לָבָן
lâbân · law-bawn'
white
Lexicon
Derivation: or (Genesis 49:12) לָבֵן; from H3835 (לָבַן);
white
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: white.
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
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
authority, the one who leads › the house, what is within › the seed, life continuing
Authority, the one who leads of the house, what is within of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לָבָן 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
29 occurrences · 29 OT · 0 NT · 22 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- white13 · 45%
- be white3 · 10%
- on it, and, behold, there be no white2 · 7%
- and every one that had some white1 · 3%
- in them, and made the white1 · 3%
- unto white1 · 3%
- into white1 · 3%
- there be a white1 · 3%
- have a white1 · 3%
- or white1 · 3%
- even white1 · 3%
- a white1 · 3%
- and white1 · 3%
- and the white1 · 3%
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.