Word Study · Strong's H3844 · Hebrew
לְבָנוֹן
Lebanon
leb-aw-nohn'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Lᵉbânôwn
“Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine
Rendered in the KJV as
Lebanon.
- 71occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 16 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 37inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 71 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 37
- הַלְּבָנוֹן֙6
- הַלְּבָנ֔וֹן5
- לְבָנ֑וֹן5
- לְבָנ֖וֹן5
- בַּלְּבָנ֔וֹן4
- בַּלְּבָנ֗וֹן3
- הַלְּבָנ֑וֹן3
- הַלְּבָנֽוֹן׃3
- בַּלְּבָנוֹן֙2
- הַלְּבָנ֗וֹן2
- הַלְּבָנ֖וֹן2
- הַלְּבָנֽוֹן׃ פ2
and 25 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 14
- the Lebanon25
- Lebanon16
- [was] in the Lebanon6
- and the Lebanon5
- in the Lebanon4
- from Lebanon3
- like the Lebanon3
- and in the Lebanon2
- and Lebanon2
- [is] in the Lebanon1
- [is] like the Lebanon1
- from the Lebanon1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 9
- the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)25
- proper noun (a name)17
- preposition with the article + proper noun (a name)15
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)5
- preposition + proper noun (a name)3
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + proper noun (a name)2
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)1
- preposition + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Npl · 25
- HNpl · 17
- HRd/Npl · 15
- HC/Td/Npl · 5
- HR/Npl · 3
- HC/Npl · 2
- HC/Rd/Npl · 2
- HNpl/Sd · 1
- HR/Td/Npl · 1
All 71, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 1 Kings9 of 71 · 13%
- 2 Chronicles9 of 71 · 13%
- Isaiah9 of 71 · 13%
- Song of Solomon7 of 71 · 10%
- Joshua6 of 71 · 8%
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Deuteronomy3 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 1:7וְהַלְּבָנ֔וֹןvehalevanonconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)Resume your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the foothills, in the Negev, and along the seacoast to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great River Euphrates.here: and the Lebanon
- Deuteronomy 3:25וְהַלְּבָנֽוֹן׃vehalevanonconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)Please let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that pleasant hill country as well as Lebanon!”here: and the Lebanon
- Deuteronomy 11:24וְהַלְּבָנ֜וֹןvehalevanonconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.here: and the Lebanon
Joshua6 occurrences
- Joshua 1:4וְהַלְּבָנ֨וֹןvehalevanonconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)Your territory shall extend from the wilderness and Lebanon to the great River Euphrates—all the land of the Hittites—and west as far as the Great Sea.here: and the Lebanon
- Joshua 9:1הַלְּבָנ֑וֹןhalevanonthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)Now when news of this reached all the kings west of the Jordan—those in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon (the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)—here: the Lebanon
- Joshua 11:17הַלְּבָנ֔וֹןhalevanonthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and struck them down, putting them to death.here: the Lebanon
- Joshua 12:7הַלְּבָנ֔וֹןhalevanonthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)And these are the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir (according to the allotments to the tribes of Israel, Joshua gave them as an inheritancehere: the Lebanon
- Joshua 13:5הַלְּבָנוֹן֙halevanonthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.here: the Lebanon
- Joshua 13:6הַלְּבָנ֞וֹןhalevanonthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim—all the Sidonians—I Myself will drive out before the Israelites. Be sure to divide it by lot as an inheritance to Israel, as I have commanded you.here: the Lebanon
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 3:3הַלְּבָנ֑וֹןhalevanonthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.here: the Lebanon
- Judges 9:15הַלְּבָנֽוֹן׃halevanonthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’here: the Lebanon
1 Kings9 occurrences
- 1 Kings 4:33בַּלְּבָנ֔וֹןbalevanonpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)He spoke of trees, from the cedar in Lebanon to the hyssop growing in the wall, and he taught about animals, birds, reptiles, and fish.here: [is] in the Lebanon
- 1 Kings 5:6הַלְּבָנ֗וֹןhalevanonthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)Now therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there are none among us as skilled in logging as the Sidonians.”here: the Lebanon
- 1 Kings 5:9הַלְּבָנ֜וֹןhalevanonthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate the logs, and you can take them away. And in exchange, you can meet my needs by providing my household with food.”here: the Lebanon
- 1 Kings 5:14לְבָנ֗וֹנָהlevanonahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)He sent them to Lebanon in monthly shifts of 10,000 men, so that they would spend one month in Lebanon and two months at home. And Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.here: Lebanon towards
- 1 Kings 5:14בַלְּבָנ֔וֹןvalevanonpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)He sent them to Lebanon in monthly shifts of 10,000 men, so that they would spend one month in Lebanon and two months at home. And Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.here: in the Lebanon
- 1 Kings 7:2הַלְּבָנ֗וֹןhalevanonthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams.here: the Lebanon
- 1 Kings 9:19וּבַלְּבָנ֔וֹןuvalevanonconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + proper noun (a name)as well as all the store cities that Solomon had for his chariots and horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.here: and in the Lebanon
- 1 Kings 10:17הַלְּבָנֽוֹן׃ פhalevanonthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.here: the Lebanon
- 1 Kings 10:21הַלְּבָנ֖וֹןhalevanonthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.here: the Lebanon
2 Kings4 occurrences
- 2 Kings 14:9בַּלְּבָנ֗וֹןbalevanonpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.here: [was] in the Lebanon
- 2 Kings 14:9בַּלְּבָנוֹן֙balevanonpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.here: [was] in the Lebanon
- 2 Kings 14:9בַּלְּבָנ֔וֹןbalevanonpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.here: [was] in the Lebanon
- 2 Kings 19:23לְבָנ֑וֹןlevanonproper noun (a name)Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest outposts, the densest of its forests.here: Lebanon
2 Chronicles9 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 2:8מֵֽהַלְּבָנוֹן֒mehalevanonpreposition + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants have skill to cut timber there. And indeed, my servants will work with yourshere: from the Lebanon
- 2 Chronicles 2:8לְבָנ֑וֹןlevanonproper noun (a name)Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants have skill to cut timber there. And indeed, my servants will work with yourshere: Lebanon
- 2 Chronicles 2:16הַלְּבָנוֹן֙halevanonthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)We will cut logs from Lebanon, as many as you need, and we will float them to you as rafts by sea down to Joppa. Then you can take them up to Jerusalem.”here: the Lebanon
- 2 Chronicles 8:6וּבַלְּבָנ֔וֹןuvalevanonconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + proper noun (a name)as well as Baalath, all the store cities that belonged to Solomon, and all the cities for his chariots and horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.here: and in the Lebanon
- 2 Chronicles 9:16הַלְּבָנֽוֹן׃ פhalevanonthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.here: the Lebanon
- 2 Chronicles 9:20הַלְּבָנ֖וֹןhalevanonthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.here: the Lebanon
- 2 Chronicles 25:18בַּלְּבָנ֗וֹןbalevanonpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.here: [was] in the Lebanon
- 2 Chronicles 25:18בַּלְּבָנוֹן֙balevanonpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.here: [was] in the Lebanon
- 2 Chronicles 25:18בַּלְּבָנ֔וֹןbalevanonpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.here: [was] in the Lebanon
Psalms5 occurrences
- Psalms 29:5הַלְּבָנֽוֹן׃halevanonthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD shatters the cedars of Lebanon.here: the Lebanon
- Psalms 29:6לְבָנ֥וֹןlevanonproper noun (a name)He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox.here: Lebanon
- Psalms 72:16כַּלְּבָנ֣וֹןkalevanonpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, and its people like the grass of the field.here: like the Lebanon
- Psalms 92:12בַּלְּבָנ֣וֹןbalevanonpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.here: in the Lebanon
- Psalms 104:16לְ֝בָנ֗וֹןlevanonproper noun (a name)The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,here: Lebanon
Song of Solomon7 occurrences
- Song of Solomon 3:9הַלְּבָנֽוֹן׃halevanonthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)King Solomon has made his carriage out of the timber of Lebanon.here: the Lebanon
- Song of Solomon 4:8מִלְּבָנוֹן֙milevanonpreposition + proper noun (a name)Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon! Descend from the peak of Amana, from the summits of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of the lions, from the mountains of the leopards.here: from Lebanon
- Song of Solomon 4:8מִלְּבָנ֣וֹןmilevanonpreposition + proper noun (a name)Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon! Descend from the peak of Amana, from the summits of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of the lions, from the mountains of the leopards.here: from Lebanon
- Song of Solomon 4:11לְבָנֽוֹן׃ סlevanonproper noun (a name)Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.here: Lebanon
- Song of Solomon 4:15לְבָנֽוֹן׃levanonproper noun (a name)You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.here: Lebanon
- Song of Solomon 5:15כַּלְּבָנ֔וֹןkalevanonpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, as majestic as the cedars.here: [is] like the Lebanon
- Song of Solomon 7:4הַלְּבָנ֔וֹןhalevanonthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.here: the Lebanon
Isaiah9 occurrences
- Isaiah 2:13הַלְּבָנ֔וֹןhalevanonthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan,here: the Lebanon
- Isaiah 10:34וְהַלְּבָנ֖וֹןvehalevanonconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)He will clear the forest thickets with an axe, and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.here: and the Lebanon
- Isaiah 14:8לְבָנ֑וֹןlevanonproper noun (a name)Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.”here: Lebanon
- Isaiah 29:17לְבָנ֖וֹןlevanonproper noun (a name)In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?here: Lebanon
- Isaiah 33:9לְבָנ֖וֹןlevanonproper noun (a name)The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.here: Lebanon
- Isaiah 35:2הַלְּבָנוֹן֙halevanonthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.here: the Lebanon
- Isaiah 37:24לְבָנ֑וֹןlevanonproper noun (a name)Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.here: Lebanon
- Isaiah 40:16וּלְבָנ֕וֹןulevanonconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.here: and Lebanon
- Isaiah 60:13הַלְּבָנוֹן֙halevanonthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)The glory of Lebanon will come to you— its cypress, elm, and boxwood together— to adorn the place of My sanctuary, and I will glorify the place of My feet.here: the Lebanon
Jeremiah4 occurrences
- Jeremiah 18:14לְבָנ֑וֹןlevanonproper noun (a name)Does the snow of Lebanon ever leave its rocky slopes? Or do its cool waters flowing from a distance ever run dry?here: Lebanon
- Jeremiah 22:6הַלְּבָנ֑וֹןhalevanonthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)For this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are like Gilead to Me, like the summit of Lebanon; but I will surely turn you into a desert, like cities that are uninhabited.here: the Lebanon
- Jeremiah 22:20הַלְּבָנוֹן֙halevanonthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)Go up to Lebanon and cry out; raise your voice in Bashan; cry out from Abarim, for all your lovers have been crushed.here: the Lebanon
- Jeremiah 22:23בַּלְּבָנ֔וֹןbalevanonpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”here: in the Lebanon
Ezekiel5 occurrences
- Ezekiel 17:3הַלְּבָנ֔וֹןhalevanonthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.here: the Lebanon
- Ezekiel 27:5מִלְּבָנוֹן֙milevanonpreposition + proper noun (a name)They constructed all your planking with cypress from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.here: from Lebanon
- Ezekiel 31:3בַּלְּבָנ֗וֹןbalevanonpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.here: in the Lebanon
- Ezekiel 31:15לְבָנ֔וֹןlevanonproper noun (a name)This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the day it was brought down to Sheol, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it; I held back its rivers; its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it.here: Lebanon
- Ezekiel 31:16לְבָנ֖וֹןlevanonproper noun (a name)I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.here: Lebanon
Hosea3 occurrences
- Hosea 14:5כַּלְּבָנֽוֹן׃kalevanonpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.here: like the Lebanon
- Hosea 14:6כַּלְּבָנֽוֹן׃kalevanonpreposition with the article + proper noun (a name)His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.here: like the Lebanon
- Hosea 14:7לְבָנֽוֹן׃ סlevanonproper noun (a name)They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.here: Lebanon
Zechariah2 occurrences
- Zechariah 10:10וּלְבָנוֹן֙ulevanonconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)I will bring them back from Egyptand gather them from Assyria.I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanonuntil no more room is found for them.here: and Lebanon
- Zechariah 11:1לְבָנ֖וֹןlevanonproper noun (a name)Open your doors, O Lebanon,that the fire may consume your cedars!here: O Lebanon