Word Study · Strong's H3835 · Hebrew
לָבַן
laban
law-ban'
Strong's 1890 spelling: lâban
“to be (or become) white”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to be (or become) white; to make bricks
Rendered in the KJV as
make brick, be (made, make) white(-r).
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 8inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 8
- אַלְבִּֽין׃1
- הִלְבִּ֖ינוּ1
- וְיִֽתְלַבְּנ֤וּ1
- וְלַלְבֵּ֖ן1
- יַלְבִּ֔ינוּ1
- לִלְבֹּ֥ן1
- לִלְבֹּן֙1
- נִלְבְּנָ֣ה1
How it is rendered · 8
- and they may purify themselves1
- and to purify [them]1
- by making bricks1
- I will become white1
- let us make bricks1
- they have become white1
- they will become white1
- to make bricks1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)2
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)1
- HC/Vtu3mp1
- verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular1
- verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural1
- verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common plural1
- verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HR/Vqcc · 2
- HC/R/Vhcc · 1
- HC/Vtu3mp · 1
- HVhi1cs · 1
- HVhi3mp · 1
- HVhp3cp · 1
- HVqc1cp · 1
All 8, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 5:7לִלְבֹּ֥ןlilbonpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)“You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.here: to make bricks
- Exodus 5:14לִלְבֹּן֙lilbonpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”here: by making bricks
Daniel2 occurrences
- Daniel 11:35וְלַלְבֵּ֖ןvelalbenconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)Some of the wise will fall, so that they may be refined, purified, and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.here: and to purify [them]
- Daniel 12:10וְיִֽתְלַבְּנ֤וּveyitlabenuHC/Vtu3mpMany will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.here: and they may purify themselves