1) to be white 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to make white, become white, purify 1a2) to show whiteness, grow white 1b) (Hithpael) to become white, be purified (ethical)
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H3835 — לָבֵן
la.ven · to whiten · Hebrew/Aramaic
7 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 11:3 · נִלְבְּנָ֣הAnd they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.Exodus 5:7 · לִלְבֹּ֥ןYe shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.Exodus 5:14 · לִלְבֹּן֙And the officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task both yesterday and to-day, in making brick as heretofore?Psalm 51:7 · אַלְבִּֽין׃Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.Isaiah 1:18 · יַלְבִּ֔ינוּCome now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: 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 · וְלַלְבֵּ֖ןAnd some of them that are wise shall fall, to refine them, and to purify, and to make them white, even to the time of the end; because it is yet for the time appointed.Daniel 12:10 · וְיִֽתְלַבְּנ֤וּMany shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand; but they that are wise shall understand.