Laban

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

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew לָבָן.

Proper noun

Laban

1. The brother of Rebekah and uncle of Jacob and Esau.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, 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 m (Laván)
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• Spanish: Labán
• Swedish: Laban (sv) c
• Yiddish: לבֿן m (lovn)

Anagrams

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