Laven לָבֵן
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| לָבֵן | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | laven |
| Strong's number | H3835 (H3835A, H3835B) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to whiten |
| Occurrences | 8 in 8 verses |
| Most frequent in | Exodus (2) |
Laven (Hebrew לָבֵן, Strong's H3835) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to whiten”. It occurs 8 times in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H3835A: to whiten
1) to be white
1a) (Hiphil)
1a1) to make white, become white, purify
1a2) to show whiteness, grow white
1b) (Hithpael) to become white, be purified (ethical)
1a) (Hiphil)
1a1) to make white, become white, purify
1a2) to show whiteness, grow white
1b) (Hithpael) to become white, be purified (ethical)
H3835B: to make bricks
(Qal) to make bricks
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | white (4), make (2), brick (1), whiter (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | made spotless (2), let us make (1), making (1), bricks (1), i will be whiter (1), they will be as white (1), have turned white (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Laven, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 11:3And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.
Exodus
- Exodus 5:7Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.“You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.
- Exodus 5:14And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore?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?”
Psalms
- Psalm 51:7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 1:18Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
Daniel
- Daniel 11:35And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.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.
- Daniel 12:10Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.Many 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.
Joel
- Joel 1:7He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.It has laid waste My grapevine and splintered My fig tree. It has stripped off the bark and thrown it away; the branches have turned white.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).