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 · נִלְבְּנָ֣הThey said one to another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.Exodus 5:7 · לִלְבֹּ֥ן“You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick, as before. Let them go and gather straw for themselves.Exodus 5:14 · לִלְבֹּן֙The officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, “Why haven’t you fulfilled your quota both yesterday and today, in making brick as before?”Psalm 51:7 · אַלְבִּֽין׃Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.Isaiah 1:18 · יַלְבִּ֔ינוּ“Come now, and let us reason together,” says Yahweh: “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 · וְלַלְבֵּ֖ןSome of those who 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 those who are wise shall understand.