Lexical Definition

‎לְבוֹנָה‎ lᵉbôwnâh (leb-o-naw') frankincense ^H:N-F
or לְבֹנָה lᵉbônâh (leb-o-naw'); from ‎לָבָן‎

(frank-) incense.

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

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

See Greek: λίβανος · λιβανωτός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎לְבֹנָה‎, ‎לְבוֺנָה‎ noun feminine frankincense (from white colour, compare Lag^{BN 33}; Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic id., ‎לְבוּנְתָּא‎, Phoenician ‎לבנת‎; Arabic (Lane³⁰⁰⁷); Ethiopic is from λιβανος); — ‎׳‎‎ל‎ Exod 30:24 + 18 t.; ‎לְבֹנָתָהּ‎ Lev 2:2; Lev 2:16 — used in preparation of holy incense Exod 30:34 (|| ‎סַמִּים‎); used as incense Jer 6:20, on meal-offering Lev 2:1; Lev 2:2; Lev 2:15; Lev 2:16; Lev 6:8*, compare Lev 5:11; Num 5:15 also Jer 17:26; Jer 41:5; Isa 43:23; Isa 66:3 with shew-bread Lev 24:7; Neh 13:5; Neh 13:9; 1Chr 9:29 (|| ‎בְּשָׂמִים‎); burned as perfume (article of luxury) Song 3:6 (|| ‎מֹר‎); ‎גִּבְעַת הַלְּבוֺנָה‎ Song 4:6 (|| ‎הַר הַמּוֺר‎); ‎עֲצֵי לְבוֺנָה‎ vSong 4:14 (|| ‎נֵרְדְּ‎, ‎כַּרְכֹּם‎, ‎קָנֶה‎, ‎קִנָּמוֺן‎, ‎מֹר‎, ‎אֲהָלוֺת‎); as tribute to Zion Isa 60:6 (|| ‎זהב‎). — In Hexateuch only P.

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