HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3829
לְבוֹנָה
le.vo.nah — Lebonah
§ Lebonah = "frankincense" a town in Ephraim 3 miles (5 km) west northwest of Shiloh
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Lebonah
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Frankincense, a town near Shiloh, on the north side of Bethel (Judg. 21:19). It has been identified with el-Lubban, to the south of Nablus.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.