H3828 - לְבוֹנָה (lᵉbôwnâh)

H3828 לְבוֹנָה (lᵉbôwnâh) leb-o-naw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

frankincense

Strong's Definition

frankincense (from its whiteness or perhaps that of its smoke)

Derivation: or לְבֹנָה; from H3836 (לָבָן);

KJV Usage: (frank-) incense.

TWOT Reference: 1074d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) frankincense

1a) a white resin burned as fragrant incense

1a1) ceremonially

1a2) personally

1a3) used in compounding the holy incense

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G3030 G3031

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) frankincense 1a) a white resin burned as fragrant incense 1a1) ceremonially 1a2) personally 1a3) used in compounding the holy incense

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

לְבֹנָה / לְבוֹנָה lebônâh / lebônâh BDB Definition: 1) frankincense 1a) a white resin burned as fragrant incense 1a1) ceremonially 1a2) personally 1a3) used in compounding the holy incense Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H3836 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1074d Total KJV Occurrences: 21

Bible Occurrences (18)

30:34

2:1 2:2 2:15 2:16 5:11 6:15 24:7

5:15

9:29

13:5 13:9

43:23 60:6 66:3

6:20 17:26 41:5

Exodus 30:34

The LORD also said to Moses, Take fragrant spices — gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense — in equal measures...,

Leviticus 2:1

When anyone brings a grain offering... to the LORD, his offering must consist of fine flour.... He is to pour olive oil on it, put frankincense on it,

Leviticus 2:2

and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. The priest shall take a handful......... of the flour and oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this as a memorial portion on the altar, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Leviticus 2:15

And you are to put oil...... and frankincense on it; it is a grain offering.

Leviticus 2:16

The priest shall then burn the memorial portion of the crushed grain and the oil, together with all its frankincense, as a food offering to the LORD.

Leviticus 5:11

But if he cannot afford... two turtledoves or two young pigeons, he may bring a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering. He must not put olive oil......... or frankincense on it, because it [is] a sin offering.

Leviticus 6:15

The priest is to remove a handful of fine flour and olive oil -, together with all the frankincense from the grain offering, and burn the memorial portion on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Leviticus 24:7

And you are to place pure frankincense near each row, so that it may serve as a memorial portion for the bread, a food offering to the LORD.