לְבוֹנָה
lᵉbôwnâh · leb-o-naw'
frankincense (from its whiteness or perhaps that of its smoke)
Lexicon
Derivation: or לְבֹנָה; from H3836 (לָבָן);
frankincense (from its whiteness or perhaps that of its smoke)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (frank-) incense.
Letters
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
authority, the one who leads › the house, what is within › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
Authority, the one who leads of the house, what is within that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לְבוֹנָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- frankincense5 · 24%
- and incense3 · 14%
- thereof, with all the frankincense2 · 10%
- and the frankincense2 · 10%
- of frankincense2 · 10%
- any frankincense1 · 5%
- thereof, and all the frankincense1 · 5%
- the frankincense1 · 5%
- and frankincense1 · 5%
- thee with incense1 · 5%
- incense1 · 5%
- there to me incense1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.