Gaban (גבן) means cheesemaker in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
גַּבָּן
gaban
noun · masculine
In English
cheesemaker
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Gaban.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1אדם שמקצועו הוא הכנת גבינות.
The word Gaban is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- גַּבָּן
- Written without vowel points
- גבן
- Said
- gaban
- Root
- ג־ב־נ
- Pattern
- קַטָּל
- Plural
- גַּבָּנִים
- Feminine form
- גַּבָּנִית
- Inflections
- ר' גַּבָּנִים; נ' גַּבָּנִית, נ"ר גַּבָּנִיּוֹת
- Gematria
- 55
This is how Gaban is said in other languages.
- English
- cheesemaker
These words rhyme with Gaban.
The word Gaban comes from the root ג־ב־נ, like these words.
These words come before and after Gaban in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Gaban.
What does Gaban (גבן) mean in Hebrew?
Gaban (גבן) means cheesemaker. It is said gaban, with the stress on ban.
What rhymes with Gaban (גבן)?
Words that rhyme with Gaban (גבן) include זמן, חמצן, מימן, לבן, עניין, and פחמן.
Is Gaban (גבן) masculine or feminine?
The word Gaban (גבן) is a masculine noun, and its plural is גַּבָּנִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry גבן of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.