Laban

Laban

See also: laban, lábán, Labán, and la bàn

English

Etymology

From Hebrew לָבָן‎.

Proper noun

Laban

1. The brother of Rebekah and uncle of Jacob and Esau.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Genesis 25:20:

     And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.

2. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Translations

brother of Rebekah

Hebrew: לָבָן‎ (he) m (laván) Italian: Labano Russian: Лава́н (ru) m (Laván) Spanish: Labán Swedish: Laban (sv) c Yiddish: לבֿן‎ m (lovn)

Anagrams

• Alban, Balan, Blaan, Nabal, alban, banal, labna, nabal, nabla