ΛΙΒΑΝΟΣ, λιβανος
LIBANOS, libanos
Sounds Like: LI-ba-nos
Translations: frankincense, a frankincense tree
From the root: ΛΙΒΑΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to frankincense, a fragrant gum resin obtained from trees of the genus Boswellia, or to the tree itself from which the resin is extracted. It was commonly used in ancient times for incense, perfumes, and medicinal purposes.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3030 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Song of Solomon — 5:15
- Sirach — 50:9
- Isaiah — 10:34, 29:17, 33:9, 40:16
- Jeremiah — 48:5
- Zechariah — 11:1
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 17:110
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 50:5
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Song of Solomon — 5:15
- Sirach — 39:14, 50:9
- Isaiah — 10:34, 29:17, 33:9, 40:16
- Jeremiah — 48:5
- Ezekiel — 31:15
- Hosea — 14:6
- Zechariah — 11:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΙΒΑΝΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΒΑΝΟΥ — of Lebanon, of frankincense, of a frankincense tree
- ΛΙΒΑ — Lebanon
- ΛΙΒΑΝΟ — Lebanon, a Lebanon
- ΛΙΒΑΝΟΝ — frankincense, a frankincense, Lebanon
- ΛΙΒΑΝΟΥ — (of) Lebanon, (of) frankincense, (of) a frankincense
- ΛΙΒΑΝΩ — to frankincense, with frankincense, frankincense
- ΛΙΒΑΝΩΝ — of frankincense, of incense
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