Strong H3835H3835Aלָבֵן

to whiten

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

Psalms 51:7
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
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.
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.
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.
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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