Laban
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English
Etymology 1
From Middle English Laban, from Latin Laban, from Koine Greek Λάβαν (Lában), from Biblical Hebrew לָבָן (Lāḇān).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Laban
- (biblical) The brother of Rebekah and uncle of Jacob and Esau.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, 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.
- A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Translations
brother of Rebekah
Etymology 2
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Proper noun
Laban (plural Labans)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Laban is the 41799th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 520 individuals. Laban is most common among White (59.62%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (20.0%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Laban”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 373.
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