לְבָנָהlᵉbânâh

moon (Isaiah 24:23; Isaiah 30:26; Song of Solomon 6:10)

Pronunciation: leb-aw-naw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3842

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Song of Solomon 6:10 “Who is this, arising like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as an army with billowing banners?”
  • Isaiah 24:23 Then the glory of the moon will wane, and the brightness of the sun will fade, for the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will rule on Mount Zion. He will rule in great glory in Jerusalem, in the sight of all the leaders of his people.
  • Isaiah 30:26 The moon will be as bright as the sun, and the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days in one! So it will be when the Lord begins to heal his people and cure the wounds he gave them.

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).