Word.ws English Dictionary

laban

UK/ˈlɑːbən/

More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations

Northern England/ˈlabən/

laban is the alternative form of leban.

Meaning of leban

Noun

leban (uncountable)

  1. Coagulated sour milk diluted with water.
  2. Yoghurt (as used in Middle Eastern cuisine).
  3. A fermented liquor made with coagulated sour milk.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Laban

Laban

  1. The brother of Rebekah and uncle of Jacob and Esau.
    • 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 25:20
  2. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Laban

Laban (plural Labans)

  1. A surname.

Forms of laban

pluralLabans

Origin of laban

From Middle English Laban, from Latin Laban, from Koine Greek Λάβαν (Lában), from Biblical Hebrew לָבָן (Lāḇān).

Questions about laban

What does laban mean?
Laban means the brother of Rebekah and uncle of Jacob and Esau.
What is laban the alternative form of?
Laban is the alternative form of leban.
What part of speech is laban?
Laban is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce laban?
Laban is pronounced /ˈlɑːbən/ (UK).

Words near laban in the dictionary

  1. Labadies
  2. Labadism
  3. Labadist
  4. Labadists
  5. Labakid
  6. laban
  7. labane
  8. labaneh
  9. Labangan
  10. Labangon
  11. labanotation

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: laban (page history and authors); Laban (page history and authors); leban (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “laban.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/laban. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.