Laban

[ ley-buhn ]

noun

1. (in the Bible) the father of Leah and Rachel and the father-in-law of Jacob.

Laban

/ ˈleɪbən /

noun

1. Old Testament the father-in-law of Jacob, father of Leah and Rachel (Genesis 29:16)

Example Sentences

In 2008, after a rift with Laban, he disappeared to the empty expanse of Greenland.

From The Daily Beast

Akkari and Laban had long been disaffected with life in Denmark, a country they saw as louche and irreligious.

From The Daily Beast

"Laban—Lorenzo—Marcellus," he began again in a loud, clear, compelling voice.

From Project Gutenberg

At a reasonable hour they both came to the house where Laban had lodged the night before.

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The patriarch bought his beloved by fourteen years' hard service to her father Laban, and they seemed to him but as a few days.

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It was strange how the craft of Laban had come down to Tim Sullivan across that mighty flight of time.

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Laban and Abimelech had such dreams, but no one would credit these heathens with the prophetic power.

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