King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3837
Transliteration: Laban
Phonetic Spelling: (law-bawn')
Part of Speech: proper name, masculine; proper name, of a location
Short Definition: father-in-law of Jacob
Meaning: Laban -- father-in-law of Jacob
Word Summary
Laban: father-in-law of Jacob
Original Word: לָבָןTransliteration: Laban
Phonetic Spelling: (law-bawn')
Part of Speech: proper name, masculine; proper name, of a location
Short Definition: father-in-law of Jacob
Meaning: Laban -- father-in-law of Jacob
Strong's Concordance
Laban The same as laban; Laban, a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert -- Laban.
see HEBREW laban
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3837. Laban
II. לָבָן54 proper name, masculine son of Bethuel, brother of Rebekah, and father-in-law of Jacob (ᵐ5 Λαβαν), Genesis 24:29 (twice in verse); 24:50; 27:43; 28:2, 5 17t. J (Gen 29, 30, 31, 32); 29:15-16, 19, 21, 22, 26 18t. E (Gen 31, 32, ׳ל הָאֲרַמִּי 31:24); 25:20 (׳ל הָאֲרַמִּי) 28:5 (id.), also 28:2; 29:24, 29; 46:18, 25 (all P).
III. לָבָן proper name, of a location, connected with desert-journey of Israelites Deuteronomy 1:1, ᵐ5 Λοβαν; possibly = לִבְנָה 2, q. v.