Strong’s H4404 · Hebrew

מַלְבֵּן
malbên
mal-bane'

Definition

a brickkiln

Etymology

from H3835 (לָבַן) (denominative);

Where the KJV renders it

  • brickkiln

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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