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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λίβανοςG3030
Pronunciationlíbanos
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 Itfrankincense2×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 rowMatthew 2:11
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Matthew1Revelation1
Source forms
λίβανον2xlibanonMatthew 2:11, Revelation 18:13
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular2xMatthew 2:11, Revelation 18:13
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Aromatic resin symbolizing worship and prayer; precious incense associated with divine presence and kingship.
Strong'sG3030
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
frankincense
Extended definitionSource: 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 corpusGreek 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 2:11Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
λίβανονlibanon
incense
Read verseRevelation 18:13Noun 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 patterns1Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · MasculineMatt 2:11 · Rev 18:132×
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.