Strong's Hebrew · H3836

H3836 lâbân

לָבָן

law-bawn'

white

Looking for Greek G3836 pantachóthen? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H3836. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

lâbân appears 29 times in Scripture, including Genesis 30:35 and Exodus 16:31. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

white

In the King James Version

white.

Derivation

or (Genesis 49:12) לָבֵן; from H3835 (לָבַן);

Appears 29 times in Scripture

Leviticus 13:4

“If, however, the spot on his skin is white and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days.”

Leviticus 13:10

“The priest will examine him, and if there is a white swelling on the skin that has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling,”

Genesis 30:35

“That very day Laban removed all the streaked or spotted male goats and every speckled or spotted female goat—every one that had any white on it—and every dark-colored lamb, and he placed them under the care of his sons.”

Genesis 49:12

“His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk.”

Leviticus 13:13

“the priest shall examine him, and if the disease has covered his entire body, he is to pronounce the infected person clean. Since it has all turned white, he is clean.”

Leviticus 13:3

“The priest is to examine the infection on his skin, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the sore appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a skin disease. After the priest examines him, he must pronounce him unclean.”

Genesis 30:37

“Jacob, however, took fresh branches of poplar, almond, and plane trees, and peeled the bark, exposing the white inner wood of the branches.”

Exodus 16:31

“Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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