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Lavan (לבן) means white in Hebrew.

It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

לָבָן
lavan
adjective
In English

white

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ל

The dictionary gives 4 meanings for Lavan.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    תערובת של כל צבעי האור הנראה בכמויות זהות יחדיו, הצבע הבהיר ביותר.
    וּבַמֶּרְכָּבָה הַשְּׁלִשִׁית, סוּסִים לְבָנִים; וּבַמֶּרְכָּבָה, הָרְבִעִית, סוּסִים בְּרֻדִּים, אֲמֻצִּים
  2. 2
    בהשאלהשֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ מִן הַטָּהֳרָה, נָקִי וָצַח.
    בְּכָל עֵת יִהְיוּ בְגָדֶיךָ לְבָנִים; וְשֶׁמֶן עַל רֹאשְׁךָ אַל יֶחְסָר
  3. 3
    הַחֵלֶק הַמַּקִּיף אֶת הָקַּשְׁתִּית, חֶלְקָהּ הַלָּבָן שֶׁל הָעַיִן.
  4. 4
    דמות מקראית, אחיה של רבקה וחותן בנה יעקב.
    וַיִּגְנֹב יַעֲקֹב אֶת לֵב לָבָן הָאֲרַמִּי עַל בְּלִי הִגִּיד לוֹ כִּי בֹרֵחַ הוּא

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Lavan is an adjective.

Written with vowel points
לָבָן
Written without vowel points
לבן
Said
lavan
Root
ל־ב־נ
Pattern
קָטָל
Feminine form
: לְבָנָה
Inflections
נ"י: לְבַן-, נ': לְבָנָה, נ"נ: לִבְנַת- ר"ז: לְבָנִים, נ"ר: לִבְנֵי-, ר"נ: לְבָנוֹת, נ"ר: לִבְנוֹת-
Gematria
82

This is how Lavan is said in other languages.

English
white
Arabic
أَبْيَض
Russian
белый
French
blanc
Spanish
blanco
German
weiss
Yiddish
ווײַס

These words mean nearly the same as Lavan.

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These words mean the opposite of Lavan.

These words rhyme with Lavan.

The word Lavan is part of these phrases and sayings.

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The word Lavan comes from the root ל־ב־נ, like these words.

These words come before and after Lavan in the dictionary.

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What does Lavan (⁨לבן⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Lavan (⁨לבן⁩) means white. It is said lavan, with the stress on van.

What is a synonym for Lavan (⁨לבן⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Lavan (⁨לבן⁩) are ⁨צחור⁩, ⁨נקי⁩, and ⁨טהור⁩.

What is the opposite of Lavan (⁨לבן⁩)?

Words that mean the opposite of Lavan (⁨לבן⁩) are ⁨שחור⁩.

What rhymes with Lavan (⁨לבן⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Lavan (⁨לבן⁩) include ⁨זמן⁩, ⁨חמצן⁩, ⁨מימן⁩, ⁨עניין⁩, ⁨פחמן⁩, and ⁨סימן⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry לבן of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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