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Lexicon :: Strong's H3843 - lᵊḇēnâ

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לְבֵנָה
Transliteration
lᵊḇēnâ
Pronunciation
leb-ay-naw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1074g

Strong’s Definitions

לְבֵנָה lᵉbênâh, leb-ay-naw'; from H3835; a brick (from the whiteness of the clay):—(altar of) brick, tile.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H3843 in the following manner: brick (10x), tile (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H3843 in the following manner: brick (10x), tile (1x).

  1. tile, brick

    1. brick

    2. tile

    3. pavement

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לְבֵנָה lᵉbênâh, leb-ay-naw'; from H3835; a brick (from the whiteness of the clay):—(altar of) brick, tile.
STRONGS H3843: Abbreviations
† לְבֵנָה noun feminine brick, tile (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic לְּבִינְתָּא bdb052704; Zinjirli לבן (?) DHMSendsch.37. 59; Assyrian libittu; Arabic bdb052705, bdb052706, bdb052707, bdb052708, bdb052709 (loan-words according to Frä4f.); according to Thes and most from whiteness of clay, or light colour of sun-baked bricks; so NöZMG xi,1886,735 LagBN 139; > others regard as Assyrian loan-word VOJi. 22ff.; in Assyrian a derivative from labânu, throw down, prostrate, is sought DlPr. 93f.(compare HWB 369)); — ל׳ Genesis 11:3; Ezekiel 4:1; construct לִבְנַת [H3840 Exodus 24:10]; plural לְבֵנִים Genesis 11:3 + 7 times; suffix מִלִּבְנֵיכֶם Exodus 5:19; —
1. brick, as building-material, Genesis 11:3 (singular collective; elsewhere plural) Genesis 11:3; Exodus 1:14; straw used in making Exodus 5:7, compare Exodus 5:8; Exodus 5:16; Exodus 5:18; Exodus 5:19; Isaiah 9:9 (figurative; as inferior to גָּזִית hewn stone); incense burnt on Isaiah 65:3 (= roof-tiles ? compare Che Di).
2. = tile, on which plan of city could be engraved (חקק) Ezekiel 4:1.
3. = pavement, [H3840 Exodus 24:10] (compare Di).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

11:3; 11:3; 11:3; 11:3

Exodus

1:14; 5:7; 5:8; 5:16; 5:18; 5:19; 5:19

Isaiah

9:9; 65:3

Ezekiel

4:1; 4:1

H3843

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3843 matches the Hebrew לְבֵנָה (lᵊḇēnâ),
which occurs 11 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:3 - They said one to another, “Come, let us make bricks and fire them thoroughly [in a kiln, to harden and strengthen them].” So they used brick for stone [as building material], and they used tar (bitumen, asphalt) for mortar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:14 - They made their lives bitter with hard labor in mortar, brick, and all kinds of field work. All their labor was harsh and severe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:7 - “You will no longer give the people [fn]straw to make brick as before; let them go and gather straw for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:8 - “But the number of bricks which they were making before, you shall [still] require of them; you are not to reduce it in the least. For they are idle and lazy; that is why they cry, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:16 - “No straw is given to your servants, yet they say to us, ‘Make bricks!’ And look, your servants are being beaten, but it is the fault of your own people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:18 - “Get out now and get to work; for no straw will be given to you, yet you are to deliver the same quota of bricks.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:19 - The Hebrew foremen saw that they were in a bad situation because they were told, “You must not reduce [in the least] your daily quota of bricks.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:10 -

“The bricks have fallen down,

But we will rebuild [all the better] with ashlar (hewed stones);

The sycamores have been cut down,

But we will replace them with [expensive] cedars.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:3 -

The people who continually provoke Me to My face,

Sacrificing [to idols] in gardens and making offerings with incense on bricks [instead of at the designated altar];

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:1 -

“Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you and inscribe on it [a diagram of] the city of Jerusalem.

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