Strong’s H3834 · Hebrew

לָבִיבָה
lâbîybâh
law-bee-baw'

Definition

a cake (either as fried or turned)

Etymology

or rather לְבִבָה; from H3823 (לָבַב) in its original sense of fatness (or perhaps of folding);

Where the KJV renders it

  • cake

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