Strong H3835H3835Aלָבֵן

to whiten

One of the 2 senses of Strong H3835

Transliteration
lâban
Pronunciation
law-ban'
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

STEP sense: to whiten

Exact lexical definition: be white

Part of speech: verb

BDB context: [ לָבֵן ] vb . be white Hiph . make white = purify (ethical) shew whiteness , grow white , of fig tree, stripped by locusts Hithp . be purified

General definition

A primitive root; to be (or become) white; also (as denominative from H3843) to make bricks: - make {brick} be ({made} make) white (-r).

In the Bible

Strong H3835A appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • make2
  • be1
  • white1
  • whiter1

First verses

  1. Psalms 51:7
    Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
  2. Isaiah 1:18
    Come 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.
  3. Daniel 11:35
    And 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.
  4. Daniel 12:10
    Many 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.
  5. Joel 1:7
    He 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.
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