Strong's Hebrew · H4404

H4404 malbên

מַלְבֵּן

mal-bane'

brick

Looking for Greek G4404 prōḯ? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H4404. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

malbên appears 3 times in Scripture, in 2 Samuel 12:31, Jeremiah 43:9 and Nahum 3:14. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

a brickkiln

In the King James Version

brickkiln.

Derivation

from H3835 (לָבַן) (denominative);

Appears 3 times in Scripture

Jeremiah 43:9

““In the sight of the Jews, pick up some large stones and bury them in the clay of the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace at Tahpanhes.”

Nahum 3:14

“Draw your water for the siege; strengthen your fortresses. Work the clay and tread the mortar; repair the brick kiln!”

2 Samuel 12:31

“David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.”

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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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