What does λίβανος (líbanos) mean in the Bible?
λίβανος (líbanos): Aromatic resin symbolizing worship and prayer; precious incense associated with divine presence and kingship.
Greek · G3030
λίβανος
Frankincense
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λίβανος G3030
Pronunciation líbanos
What does λίβανος (líbanos) mean in the Bible?
λίβανος (líbanos): Aromatic resin symbolizing worship and prayer; precious incense associated with divine presence and kingship.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3030?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include frankincense (2).
Where does λίβανος (líbanos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 2:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (1), Revelation (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It frankincense 2× Matthew 2:11, Revelation 18:13
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 2:11
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Revelation 1
Source forms
λίβανον 2x libanon Matthew 2:11, Revelation 18:13
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 2x Matthew 2:11, Revelation 18:13
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Aromatic resin symbolizing worship and prayer; precious incense associated with divine presence and kingship.
Strong's G3030
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
frankincense
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Aromatic resin symbolizing worship and prayer; precious incense associated with divine presence and kingship.
(rarely ἡ), (from the Semitic; cf. the Heb. equiv.), [in LXX for לְבוֹנָה Exo.30:34, Isa.60:6; Sir.24:15, al. ;]
1in cl., the frankincense-tree.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 2:11 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
λίβανον libanon
incense
Read verse Revelation 18:13 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
λίβανον, libanon
incense
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 2:11 · Rev 18:13 2×
Word Origins
λίβανος is of foreign origin - no further derivation.
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain