Strong’s H3837 · Hebrew

לָבָן
Lâbân
law-bawn'

Definition

Laban, a Mesopotamian; also a place in the Desert

Etymology

the same as H3836 (לָבָן);

Where the KJV renders it

  • Laban

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What the first audience heard

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