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Lexicon :: Strong's H3828 - lᵊḇônâ

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לְבוֹנָה
Transliteration
lᵊḇônâ
Pronunciation
leb-o-naw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1074d

Strong’s Definitions

לְבוֹנָה lᵉbôwnâh, leb-o-naw'; or לְבֹנָה lᵉbônâh; from H3836; frankincense (from its whiteness or perhaps that of its smoke):—(frank-) incense.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H3828 in the following manner: frankincense (15x), incense (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H3828 in the following manner: frankincense (15x), incense (6x).

  1. frankincense

    1. a white resin burned as fragrant incense

      1. ceremonially

      2. personally

      3. used in compounding the holy incense

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לְבוֹנָה lᵉbôwnâh, leb-o-naw'; or לְבֹנָה lᵉbônâh; from H3836; frankincense (from its whiteness or perhaps that of its smoke):—(frank-) incense.
STRONGS H3828: Abbreviations
† I. לְבֹנָה, לְבוֺנָה noun feminine frankincense (from white colour, compare LagBN 33; Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic id., לְבוּנְתָּא, bdb052605 Phoenician לבנת; Arabic bdb052606 (Lane3007); Ethiopic bdb052607 is from λιβανος); — ל׳ Exodus 30:24 + 18 times; לְבֹנָתָהּ Leviticus 2:2, 16; — used in preparation of holy incense Exodus 30:34 (|| סַמִּים); used as incense Jeremiah 6:20, on meal-offering Leviticus 2:1, 2, 15, 16; Leviticus 6:8, compare Leviticus 5:11; Numbers 5:15; also Jeremiah 17:26; Jeremiah 41:5; Isaiah 43:23; Isaiah 66:3; with shew-bread Leviticus 24:7; Nehemiah 13:5, 9; 1 Chronicles 9:29 (|| בְּשָׂמִים); burned as perfume (article of luxury) Songs 3:6 (|| מֹר); גִּבְעַת הַלְּבוֺנָה Songs 4:6 (|| הַר הַמּוֺר); עֲצֵי לְבוֺנָה Songs 4:14 (|| נֵרְדְּ, כַּרְכֹּם, קָנֶה, קִנָּמוֺן, מֹר, אֲהָלוֺת); as tribute to Zion Isaiah 60:6 (|| זהב). — In Hexateuch only P.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

30:24; 30:34

Leviticus

2:1; 2:2; 2:2; 2:15; 2:16; 2:16; 5:11; 6:8; 24:7

Numbers

5:15

1 Chronicles

9:29

Nehemiah

13:5; 13:9

Song of Songs

3:6; 4:6; 4:14

Isaiah

43:23; 60:6; 66:3

Jeremiah

6:20; 17:26; 41:5

H3828

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3828 matches the Hebrew לְבוֹנָה (lᵊḇônâ),
which occurs 21 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:34 - The LORD said to Moses, “Take sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense (of each shall there be an equal part),

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:1 - “When anyone brings a grain offering as an offering to the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour. He shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:2 - and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. And he shall take from it a handful of the fine flour and oil, with all of its frankincense, and the priest shall burn this as its memorial portion on the altar, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:15 - And you shall put oil on it and lay frankincense on it; it is a grain offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:16 - And the priest shall burn as its memorial portion some of the crushed grain and some of the oil with all of its frankincense; it is a food offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 - “But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two pigeons, then he shall bring as his offering for the sin that he has committed a tenth of an ephah[fn] of fine flour for a sin offering. He shall put no oil on it and shall put no frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:15 - And one shall take from it a handful of the fine flour of the grain offering and its oil and all the frankincense that is on the grain offering and burn this as its memorial portion on the altar, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:7 - And you shall put pure frankincense on each pile, that it may go with the bread as a memorial portion as a food offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:15 - then the man shall bring his wife to the priest and bring the offering required of her, a tenth of an ephah[fn] of barley flour. He shall pour no oil on it and put no frankincense on it, for it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of remembrance, bringing iniquity to remembrance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:29 - Others of them were appointed over the furniture and over all the holy utensils, also over the fine flour, the wine, the oil, the incense, and the spices.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5 - prepared for Tobiah a large chamber where they had previously put the grain offering, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of grain, wine, and oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:9 - Then I gave orders, and they cleansed the chambers, and I brought back there the vessels of the house of God, with the grain offering and the frankincense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:6 - What is that coming up from the wilderness
like columns of smoke,
perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
with all the fragrant powders of a merchant?

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:6 - Until the day breathes
and the shadows flee,
I will go away to the mountain of myrrh
and the hill of frankincense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:14 - nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon,
with all trees of frankincense,
myrrh and aloes,
with all choice spices—

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:23 - You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings,
or honored me with your sacrifices.
I have not burdened you with offerings,
or wearied you with frankincense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:6 - A multitude of camels shall cover you,
the young camels of Midian and Ephah;
all those from Sheba shall come.
They shall bring gold and frankincense,
and shall bring good news, the praises of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:3 - “He who slaughters an ox is like one who kills a man;
he who sacrifices a lamb, like one who breaks a dog’s neck;
he who presents a grain offering, like one who offers pig’s blood;
he who makes a memorial offering of frankincense, like one who blesses an idol.
These have chosen their own ways,
and their soul delights in their abominations;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:20 - What use to me is frankincense that comes from Sheba,
or sweet cane from a distant land?
Your burnt offerings are not acceptable,
nor your sacrifices pleasing to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:26 - And people shall come from the cities of Judah and the places around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the Shephelah, from the hill country, and from the Negeb, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and frankincense, and bringing thank offerings to the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:5 - eighty men arrived from Shechem and Shiloh and Samaria, with their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and their bodies gashed, bringing grain offerings and incense to present at the temple of the LORD.
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