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 say each one to his neighbour, ‘Give help, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly:’ and the brick is to them for stone, and the bitumen hath been to them for mortar.Exodus 5:7 · לִלְבֹּ֥ן‘Ye do not add to give straw to the people for the making of the bricks, as heretofore—they go and have gathered straw for themselves;Exodus 5:14 · לִלְבֹּן֙And the authorities of the sons of Israel, whom the exactors of Pharaoh have placed over them, are beaten, saying, ‘Wherefore have ye not completed your portion in making brick as heretofore, both yesterday and to-day?’Psalm 51:7 · אַלְבִּֽין׃Thou cleansest me with hyssop and I am clean, Washest me, and than snow I am whiter.Isaiah 1:18 · יַלְבִּ֔ינוּCome, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!Daniel 11:35 · וְלַלְבֵּ֖ןAnd some of the teachers do stumble for refining by them, and for purifying, and for making white—till the end of the time, for it is yet for a time appointed.Daniel 12:10 · וְיִֽתְלַבְּנ֤וּPurify themselves, yea, make themselves white, yea, refined are many: and the wicked have done wickedly, and none of the wicked understand, and those acting wisely do understand;