3843. lebenah

Strong's Concordance

lebenah: brick, tile

Original Word: לְבֵנָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: lebenah
Phonetic Spelling: (leb-ay-naw')
Definition: brick, tile

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from laben
Definition
brick, tile
NASB Translation
brick (2), bricks (7), pavement (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

לְבֵנָה noun feminine brick, tile (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic לְּבִינְתָּא ; Zinjirli לבן (?) DHM^{Sendsch.37. 59}; Assyrian libittu; Arabic , , , , (loan-words according to Frä^4f.); according to Thes and most from whiteness of clay, or light colour of sun-baked bricks; so Nö^{ZMG xi,1886,735} Lag^{BN 139}; > others regard as Assyrian loan-word VOJ^{i. 22ff.}; in Assyrian a derivative from labânu, throw down, prostrate, is sought Dl^{Pr. 93f.(compare HWB 369)}); — ׳ל Genesis 11:3; Ezekiel 4:1; construct לִבְנַת Exodus 24:10; plural לְבֵנִים Genesis 11:3 7t.; suffix מִלִּבְנֵיכֶם Exodus 5:19; —

1 brick, as building-material, Genesis 11:3 (singular collective; elsewhere plural) Genesis 11:3; Exodus 1:14; straw used in making Exodus 5:7, compare Exodus 5:8; Exodus 5:16; Exodus 5:18; Exodus 5:19; Isaiah 9:9 (figurative; as inferior to גָּזִית hewn stone); incense burnt on Isaiah 65:3 ( = roof-tiles ? compare Che Di).

2 = tile, on which plan of city could be engraved (חקק) Ezekiel 4:1.

3 = pavement, Exodus 24:10 (compare Di).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

altar of brick, tile

From laban; a brick (from the whiteness of the clay) -- (altar of) brick, tile.

see HEBREW laban

Forms and Transliterations

הַלְּבֵנִ֖ים הַלְּבֵנִ֜ים הַלְּבֵנִֽים׃ הַלְּבֵנָה֙ הלבנה הלבנים הלבנים׃ וּבִלְבֵנִ֔ים וּלְבֵנִ֛ים ובלבנים ולבנים לְבֵנִ֔ים לְבֵנִ֖ים לְבֵנִ֥ים לְבֵנָ֔ה לבנה לבנים מִלִּבְנֵיכֶ֖ם מלבניכם hal·lə·ḇê·nāh hal·lə·ḇê·nîm halləḇênāh halləḇênîm halleveNah halleveNim lə·ḇê·nāh lə·ḇê·nîm ləḇênāh ləḇênîm leveNah leveNim mil·liḇ·nê·ḵem milliḇnêḵem millivneiChem ū·ḇil·ḇê·nîm ū·lə·ḇê·nîm ūḇilḇênîm ūləḇênîm uleveNim uvilveNim

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 11:3
HEB: הָ֚בָה נִלְבְּנָ֣ה לְבֵנִ֔ים וְנִשְׂרְפָ֖ה לִשְׂרֵפָ֑ה
NAS: And they used brick for stone,
KJV: let us make brick, and burn
INT: Come make brick and burn thoroughly

Genesis 11:3
HEB: וַתְּהִ֨י לָהֶ֤ם הַלְּבֵנָה֙ לְאָ֔בֶן וְהַ֣חֵמָ֔ר
KJV: them throughly. And they had brick for stone,
INT: thoroughly used brick stone tar

Exodus 1:14
HEB: קָשָׁ֗ה בְּחֹ֙מֶר֙ וּבִלְבֵנִ֔ים וּבְכָל־ עֲבֹדָ֖ה
NAS: in mortar and bricks and at all
KJV: in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service
INT: hard mortar and bricks all labor

Exodus 5:7
HEB: לָעָ֛ם לִלְבֹּ֥ן הַלְּבֵנִ֖ים כִּתְמ֣וֹל שִׁלְשֹׁ֑ם
KJV: to make brick, as heretofore:
INT: the people to make brick before before that time

Exodus 5:8
HEB: וְאֶת־ מַתְכֹּ֨נֶת הַלְּבֵנִ֜ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֵם֩
NAS: But the quota of bricks which
KJV: And the tale of the bricks, which they did make
INT: the quota of bricks which they

Exodus 5:16
HEB: נִתָּן֙ לַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ וּלְבֵנִ֛ים אֹמְרִ֥ים לָ֖נוּ
NAS: to us, 'Make bricks!' And behold,
KJV: to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants
INT: given to your servants brick saying Make

Exodus 5:18
HEB: לָכֶ֑ם וְתֹ֥כֶן לְבֵנִ֖ים תִּתֵּֽנּוּ׃
NAS: the quota of bricks.
KJV: the tale of bricks.
INT: will be given the quota of bricks deliver

Exodus 5:19
HEB: לֹא־ תִגְרְע֥וּ מִלִּבְנֵיכֶ֖ם דְּבַר־ י֥וֹם
NAS: [your] daily amount of bricks.
KJV: Ye shall not minish [ought] from your bricks of your daily
INT: must not reduce of bricks task daily

Isaiah 9:10
HEB: לְבֵנִ֥ים נָפָ֖לוּ וְגָזִ֣ית
NAS: The bricks have fallen down,
KJV: The bricks are fallen down,
INT: the bricks have fallen smooth

Isaiah 65:3
HEB: וּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖ים עַל־ הַלְּבֵנִֽים׃
NAS: and burning incense on bricks;
KJV: and burneth incense upon altars of brick;
INT: and burning on bricks

Ezekiel 4:1
HEB: קַח־ לְךָ֣ לְבֵנָ֔ה וְנָתַתָּ֥ה אוֹתָ֖הּ
NAS: get yourself a brick, place
KJV: take thee a tile, and lay
INT: of man get A brick place before

11 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3843
11 Occurrences

hal·lə·ḇê·nāh — 1 Occ.
hal·lə·ḇê·nîm — 3 Occ.
lə·ḇê·nāh — 1 Occ.
lə·ḇê·nîm — 3 Occ.
mil·liḇ·nê·ḵem — 1 Occ.
ū·lə·ḇê·nîm — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇil·ḇê·nîm — 1 Occ.