Hebrew noun (feminine) · H3828
לְבוֹנָה
lebonahleb-o-naw'
frankincense
21 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: lᵉbôwnâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3828is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 39Old Testament books
- 18spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3828
frankincense (from its whiteness or perhaps that of its smoke)
The King James renders it: (frank-) incense.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
lebonah is rendered "frankincense". It stands 21 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 30:34The LORD also said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense—in equal measures,
- The Greek text spells it eighteen different ways.
The first use
The LORD also said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense—in equal measures,
Exodus 30:34וּלְבֹנָ֣ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's twenty-one uses are in Leviticus.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- frankincense8
- and frankincense5
- the frankincense3
- and the frankincense2
- frankincense its2
- with frankincense1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 21, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
18 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וּלְבוֹנָה֙2
- לְבֹנָ֔ה2
- לְבֹנָתָ֑הּ2
- בִּלְבוֹנָֽה׃1
- הַלְּבוֹנָ֜ה1
- הַלְּבוֹנָֽה׃1
- הַלְּבֹנָ֔ה1
- וְהַלְּבוֹנָ֖ה1
- וְהַלְּבוֹנָֽה׃ פ1
- וּלְבוֹנָ֔ה1
- וּלְבוֹנָ֑ה1
- וּלְבֹנָ֣ה1
and 6 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular8HNcfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular5HC/Ncfsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular3HTd/Ncfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular2HC/Td/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2HNcfsc/Sp3fs
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1HR/Ncfsa
Exodus
one use
The LORD also said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense—in equal measures,
- וּלְבֹנָ֣הulevonahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and frankincense
Leviticus
seven uses
“When anyone brings a grain offering to the LORD, his offering must consist of fine flour. He is to pour olive oil on it, put frankincense on it,
- לְבֹנָֽה׃levonahnoun · feminine singulartagged: frankincense
and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. The priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this as a memorial portion on the altar, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
- לְבֹנָתָ֑הּlevonatahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: frankincense its
And you are to put oil and frankincense on it; it is a grain offering.
- לְבֹנָ֑הlevonahnoun · feminine singulartagged: frankincense
The priest shall then burn the memorial portion of the crushed grain and the oil, together with all its frankincense, as an offering made by fire to the LORD.
- לְבֹנָתָ֑הּlevonatahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: frankincense its
But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, he may bring a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering. He must not put olive oil or frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering.
- לְבֹנָ֔הlevonahnoun · feminine singulartagged: frankincense
The priest is to remove a handful of fine flour and olive oil, together with all the frankincense from the grain offering, and burn the memorial portion on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
- הַלְּבֹנָ֔הhalevonahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the frankincense
And you are to place pure frankincense near each row, so that it may serve as a memorial portion for the bread, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
- לְבֹנָ֣הlevonahnoun · feminine singulartagged: frankincense
Numbers
one use
then he is to bring his wife to the priest. He must also bring for her an offering of a tenth of an ephah of barley flour. He is not to pour oil over it or put frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, an offering of memorial as a reminder of iniquity.
- לְבֹנָ֔הlevonahnoun · feminine singulartagged: frankincense
1 Chronicles
one use
Others were put in charge of the furnishings and other articles of the sanctuary, as well as the fine flour, wine, oil, frankincense, and spices.
- וְהַלְּבוֹנָ֖הvehalevonahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and the frankincense
Nehemiah
two uses
and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.
- הַלְּבוֹנָ֜הhalevonahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the frankincense
Then I ordered that the rooms be purified, and I had the articles of the house of God restored to them, along with the grain offerings and frankincense.
- וְהַלְּבוֹנָֽה׃ פvehalevonahconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and the frankincense
Song of Solomon
three uses
Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?
- וּלְבוֹנָ֔הulevonahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and frankincense
Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.
- הַלְּבוֹנָֽה׃halevonahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the frankincense
with nard and saffron, with calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of frankincense tree, with myrrh and aloes, with all the finest spices.
- לְבוֹנָ֑הlevonahnoun · feminine singulartagged: frankincense
Isaiah
three uses
You have not brought Me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.
- בִּלְבוֹנָֽה׃bilvonahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with frankincense
Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.
- וּלְבוֹנָה֙ulevonahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and frankincense
Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.
- לְבֹנָ֖הlevonahnoun · feminine singulartagged: frankincense
Jeremiah
three uses
What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”
- לְבוֹנָה֙levonahnoun · feminine singulartagged: frankincense
And people will come from the cities of Judah and the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, and from the foothills, the hill country, and the Negev, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.
- וּלְבוֹנָ֑הulevonahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and frankincense
eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD.
- וּלְבוֹנָה֙ulevonahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and frankincense
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
