bricks were used instead of stone, and tar was used for mortar.)
• Exodus 5:7 “Do not supply any more straw for making bricks. Make the people get it themselves!
• Exodus 5:14 Then they whipped the Israelite foremen they had put in charge of the work crews. “Why haven’t you met your quotas either yesterday or today?” they demanded.
• Psalms 51:7 Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
• Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, let’s settle this,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool.
• Daniel 11:35 And some of the wise will fall victim to persecution. In this way, they will be refined and cleansed and made pure until the time of the end, for the appointed time is still to come.