לָבֵן (lāban) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning be white. It appears
8 times
in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H3835).
Also rendered
to whiten
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1074b)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1074b)be white; make white, shew whiteness, grow white; be purified; be, become, make bricks; be whiter
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
לָבֵןverb: be white
Hiphil
1.make white = purify (ethical)
2.shew whiteness, grow white, of fig tree, stripped by locusts
Hithpaelbe purified
Strong's H3835לָבַן: to be (or become) white; to make bricks KJV:make brick, be (made, make) white(-r).
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.