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In the biblical context, bricks were typically made from clay and straw, molded, and then dried in the sun. The use of bricks is often contrasted with the use of stones, which were considered more durable and prestigious.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Near East, bricks were a fundamental building material, especially in regions where stone was less accessible.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/3835.htm">laben</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>brick, tile<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>brick (2), bricks (7), pavement (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">לְבֵנָה</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun feminine</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>brick, tile</b></font> (Late Hebrew <em>id.</em>; Aramaic <font class="hebrew2">לְּבִינְתָּא</font> <img src="/bdbgif/bdb052704.gif">; Zinjirli <font class="hebrew2">לבן</font> (?) DHM<sup>Sendsch.37. 59</sup>; Assyrian <i><em>libittu;</em></i> Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb052705.gif">, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb052706.gif">, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb052707.gif">, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb052708.gif">, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb052709.gif"> (loan-words according to Frä<sup>4f.</sup>); according to Thes and most from <em>whiteness</em> of clay, or light colour of sun-baked bricks; so Nö<sup>ZMG xi,1886,735</sup> Lag<sup>BN 139</sup>; > others regard as Assyrian loan-word VOJ<sup>i. 22ff.</sup>; in Assyrian a derivative from <i><em>labânu</em></i>, <em>throw down, prostrate</em>, is sought Dl<sup>Pr. 93f.(compare HWB 369)</sup>); — <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ל</font> <a href="/interlinear/genesis/11-3.htm">Genesis 11:3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/4-1.htm">Ezekiel 4:1</a>; construct <font class="hebrew2">לִבְנַת</font> <a href="/interlinear/exodus/24-10.htm">Exodus 24:10</a>; plural <font class="hebrew2">לְבֵנִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/genesis/11-3.htm">Genesis 11:3</a> 7t.; suffix <font class="hebrew2">מִלִּבְנֵיכֶם</font> <a href="/interlinear/exodus/5-19.htm">Exodus 5:19</a>; — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>1</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>brick, as building-material</b></font>, <a href="/interlinear/genesis/11-3.htm">Genesis 11:3</a> (singular collective; elsewhere plural) <a href="/interlinear/genesis/11-3.htm">Genesis 11:3</a>; <a href="/interlinear/exodus/1-14.htm">Exodus 1:14</a>; straw used in making <a href="/interlinear/exodus/5-7.htm">Exodus 5:7</a>, compare <a href="/interlinear/exodus/5-8.htm">Exodus 5:8</a>; <a href="/interlinear/exodus/5-16.htm">Exodus 5:16</a>; <a href="/interlinear/exodus/5-18.htm">Exodus 5:18</a>; <a href="/interlinear/exodus/5-19.htm">Exodus 5:19</a>; <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/9-9.htm">Isaiah 9:9</a> (figurative; as inferior to <font class="hebrew2">גָּזִית</font> <em>hewn stone</em>); incense burnt on <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/65-3.htm">Isaiah 65:3</a> ( = roof-tiles ? compare Che Di). <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>2</b></font> = <em>tile</em>, on which plan of city could be engraved (<font class="hebrew2">חקק</font>) <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/4-1.htm">Ezekiel 4:1</a>. <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>3</b></font> = <em>pavement</em>, <a href="/interlinear/exodus/24-10.htm">Exodus 24:10</a> (compare Di). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>altar of brick, tile <p>From <a href="/hebrew/3835.htm">laban</a>; a brick (from the whiteness of the clay) -- (altar of) brick, tile. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/3835.htm">laban</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>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<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/genesis/11-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 11:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/11.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הָ֚בָה נִלְבְּנָ֣ה <b> לְבֵנִ֔ים </b> וְנִשְׂרְפָ֖ה לִשְׂרֵפָ֑ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> And they used <span class="itali">brick</span> for stone,<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> let us make <span class="itali">brick,</span> and burn<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/11-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Come make <span class="itali">brick</span> and burn thoroughly<p><b><a href="/text/genesis/11-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 11:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/11.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וַתְּהִ֨י לָהֶ֤ם <b> הַלְּבֵנָה֙ </b> לְאָ֔בֶן וְהַ֣חֵמָ֔ר</span><br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> them throughly. <span class="itali">And they had brick</span> for stone,<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/11-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> thoroughly used <span class="itali">brick</span> stone tar<p><b><a href="/text/exodus/1-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 1:14</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">קָשָׁ֗ה בְּחֹ֙מֶר֙ <b> וּבִלְבֵנִ֔ים </b> וּבְכָל־ עֲבֹדָ֖ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in mortar <span class="itali">and bricks</span> and at all<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in morter, <span class="itali">and in brick,</span> and in all manner of service<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/1-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> hard mortar <span class="itali">and bricks</span> all labor<p><b><a href="/text/exodus/5-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 5:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לָעָ֛ם לִלְבֹּ֥ן <b> הַלְּבֵנִ֖ים </b> כִּתְמ֣וֹל שִׁלְשֹׁ֑ם</span><br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to make <span class="itali">brick,</span> as heretofore:<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/5-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the people to make <span class="itali">brick</span> before before that time<p><b><a href="/text/exodus/5-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 5:8</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְאֶת־ מַתְכֹּ֨נֶת <b> הַלְּבֵנִ֜ים </b> אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֵם֩</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> But the quota <span class="itali">of bricks</span> which<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> And the tale <span class="itali">of the bricks,</span> which they did make<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/5-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the quota <span class="itali">of bricks</span> which they<p><b><a href="/text/exodus/5-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 5:16</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">נִתָּן֙ לַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ <b> וּלְבֵנִ֛ים </b> אֹמְרִ֥ים לָ֖נוּ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to us, 'Make <span class="itali">bricks!'</span> And behold,<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to us, Make <span class="itali">brick:</span> and, behold, thy servants<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/5-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> given to your servants <span class="itali">brick</span> saying Make<p><b><a href="/text/exodus/5-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 5:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לָכֶ֑ם וְתֹ֥כֶן <b> לְבֵנִ֖ים </b> תִּתֵּֽנּוּ׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the quota <span class="itali">of bricks.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the tale <span class="itali">of bricks.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/5-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will be given the quota <span class="itali">of bricks</span> deliver<p><b><a href="/text/exodus/5-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 5:19</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לֹא־ תִגְרְע֥וּ <b> מִלִּבְנֵיכֶ֖ם </b> דְּבַר־ י֥וֹם</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> [your] daily amount <span class="itali">of bricks.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Ye shall not minish <span class="itali">[ought] from your bricks</span> of your daily<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/5-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> must not reduce <span class="itali">of bricks</span> task daily<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/9-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 9:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/9.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> לְבֵנִ֥ים </b> נָפָ֖לוּ וְגָזִ֣ית</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">The bricks</span> have fallen down,<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">The bricks</span> are fallen down,<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/9-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">the bricks</span> have fallen smooth<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/65-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 65:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/65.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖ים עַל־ <b> הַלְּבֵנִֽים׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/65.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and burning incense <span class="itali">on bricks;</span><br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/65.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and burneth incense <span class="itali">upon altars of brick;</span><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/65-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and burning on <span class="itali">bricks</span><p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/4-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 4:1</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/4.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">קַח־ לְךָ֣ <b> לְבֵנָ֔ה </b> וְנָתַתָּ֥ה אוֹתָ֖הּ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> get <span class="itali">yourself a brick,</span> place<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> take <span class="itali">thee a tile,</span> and lay<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/4-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of man get <span class="itali">A brick</span> place before<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3843.htm">11 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3843.htm">Strong's Hebrew 3843<br>11 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/hallevenah_3843.htm">hal·lə·ḇê·nāh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/hallevenim_3843.htm">hal·lə·ḇê·nîm — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/levenah_3843.htm">lə·ḇê·nāh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/levenim_3843.htm">lə·ḇê·nîm — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/millivneichem_3843.htm">mil·liḇ·nê·ḵem — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/ulevenim_3843.htm">ū·lə·ḇê·nîm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/uvilvenim_3843.htm">ū·ḇil·ḇê·nîm — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 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