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Lexicon :: Strong's H3844 - lᵊḇānôn

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לְבָנוֹן
Transliteration
lᵊḇānôn
Pronunciation
leb-aw-nohn'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1074e

Strong’s Definitions

לְבָנוֹן Lᵉbânôwn, leb-aw-nohn'; from H3825; (the) white mountain (from its snow); Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine:—Lebanon.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 71x

The KJV translates Strong's H3844 in the following manner: Lebanon (71x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 71x
The KJV translates Strong's H3844 in the following manner: Lebanon (71x).

  1. Lebanon = "whiteness"

    1. a wooded mountain range on the northern border of Israel

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לְבָנוֹן Lᵉbânôwn, leb-aw-nohn'; from H3825; (the) white mountain (from its snow); Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine:—Lebanon.
STRONGS H3844: Abbreviations
‴ לְבָנוֺן (Deuteronomy 3:25 הַלְּבָנֹן van d. H.)71 proper name, of a mountain Lebanon (Phoenician לבנן; Assyrian Labnanu, etc., SchrCOT on 1 Kings 5:13, DlPar. 103 ff.; Egyptian Ra-ma­n-n WMMAsien u. Europa, 197ff.; Arabic bdb052701compare further RobBR ii, 435ff.493 GASmGeogr. 45ff. BuhlGeogr.110 and references; name probably from whiteness of its cliffs RobBR ii, 493); — wooded mountain-range on northern border of Israel [usually with article הַלּ׳ (51 times); without articleלְבָנוֺן, in poetry and late Hosea 14:8; Nahum 1:4; 2 Kings 19:23 = Isaiah 37:24; Ezekiel 31:15, 16; Isaiah 14:8; Isaiah 29:17; Isaiah 33:9; Isaiah 40:16; Jeremiah 18:14; Habakkuk 2:17; Zechariah 10:10; Zechariah 11:1; Psalm 29:6; Songs 4:8 (twice in verse); Songs 4:11, 15; with ה locative לְבָב֫וֺנָה 1 Kings 5:28a]; perhaps first mentioned in defining a locality, as הַר הַלְּבָנוֺן, Judges 3:3 (E according to GFM; this combination only here), but also in early prophets, then in D, and later; — in defining a locality Joshua 9:1; בִּקְעַת הַלּ׳ Joshua 11:17; Joshua 12:7 (side of Baal Gad); as a marked feature, in describing extent of land Deuteronomy 1:7; Deuteronomy 3:25; Deuteronomy 11:24; Joshua 1:4; Joshua 13:5 (כָּלהַֿל) Joshua 13:6 (all D), 1 Kings 9:19 2 Chronicles 8:6; Jeremiah 22:26; Zechariah 10:10; אשׁהַל׳ ר׳ Jeremiah 22:6 (figurative of royal house of Judah), as a height Songs 4:8 (twice in verse); מִגְדַּל הַל׳ Songs 7:5 i.e. a tower built on Lebanon; שֶׁלֶג ל׳ Jeremiah 18:14 snow of L.; L. as source of streams Songs 4:15; יֵין ל׳ Hosea 14:8; most often, however, as bearing forests, especially of cedars, אַרְזֵי הַלּ׳ Judges 9:15 (in allegory; perhaps J, according to GFM), Isaiah 2:13; Isaiah 14:8; Psalm 29:5; Psalm 104:16, compare 1 Kings 5:13; 1 Kings 5:20; 1 Kings 5:23; 1 Kings 5:28 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 2:7 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 2:15, 2 Kings 14:9 (twice in verse) = 2 Chronicles 25:18 (twice in verse) (in allegory), Jeremiah 22:23; Ezekiel 17:3; Ezekiel 27:5; Ezekiel 31:3, 15, 16; Zechariah 11:1; Ezra 3:7; Psalm 92:13; Songs 3:9; Songs 5:15 (simile of majestic figure); מֶּרַח ל׳ Nahum 1:4; כְּבוֺד הַלּ׳ Isaiah 35:2; Isaiah 60:13; לְכַרְמֶל וְשָׁב ל׳ Isaiah 29:17 ׅ || (יַעַר יַרְכְּתֵי ל׳ with the same reference Isaiah 37:24 = 2 Kings 19:23; הַלּ׳ = trees of Lebanon Hosea 14:6; Isaiah 10:34; Isaiah 40:16; Psalm 29:6; Psalm 72:16; ל׳ Isaiah 33:9 figurative, as mourning; חֲמַס ל׳ Habakkuk 2:17 i.e. violence done to Lebanon, probably by cutting down its trees; בֵּית יַעַר הַלּ׳ a royal mansion of Solomon, 1 Kings 7:2; and 1 Kings 10:17, 21 2 Chronicles 9:16, 20; ל׳ as home of wild beast 2 Kings 14:9 2 Chronicles 25:18 (in allegory); רֵיחַ לְבָנוֺן, of the odour of cedar forests Songs 4:11, compare Hosea 14:7 (in simile; We thinks ל׳ here to be a specific plant).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

1:7; 3:25; 3:25; 11:24

Joshua

1:4; 9:1; 11:17; 12:7; 13:5; 13:6

Judges

3:3; 9:15

1 Kings

5:13; 5:13; 7:2; 9:19; 10:17; 10:21

2 Kings

14:9; 14:9; 19:23; 19:23

2 Chronicles

2:7; 2:15; 8:6; 9:16; 9:20; 25:18; 25:18

Ezra

3:7

Psalms

29:5; 29:6; 29:6; 72:16; 92:13; 104:16

Song of Songs

3:9; 4:8; 4:8; 4:11; 4:11; 4:15; 4:15; 5:15; 7:5

Isaiah

2:13; 10:34; 14:8; 14:8; 29:17; 29:17; 33:9; 33:9; 35:2; 37:24; 37:24; 40:16; 40:16; 60:13

Jeremiah

18:14; 18:14; 22:6; 22:23; 22:26

Ezekiel

17:3; 27:5; 31:3; 31:15; 31:15; 31:16; 31:16

Hosea

14:6; 14:7; 14:8; 14:8

Nahum

1:4; 1:4

Habakkuk

2:17; 2:17

Zechariah

10:10; 10:10; 11:1; 11:1

H3844

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Strong's Number H3844 matches the Hebrew לְבָנוֹן (lᵊḇānôn),
which occurs 71 times in 64 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Deu 1:7–Jer 22:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:7 - Break camp and advance into the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the mountains, in the western foothills, in the Negev and along the coast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:25 - Let me go over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that fine hill country and Lebanon.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:24 - Every place where you set your foot will be yours: Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Mediterranean Sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:4 - Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates—all the Hittite country—to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:1 - Now when all the kings west of the Jordan heard about these things—the kings in the hill country, in the western foothills, and along the entire coast of the Mediterranean Sea as far as Lebanon (the kings of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites)—

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:17 - from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, to Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and put them to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:7 - Here is a list of the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir. Joshua gave their lands as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel according to their tribal divisions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:5 - the area of Byblos; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo Hamath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:6 - “As for all the inhabitants of the mountain regions from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, that is, all the Sidonians, I myself will drive them out before the Israelites. Be sure to allocate this land to Israel for an inheritance, as I have instructed you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:3 - the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites living in the Lebanon mountains from Mount Baal Hermon to Lebo Hamath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:15 - “The thornbush said to the trees, ‘If you really want to anoint me king over you, come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, then let fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:33 - He spoke about plant life, from the cedar of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of walls. He also spoke about animals and birds, reptiles and fish.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:6 - “So give orders that cedars of Lebanon be cut for me. My men will work with yours, and I will pay you for your men whatever wages you set. You know that we have no one so skilled in felling timber as the Sidonians.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:9 - My men will haul them down from Lebanon to the Mediterranean Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate them and you can take them away. And you are to grant my wish by providing food for my royal household.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:14 - He sent them off to Lebanon in shifts of ten thousand a month, so that they spent one month in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:2 - He built the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty wide and thirty high,[fn] with four rows of cedar columns supporting trimmed cedar beams.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:19 - as well as all his store cities and the towns for his chariots and for his horses[fn]—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:17 - He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold, with three minas[fn] of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:21 - All King Solomon’s goblets were gold, and all the household articles in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Nothing was made of silver, because silver was considered of little value in Solomon’s days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 14:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:9 - But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle underfoot.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:23 - By your messengers you have ridiculed the Lord. And you have said, “With my many chariots I have ascended the heights of the mountains, the utmost heights of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the choicest of its junipers. I have reached its remotest parts, the finest of its forests.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:8 - “Send me also cedar, juniper and algum[fn] logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants are skilled in cutting timber there. My servants will work with yours

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:16 - and we will cut all the logs from Lebanon that you need and will float them as rafts by sea down to Joppa. You can then take them up to Jerusalem.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 8:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:6 - as well as Baalath and all his store cities, and all the cities for his chariots and for his horses[fn]—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:16 - He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold, with three hundred shekels[fn] of gold in each shield. The king put them in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:20 - All King Solomon’s goblets were gold, and all the household articles in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Nothing was made of silver, because silver was considered of little value in Solomon’s day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:18 - But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle underfoot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - Then they gave money to the masons and carpenters, and gave food and drink and olive oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, so that they would bring cedar logs by sea from Lebanon to Joppa, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:5 - The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:6 - He makes Lebanon leap like a calf, Sirion[fn] like a young wild ox.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:16 - May grain abound throughout the land; on the tops of the hills may it sway. May the crops flourish like Lebanon and thrive[fn] like the grass of the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:12 - The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:16 - The trees of the LORD are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:9 - King Solomon made for himself the carriage; he made it of wood from Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:8 - Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon. Descend from the crest of Amana, from the top of Senir, the summit of Hermon, from the lions’ dens and the mountain haunts of leopards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:11 - Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride; milk and honey are under your tongue. The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:15 - You are[fn] a garden fountain, a well of flowing water streaming down from Lebanon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:15 - His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as its cedars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:4 - Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath Rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon looking toward Damascus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:13 - for all the cedars of Lebanon, tall and lofty, and all the oaks of Bashan,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:34

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:34 - He will cut down the forest thickets with an ax; Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:8 - Even the junipers and the cedars of Lebanon gloat over you and say, “Now that you have been laid low, no one comes to cut us down.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:17 - In a very short time, will not Lebanon be turned into a fertile field and the fertile field seem like a forest?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:9 - The land dries up and wastes away, Lebanon is ashamed and withers; Sharon is like the Arabah, and Bashan and Carmel drop their leaves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:2 - it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:24 - By your messengers you have ridiculed the Lord. And you have said, ‘With my many chariots I have ascended the heights of the mountains, the utmost heights of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the choicest of its junipers. I have reached its remotest heights, the finest of its forests.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:16 - Lebanon is not sufficient for altar fires, nor its animals enough for burnt offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:13 - “The glory of Lebanon will come to you, the juniper, the fir and the cypress together, to adorn my sanctuary; and I will glorify the place for my feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:14 - Does the snow of Lebanon ever vanish from its rocky slopes? Do its cool waters from distant sources ever stop flowing?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:6 - For this is what the LORD says about the palace of the king of Judah: “Though you are like Gilead to me, like the summit of Lebanon, I will surely make you like a wasteland, like towns not inhabited.

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