לָבֵן (lāban) is a Hebrew verb meaning be white. It appears 8 times in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3835).

Also rendered

• make brick
• to whiten

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1074h)

Root family 1074: לבן lbn — Assumed root of the following

• לְבָנוֹן lĕbānôn — Lebanon
• לָבָן lābān — white
• לְבֹנָה lĕbōnâ — frankincense
• לְבֵנָה lĕbēnâ — brick
• מַלְבֵּן malbēn — brick-mould
• לְבָנָה lĕbānâ — moon
• לִבְנֶה libneh — poplar
• לִבְנָה lĕbēnâ — brick

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