לִבְנָהLibnâh

Libnah, a place in the Desert and one in Palestine

Pronunciation: lib-naw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3841

Meanings

1. city in southwest Judah, exact site unknown (Joshua 10:29; Joshua 10:31; Joshua 10:32)

2. station of Israel in wilderness (Numbers 33:20; Numbers 33:21; Deuteronomy 1:1)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 18 times in the Bible.

  • Numbers 33:20 They left Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah.
  • Numbers 33:21 They left Libnah and camped at Rissah.
  • Joshua 10:29 Then Joshua and the Israelites went to Libnah and attacked it.
  • Joshua 10:31 From Libnah, Joshua and the Israelites went to Lachish and attacked it.
  • Joshua 10:32 Here again, the Lord gave them Lachish. Joshua took it on the second day and killed everyone in it, just as he had done at Libnah.
  • Joshua 10:39 He captured the town, its king, and all of its surrounding villages. He completely destroyed everyone in it, leaving no survivors. He did to Debir and its king just what he had done to Hebron and to Libnah and its king.
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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).