The meaning of “לָבָן”
Understanding Lâbân reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
the same as לָבָן Laban. - § Laban = "white" - Laban, a Mesopotamian - also a place in the Desert n pr m 1) son of Bethu...
לָבָן
the same as לָבָן Laban. - § Laban = "white" - Laban, a Mesopotamian - also a place in the Desert n pr m 1) son of Bethuel, brother of Rebekah, and father of Leah and Rachel n pr loc 2) a wilderness encampment of the Israelites
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 30:40 | “And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban’s cattle.” Word: לָבָן (Lâbân) | |
| Deuteronomy 1:1 | “These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.” Word: לָבָן (Lâbân) |