H3842 לְבָנָה (lᵉbânâh) leb-aw-naw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

moon

Strong's Definition

properly, (the) white, i.e. the moon

Derivation: from H3835 (לָבַן);

KJV Usage: moon. See also H3838 (לְבָנָא).

TWOT Reference: 1074c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) moon (as white)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G4582

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

לְבָנָה (le.va.nah) — moon. moon (as white)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

לְבָנָה (H3838 · H3842)

noun f · לבן

Celestial Bodies

moon used in poetry only; literally: the white one; hence: = one of the celestial bodies which govern time, seasons and other events on earth, marked by a white and cold light and seen by night

SNG 6:10 · ISA 24:23 · ISA 30:26

name

Names of People

Lebanah = man; ► family head; temple servants; after exile

EZR 2:45 · NEH 7:48

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

לְבָנָה n.f. moon, poet. base

Bible Occurrences (2)

24:23 30:26

Isaiah 24:23

The moon will be confounded and the sun will be ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders with great glory.

Isaiah 30:26

The light of the moon... will be as bright as the sun..., and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter— like the light of seven days— on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.