HebrewH3836Adjective

לָבָן

la.van

24Occurrences
H3836Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

white

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

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
white

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

H:A

Full Description

Hebrew Adjective

Occurrences

לָבָן appears 24 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Leviticus
16
Genesis
3
Zechariah
3
Ecclesiastes
1
Exodus
1

Key Passages

Ecclesiastes 9:8BSB

Let your garments always be white,and never spare the oil for your head.

Genesis 49:12BSB

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

Leviticus 13:13BSB

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 13:20BSB

The priest shall examine it, and if it appears to be beneath the skin and the hair in it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil.

Leviticus 13:26BSB

But if the priest examines it and there is no white hair in the spot, and it is not beneath the skin but has faded, the priest shall isolate him for seven days.

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