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לָבָן H3837

H3837 is the Hebrew word לָבָן, transliterated Lâbân and said law-bawn'. The King James Version most often renders it laban.

Word: לָבָןTransliteration: LâbânSaid: law-bawn'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 47 verses

What it means

Laban, a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert.

Where it comes from

the same as H3836 (לָבָן).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 55 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

laban 50×laban's 4×came to pass when laban 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: Laban.

Verses using לָבָן

The first 40 of 47 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 24:29 · KJV

And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.

Genesis 24:50 · KJV

Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

Genesis 25:20 · KJV

And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.

Genesis 27:43 · KJV

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;

Genesis 28:2 · KJV

Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.

Genesis 28:5 · KJV

And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.

Genesis 29:5 · KJV

And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.

Genesis 29:10 · KJV

And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.

Genesis 29:13 · KJV

And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.

Genesis 29:14 · KJV

And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.

Genesis 29:15 · KJV

And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?

Genesis 29:16 · KJV

And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

Genesis 29:19 · KJV

And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.

Genesis 29:21 · KJV

And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.

Genesis 29:22 · KJV

And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.

Genesis 29:24 · KJV

And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.

Genesis 29:25 · KJV

And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?

Genesis 29:26 · KJV

And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.

Genesis 29:29 · KJV

And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

Genesis 30:25 · KJV

And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country.

Genesis 30:27 · KJV

And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.

Genesis 30:34 · KJV

And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.

Genesis 30:36 · KJV

And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.

Genesis 30:40 · KJV

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.

Genesis 30:42 · KJV

But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.

Genesis 31:1 · KJV

And he heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father’s; and of that which was our father’s hath he gotten all this glory.

Genesis 31:2 · KJV

And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.

Genesis 31:12 · KJV

And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.

Genesis 31:19 · KJV

And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.

Genesis 31:20 · KJV

And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.

Genesis 31:22 · KJV

And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.

Genesis 31:24 · KJV

And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

Genesis 31:25 · KJV

Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead.

Genesis 31:26 · KJV

And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword?

Genesis 31:31 · KJV

And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.

Genesis 31:33 · KJV

And Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and into Leah’s tent, and into the two maidservants’ tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah’s tent, and entered into Rachel’s tent.

Genesis 31:34 · KJV

Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel’s furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not.

Genesis 31:36 · KJV

And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?

Genesis 31:43 · KJV

And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?

Genesis 31:47 · KJV

And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed.

Common questions

What does Strong's H3837 mean?

H3837 is the Hebrew word לָבָן (Lâbân), meaning Laban, a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert.

How is H3837 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it laban (50 times), laban's (4 times), came to pass when laban (1 time).

How many times does H3837 appear in the Bible?

לָבָן (Lâbân) is tagged in 47 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H3837 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: the same as H3836 (לָבָן).

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