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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 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha and galbanum—and pure frankincense, all in equal amounts,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:1 - “ ‘When anyone brings a grain offering to the LORD, their offering is to be of the finest flour. They are to pour olive oil on it, put incense on it

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:2 - and take it to Aaron’s sons the priests. The priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil, together with all the incense, and burn this as a memorial[fn] portion on the altar, a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:15 - Put oil and 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 burn the memorial portion of the crushed grain and the oil, together with all the incense, as a food offering presented to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 - “ ‘If, however, they cannot afford two doves or two young pigeons, they are to bring as an offering for their sin a tenth of an ephah[fn] of the finest flour for a sin offering. They must not put olive oil or incense on it, because it is a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:15 - The priest is to take a handful of the finest flour and some olive oil, together with all the incense on the grain offering, and burn the memorial[fn] portion on the altar as an aroma pleasing to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:7 - By each stack put some pure incense as a memorial[fn] portion to represent the bread and to be a food offering presented to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:15 - then he is to take his wife to the priest. He must also take an offering of a tenth of an ephah[fn] of barley flour on her behalf. He must not pour olive oil on it or put incense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, a reminder-offering to draw attention to wrongdoing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:29 - Others were assigned to take care of the furnishings and all the other articles of the sanctuary, as well as the special flour and wine, and the olive oil, incense and spices.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:5 - and he had provided him with a large room formerly used to store the grain offerings and incense and temple articles, and also the tithes of grain, new wine and olive oil prescribed for the Levites, musicians and gatekeepers, as well as the contributions for the priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:9 - I gave orders to purify the rooms, and then I put back into them the equipment of the house of God, with the grain offerings and the incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:6 - Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and incense made from all the spices 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, I will go to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:14 - nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of incense tree, with myrrh and aloes and all the finest spices.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:23 - You have not brought me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with grain offerings nor wearied you with demands for incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:6 - Herds of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah. And all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and incense and proclaiming the praise of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:3 - But whoever sacrifices a bull is like one who kills a person, and whoever offers a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever makes a grain offering is like one who presents pig’s blood, and whoever burns memorial incense is like one who worships an idol. They have chosen their own ways, and they delight in their abominations;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:20 - What do I care about incense from Sheba or sweet calamus from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:26 - People will come from the towns of Judah and the villages around Jerusalem, from the territory of Benjamin and the western foothills, from the hill country and the Negev, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and incense, 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 who had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh and Samaria, bringing grain offerings and incense with them to the house of the LORD.
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