LABAN

Lehite PN

1.

Inhabitant of JERUSALEM, descended from JOSEPH (1 Nephi 3:3; Mosiah 1:16)

Etymology

This is also a biblical name (Genesis 24–32 passim). For the etymology see the standard biblical commentaries.

Confer also the Near Eastern GN LEBANON: biblical LEBANON, possibly EGYPTIAN rbn(n), and Ebla labanan (Pettinato, Archives).

Variants

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