H3837 - לָבָן (Lâbân)

H3837 לָבָן (Lâbân) law-bawn'

Hebrew

Biblical Persons & Places

Laban Man living at the time of the Patriarchs

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.24.29; only referred to as Laban (לָבָן); son of Bethuel; a brother of Rebekah; father of Rachel and Leah.

Laban Laban= near Ashnah (Ashnah@Jos.15.33-=H0823)

A location near Ashnah only mentioned at Deu.1.1; only referred to as Laban (לָבָן).

Strong's Definition

Laban, a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert

Derivation: the same as H3836 (לָבָן);

KJV Usage: Laban.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Laban = "white"

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

לָבָן lâbân BDB Definition: Laban = white 1) son of Bethuel, brother of Rebekah, and father of Leah and Rachel (noun proper masculine) 2) a wilderness encampment of the Israelites (noun proper locative) Part of Speech: see above in Definition Total KJV Occurrences: 55

Bible Occurrences (47)

24:29 24:50 25:20 27:43 28:2 28:5 29:5 29:10 29:13 29:14 29:15 29:16 29:19 29:21 29:22 29:24 29:25 29:26 29:29 30:25 30:27 30:34 30:36 30:40 30:42 31:1 31:2 31:12 31:19 31:20 31:22 31:24 31:25 31:26 31:31 31:33 31:34 31:36 31:43 31:47 31:48 31:51 31:55 32:4 46:18 46:25

1:1

Genesis 24:29

Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and [he] rushed out to the man at the spring.

Genesis 24:50

Laban and Bethuel... answered, This is from the LORD; we have no choice.................. in the matter.

Genesis 25:20

and Isaac was forty years old... when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan-aram and the sister of Laban the Aramean.

Genesis 27:43

So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.

Genesis 28:2

Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

Genesis 28:5

So Isaac sent Jacob... to Paddan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, [who was] the mother of Jacob and Esau.

Genesis 29:5

Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor? Jacob asked. We know him, they replied.

Genesis 29:10

As soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s............ sheep.