Definition

properly, (the) white, i.e. the moon

Etymology

from H3835 (לָבַן);

Word family

• לָבַן lâban

How the KJV renders it

• moon. See also H3838 (לְבָנָא)

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.