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It is used in the context of physical whiteness, such as snow or wool, and metaphorically to signify purity or cleansing. The term can also imply the process of purification or making something clean.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Hebrew culture, the color white often symbolized purity, innocence, and holiness. This symbolism is evident in various biblical texts where white garments are associated with righteousness and divine presence. The process of making something white, or "laban," could involve physical cleaning or a metaphorical purification, reflecting the cultural emphasis on ritual cleanliness and moral purity.<div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> [<font class="hebrew2">לָבֵן</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>be white</b></font> (on <font class="hebrew2">ֵ֯</font> see Ba<sup>NB 166</sup>; Lag<sup>BN 33</sup>, compare 53, 54 infers <font class="hebrew2">לָבֹן ֗֗֗ </font> from <font class="hebrew2">לְבֹנָה</font>; Late Hebrew <em>id.</em>, Pi`el Hiph`il, and derivatives; Phoenician <font class="hebrew2">לבן</font> <em>white</em>; Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb052603.gif"> <em>milk</em>; <img src="/bdbgif/bdb052604.gif"> also <em>be white</em>, dialect of Yemen, Maltzan<sup>ZMG xxvii, 1873, 247</sup>; apparently √ of following fourteen words, but this dubious especially in case of II. III. <font class="hebrew2">לָבָן</font>, <font class="hebrew2">לְבָנָא</font>, <font class="hebrew2">לִבְנָה</font>, II. <font class="hebrew2">לְבוֺנָה</font>, I. II. <font class="hebrew2">לִבְנִי</font>); — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Hiph`il</b></font> <em>Perfect</em>3plural <font class="hebrew2">הִלְבִּינוּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/joel/1-7.htm">Joel 1:7</a>; <em>Imperfect</em>1singular <font class="hebrew2">אַלְבִּין</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/51-9.htm">Psalm 51:9</a>; 3plural <font class="hebrew2">יַלְבִּינוּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18</a>; <em>Infinitive construct</em> <font class="hebrew2">וְלַלְבֵּן</font> (= <font class="hebrew2">וּלְהַלְבֵּן</font>) <a href="/interlinear/daniel/11-35.htm">Daniel 11:35</a>; — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>1</b></font> <em>make white</em> = purify (ethical) <a href="/interlinear/daniel/11-35.htm">Daniel 11:35</a> (no object expressed, "" <font class="hebrew2">צָרַף</font>, <font class="hebrew2">בָּרֵר</font>). <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>2</b></font> <em>shew whiteness, grow white</em>, of fig-tree, stripped by locusts, <a href="/interlinear/joel/1-7.htm">Joel 1:7</a>; figurative of moral purity, <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">כַּשֶּׁלֶג יַלְב</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18</a>; <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">מִשֶּׁלֶג אַלְב</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/51-9.htm">Psalm 51:9</a>. <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Hithpa`el</b></font> <em>Imperfect</em> <font class="hebrew2">יִתְלַבְּנוּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/daniel/12-10.htm">Daniel 12:10</a> <em>be purified</em> (ethical, "" <font class="hebrew2">יִתְבָּֽרֲרוּ</font>). — <font class="hebrew2">לָבַן</font>, <em>make brick</em>, see below <p> [<font class="hebrew2">לָבַן</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb denominative</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>make brick</b></font> (as Assyrian <i><em>labânu</em></i> from<em>libittu</em> Dl<sup>HWB 370</sup>); — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> <em>Imperfect</em>1plural<font class="hebrew2">נִלְבְּנָה</font> <a href="/interlinear/genesis/11-3.htm">Genesis 11:3</a> (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb); <em>Infinitive construct</em> <font class="hebrew2">לִלְבֹּן</font> <a href="/interlinear/exodus/5-7.htm">Exodus 5:7</a> (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb), <a href="/interlinear/exodus/5-14.htm">Exodus 5:14</a> (absolute) <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>make brick, be made, make whiter <p>A primitive root; to be (or become) white; also (as denominative from <a href="/hebrew/3843.htm">lbenah</a>) to make bricks -- make brick, be (made, make) white(-r). <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/3843.htm">lbenah</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>אַלְבִּֽין׃ אלבין׃ הִלְבִּ֖ינוּ הלבינו וְיִֽתְלַבְּנ֤וּ וְלַלְבֵּ֖ן ויתלבנו וללבן יַלְבִּ֔ינוּ ילבינו לִלְבֹּ֥ן לִלְבֹּן֙ ללבן נִלְבְּנָ֣ה נלבנה ’al·bîn ’albîn alBin hil·bî·nū hilBinu hilbînū lil·bōn lilBon lilbōn nil·bə·nāh nilbeNah nilbənāh velalBen veyitlabbeNu wə·lal·bên wə·yiṯ·lab·bə·nū wəlalbên wəyiṯlabbənū yal·bî·nū yalBinu yalbînū<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">רֵעֵ֗הוּ הָ֚בָה <b> נִלְבְּנָ֣ה </b> לְבֵנִ֔ים וְנִשְׂרְפָ֖ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Come, <span class="itali">let us make bricks</span> and burn<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Go to, <span class="itali">let us make</span> brick,<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/11-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> another Come <span class="itali">make</span> brick and burn<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">תֶּ֧בֶן לָעָ֛ם <b> לִלְבֹּ֥ן </b> הַלְּבֵנִ֖ים כִּתְמ֣וֹל</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> straw <span class="itali">to make brick</span> as previously;<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> straw <span class="itali">to make</span> brick,<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/5-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> straw the people <span class="itali">to make</span> brick before <p><b><a href="/text/exodus/5-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 5:14</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/5.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כִלִּיתֶ֨ם חָקְכֶ֤ם <b> לִלְבֹּן֙ </b> כִּתְמ֣וֹל שִׁלְשֹׁ֔ם</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> today <span class="itali">in making brick</span> as previously?<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> your task <span class="itali">in making brick</span> both yesterday<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/5-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> completed your required <span class="itali">making</span> yesterday before that time<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/51-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 51:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/51.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">תְּ֝כַבְּסֵ֗נִי וּמִשֶּׁ֥לֶג <b> אַלְבִּֽין׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/51.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Wash <span class="itali">me, and I shall be whiter</span> than<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/51.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> wash <span class="itali">me, and I shall be whiter</span> than snow.<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/51-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> wash snow <span class="itali">shall be whiter</span><p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/1-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 1:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כַּשָּׁנִים֙ כַּשֶּׁ֣לֶג <b> יַלְבִּ֔ינוּ </b> אִם־ יַאְדִּ֥ימוּ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> are as scarlet, <span class="itali">They will be as white</span> as snow;<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> be as scarlet, <span class="itali">they shall be as white</span> as snow;<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/1-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> scarlet snow <span class="itali">white</span> Though are red<p><b><a href="/text/daniel/11-35.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Daniel 11:35</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/11.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בָּהֶ֛ם וּלְבָרֵ֥ר <b> וְלַלְבֵּ֖ן </b> עַד־ עֵ֣ת</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/daniel/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> purge <span class="itali">and make them pure</span> until<br><a href="/kjvs/daniel/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> them, and to purge, <span class="itali">and to make [them] white,</span> [even] to the time<br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/11-35.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to refine purge <span class="itali">and make</span> until time<p><b><a href="/text/daniel/12-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Daniel 12:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/12.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> יִ֠תְבָּֽרֲרוּ <b> וְיִֽתְלַבְּנ֤וּ </b> וְיִצָּֽרְפוּ֙ רַבִּ֔ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/daniel/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> will be purged, <span class="itali">purified</span> and refined,<br><a href="/kjvs/daniel/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> shall be purified, <span class="itali">and made white,</span> and tried;<br><a href="/interlinear/daniel/12-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will be purged <span class="itali">purified</span> and refined Many<p><b><a href="/text/joel/1-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Joel 1:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/joel/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">חֲשָׂפָהּ֙ וְהִשְׁלִ֔יךְ <b> הִלְבִּ֖ינוּ </b> שָׂרִיגֶֽיהָ׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/joel/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Their branches <span class="itali">have become white.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/joel/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the branches <span class="itali">thereof are made white.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/joel/1-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> bare and cast <span class="itali">have become</span> their branches<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3835.htm">8 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3835.htm">Strong's Hebrew 3835<br>8 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/albin_3835.htm">’al·bîn — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/hilbinu_3835.htm">hil·bî·nū — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/lilbon_3835.htm">lil·bōn — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/nilbenah_3835.htm">nil·bə·nāh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/velalben_3835.htm">wə·lal·bên — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/veyitlabbenu_3835.htm">wə·yiṯ·lab·bə·nū — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yalbinu_3835.htm">yal·bî·nū — 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 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