Strong's Hebrew · H3843
H3843 lᵉbênâh
לְבֵנָה
leb-ay-naw'
brick
Looking for Greek G3843 pántōs? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H3843. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
lᵉbênâh appears 12 times in Scripture, including Genesis 11:3 and Exodus 1:14. 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
a brick (from the whiteness of the clay)
In the King James Version
(altar of) brick, tile.
Derivation
from H3835 (לָבַן);
Appears 12 times in Scripture
“and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.”
““You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.”
“to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,”
“And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.”
“No straw has been given to your servants, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Look, your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.””
“But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’”
“and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.”
“The Israelite foremen realized they were in trouble when they were told, “You must not reduce your daily quota of bricks.””
“Now get to work. You will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the full quota of bricks.””
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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).
