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laban
/ˈleɪbən/
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What does laban mean?
noun
- Alternative form of leban.
proper noun
- The brother of Rebekah and uncle of Jacob and Esau.
- A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
More meanings (1)
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈleɪbən/
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Jacob sent for Rachel and Leah to consult with them before he left Laban, and he took their advice.
And after they had hid themselves, I, Nephi, crept into the city and went forth towards the house of Laban.
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“And the new shepherd have been to Buck’s Head, thinking she had gone there, but nobody had seed her,” said Laban Tall.
Early in the morning after the day of covenanting, Laban rose up, and kissed his grandchildren and his daughters, and blessed them.
Others, men of few books, preserve them in long boxes with glass fronts, which may be removed from place to place as readily as the household gods of Laban.