לְבֹנָה levonah

Hebrew word for “frankincense” · Strong’s H3828 · used 21 times in 21 verses

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Meaning

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

How it is translated

Glosses given for levonah in context, with how often each is used:

• frankincense 21

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 2 (4), Nehemiah 13 (2), Song of Solomon 4 (2), Exodus 30 (1), Leviticus 5 (1), Leviticus 6 (1), Leviticus 24 (1), Numbers 5 (1), 1 Chronicles 9 (1), Song of Solomon 3 (1)

Forms

• לבנה 6
• ולבונה 4
• לבנתה 2
• והלבונה 2
• הלבונה 2
• לבונה 2
• ולבנה 1
• הלבנה 1
• בלבונה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with levonah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מִנְחָה minchah “offering” 10
• שֶׁמֶן shemen “oil” 8
• אַזְכָּרָה azkarah “memorial” 4
• סֹלֶת solet “fine flour” 5
• מֹר mor “myrrh” 3
• קָטַר qatar “to offer” 4
• אִשֶּׁה ishshah “food offering” 3
• קֹמֶץ qomets “handful” 2
• קׇרְבָּן qorban “offering” 3
• זַךְ zakh “pure” 2
• זֶבַח zevach “sacrifice” 3
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 4

Key verses

The verses using levonah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 30:34 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be…
• Leviticus 2:1 — And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:
• Leviticus 2:2 — And he shall bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the…
• Leviticus 5:11 — But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour…
• Nehemiah 13:5 — And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the…
• Song of Solomon 3:6 — Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
• Song of Solomon 4:6 — Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
• Song of Solomon 4:14 — Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
• Isaiah 60:6 — The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they…
• Isaiah 66:3 — He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s…
• Jeremiah 6:20 — To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices…
• Jeremiah 41:5 — That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.