לָבָןlâbân

white (Genesis 30:35; Genesis 49:12; Leviticus 13:4; Zechariah 1:8; Genesis 30:37)

Pronunciation: law-bawn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3836

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 29 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 30:35 But that very day Laban went out and removed the male goats that were streaked and spotted, all the female goats that were speckled and spotted or had white patches, and all the black sheep. He placed them in the care of his own sons,
  • Genesis 30:37 Then Jacob took some fresh branches from poplar, almond, and plane trees and peeled off strips of bark, making white streaks on them.
  • Genesis 49:12 His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.
  • Exodus 16:31 The Israelites called the food manna. It was white like coriander seed, and it tasted like honey wafers.
  • Leviticus 13:3 The priest will examine the affected area of the skin. If the hair in the affected area has turned white and the problem appears to be more than skin-deep, it is a serious skin disease, and the priest who examines it must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean.
  • Leviticus 13:4 “But if the affected area of the skin is only a white discoloration and does not appear to be more than skin-deep, and if the hair on the spot has not turned white, the priest will quarantine the person for seven days.
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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).