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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 -

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take sweet and fragrant spices—stacte, onycha, and galbanum, sweet and fragrant spices with pure frankincense; there shall be an equal amount of each—

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:1 -

‘When [fn]anyone presents a grain offering to the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour, and he shall pour [olive] oil over it and put frankincense on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:2 - ‘He shall bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. Out of it he shall take a handful of the fine flour and oil, with all of its frankincense, and the priest shall offer this up in smoke on the altar [of burnt offering] as the memorial portion of it. It is an offering by fire, a sweet and soothing aroma to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:15 - ‘You shall put oil on it and lay incense on it; it is a grain offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:16 - ‘The priest shall offer up in smoke its memorial portion, part of the crushed grain and part of its oil with all its incense; it is an offering by fire to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 -

‘But if he cannot afford to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then he shall bring as his offering for his sin the tenth part of an [fn]ephah of fine flour as a sin offering; he shall not put [olive] oil or incense on it, for it is a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:15 - ‘One of them shall take up from it a handful of the fine flour of the grain offering with its oil and all the incense that is on the grain offering, and he shall offer it up in smoke on the altar, a sweet and soothing aroma, as the memorial offering to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:7 - “You shall put pure frankincense [in two censers, one] beside each row, so that it may be with the bread as a memorial portion, an offering by fire 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 he shall bring as an offering for her, a tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he shall not pour oil on it nor put frankincense on it [the symbols of favor and joy], because it is a grain offering of jealousy, a memorial grain offering, a reminder of [the consequences of] wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:29 - Some of them also were appointed over the furniture and over all the [sacred] utensils of the sanctuary, as well as over the fine flour and the wine and the [olive] oil and the frankincense and the spices.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5 - had prepared for Tobiah a large room (chamber) where previously they had put the grain offerings, the frankincense, the utensils, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and [olive] oil which were given by commandment for the Levites, the 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 an order, and they cleaned the rooms; and I put back there the utensils of the house of God with the grain offerings and the frankincense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:6 -

(The Shulammite Bride)

“What is this coming up from the wilderness

Like [stately] pillars of smoke

Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,

With all the fragrant powders of the merchant?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:6 -

“Until the day breaks

And the shadows flee away,

[In my thoughts] I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh

And to the hill of frankincense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:14 -

Fragrant plants and saffron, calamus and cinnamon,

With all trees of frankincense,

Myrrh and aloes, along with all the finest spices.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:23 -

“You have not brought Me your sheep or goats for your burnt offerings,

Nor honored Me with your sacrifices.

I have not burdened you with offerings,

Nor wearied you with [demands for offerings of] incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:6

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“A multitude of camels [from the eastern trading tribes] will cover you [Jerusalem],

The young camels of Midian and Ephah;

All those from Sheba [who once came to trade] will come

Bringing gold and frankincense

And proclaiming the praises of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:3 -

“He who kills an ox [for pagan sacrifice] is [as guilty] as one who kills a man;

He who sacrifices a lamb, as one who breaks a dog’s neck;

He who offers a grain offering, as one who offers swine’s blood;

He who offers incense, as one who blesses an idol.

Such people have chosen their own ways,

And their soul delights in their repulsive acts;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:20

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“For what purpose does frankincense come to Me from [fn]Sheba

And the sweet cane from a distant land?

Your burnt offerings are not acceptable

And your sacrifices are not sweet and pleasing to Me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:26 - “People will come from the cities of Judah and the places all around Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the lowland, from the hill country and from the South (the Negev), bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and incense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving to the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:5 - that eighty men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria with their beards shaved off and their clothes torn and their bodies cut, carrying in their hands grain offerings and incense to present at the [site of the] house of the LORD [in Jerusalem].
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