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Lexicon :: Strong's H3824 - lēḇāḇ

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לֵבָב
Transliteration
lēḇāḇ
Pronunciation
lay-bawb'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 1071a

Strong’s Definitions

לֵבָב lêbâb, lay-bawb'; from H3823; used also like H3820 the heart (as the most interior organ);:— bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, (faint), (tender-) heart(-ed), midst, mind, × unawares, understanding.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 252x

The KJV translates Strong's H3824 in the following manner: heart (231x), consider (with H7760) (5x), mind (4x), understanding (3x), miscellaneous (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 252x
The KJV translates Strong's H3824 in the following manner: heart (231x), consider (with H7760) (5x), mind (4x), understanding (3x), miscellaneous (9x).
  1. inner man, mind, will, heart, soul, understanding

    1. inner part, midst

      1. midst (of things)

      2. heart (of man)

      3. soul, heart (of man)

      4. mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory

      5. inclination, resolution, determination (of will)

      6. conscience

      7. heart (of moral character)

      8. as seat of appetites

      9. as seat of emotions and passions

      10. as seat of courage

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לֵבָב lêbâb, lay-bawb'; from H3823; used also like H3820 the heart (as the most interior organ);:— bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, (faint), (tender-) heart(-ed), midst, mind, × unawares, understanding.
STRONGS H3824: Abbreviations
לֵבָב 251 noun masculinePsalm 104:15 inner man, mind, will, heart; — absolute ל׳ Deuteronomy 28:28 + 31 times; construct לִבַב Deuteronomy 20:8 + 22 times; suffix לְבָבִי Isaiah 21:4 + 24 times; לְבָֽבְךָ Deuteronomy 4:29 + 35 times; לְבָבֶ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 4:39 + 21 times; לְבָבֵךְ 1 Samuel 1:8 + 3 times; לְבָבוֺ Deuteronomy 2:30 + 37 times; לְבָבָהּ Zephaniah 2:15 + 3 times; לִבָבֵנוּ Deuteronomy 1:28 + 3 times; לְבַבְכֶם Deuteronomy 10:16 + 37 times; לְבָבָם Leviticus 26:41 + 22 times; plural with suffix לִבְבֵהֶן Nahum 2:8 (Sta§ 353 a reads לְבַבְהֶן, but see Köii. 78); plural לְבָבוֺת 1 Chronicles 28:9. — The inner, middle, or central part:
I. seldom of things בִּלְבַב יַמִּים in the midst of the seas Jonah 2:3 (poetry); עד לבב השׁמים unto the midst of heaven Deuteronomy 4:11 (so Sam but MT לב).
II. usually of men:
1. the inner man in contrast with the outer, כלה שׁארי ולבבי my flesh and my heart (soul) doth fail Psalm 73:26; antithesis with garments Joel 2:13; hands Psalm 73:13; Lamentations 3:41 ?; eyes Numbers 15:39 (H) 1 Samuel 16:7; ears Ezekiel 3:10; mouth Deuteronomy 30:14; speech Psalm 28:3; Psalm 78:18; מְתֹפֲפֹת עַללִֿבְבֵהֶן tabering upon their breasts Nahum 2:7 (inner for outer).
2. the inner man, indefinite the soul, comprehending mind, affections and will, or, in connection with certain verbs, having more specific reference to some one of them. בכללֿבב ובכלנֿפשׁ with all the heart and with all the soul Deuteronomy 4:29; Deuteronomy 6:5; Deuteronomy 10:12; Deuteronomy 11:13; Deuteronomy 13:4; Deuteronomy 26:16; Deuteronomy 30:2, 6, 10; Joshua 22:5; Joshua 23:14; 1 Kings 2:4; 1 Kings 8:48 (= 2 Chronicles 6:38 לב ?) 2 Kings 23:25; 2 Chronicles 15:12; 34:31)= 2 Kings 23:3 לב ?) Jeremiah 32:41; abbreviated בכללֿבב 1 Samuel 7:3; 1 Samuel 12:20, 24; 1 Kings 14:8; 2 Kings 10:31; 2 Chronicles 15:5; 22:9; 31:21; Psalm 86:12; Psalm 111:1; Jeremiah 29:13; Joel 2:12; אשׁר בלבב what is in the heart (mind) Deuteronomy 8:2; 1 Samuel 9:19; 1 Samuel 14:7; 2 Samuel 7:3)= 1 Chronicles 17:2) 2 Kings 10:30; 2 Chronicles 32:31; compare Job 10:13; Psalm 84:6 (?); עם לבב with the heart (mind), with ידע Deuteronomy 8:5, שִׂיחַ Psalm 77:7, usually with היה, of a thought or purpose, Deuteronomy 15:9; Joshua 14:7; 1 Kings 8:17, 18 (twice in verse)= 2 Chronicles 6:7, 8 (twice in verse) 2 Chronicles 10:2)= 2 Chronicles 9:1) 1 Chronicles 22:7; 1 Chronicles 28:2; 2 Chronicles 1:11; 29:10 (compare 2 Chronicles 24:4 לב); כלבב according to the heart 1 Samuel 13:14; 1 Samuel 14:7; Psalm 20:7. We may add Deuteronomy 5:26; Deuteronomy 11:16, 18; Deuteronomy 17:17; 1 Samuel 2:35; 2 Samuel 19:15; 1 Kings 8:39 (twice in verse)= 2 Chronicles 6:30 (twice in verse) 2 Chronicles 11:2, 3 (לב an error) 2 Chronicles 11:4; 2 Chronicles 11:9; 1 Chronicles 12:17; 1 Chronicles 22:19; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Psalm 62:9; Psalm 86:11; Psalm 139:23; Isaiah 7:2; Daniel 11:27, 28.
3. specific reference to mind (characteristic of לבב):
a. אַנְשֵׁי לֵבָב men of mind Job 34:10, 34; גם לי לבב I also have a mind Job 12:3; הוֺלֵלוֺת בִּל׳ madness is in (their) mind Ecclesiastes 9:3 (?);,וַתִּגְנֹב לְבָבִי and thou didst steal my mind Genesis 31:26 (E, the לֵב of Genesis 31:20 should be corrected to לבב compare 'steal me' Genesis 31:27).
b. knowledge, with ידע Deuteronomy 8:5; Deuteronomy 23:14; 1 Kings 2:44; הבין Isaiah 6:10; Isaiah 32:4; חֲכַם לֵבָב wise of mind Job 9:4; לְבַב חָכְמָה mind of wisdom Psalm 90:12.
c. thinking, reflection, with חשׁב Isaiah 10:7; Zechariah 7:10; Zechariah 8:17; (שׂיּח Psalm 77:7 above); יצר מחשׁבות ל׳ conception of thoughts of mind 1 Chronicles 29:18; מַשְׂכִּיּוֺת ל׳ imaginations of (their) mind Psalm 73:7; מוֺרָשֵׁי ל׳ possessions (thoughts) of (my) mind Job 17:11; שׂם לבב set the mind, consider Haggai 2:15, 18 (twice in verse), with לְ Deuteronomy 32:46, על Haggai 1:5, 7.
d. of memeory שׂם בלבב lay up in the mind 1 Samuel 21:13; Job 22:22; השׁיב אל ל׳ lay to heart, call to mind Deuteronomy 4:39; Deuteronomy 30:1; 2 Chronicles 6:37) = 1 Kings 8:47 לב ?); עלה על ל׳ come upon the mind Jeremiah 51:50; Ezekiel 38:10 (compare לֵב 3d); סוּר מל׳ depart from the mind Deuteronomy 4:9; שׁמר בתוך ל׳ keep in the midst of (thy) mind Proverbs 4:21; על ל׳ upon the mind Deuteronomy 6:6.
4. specific reference to inclinations, resolutions determinations of the will (characteristic of ל׳): הכין ל׳ set the mind, with אֶל 1 Samuel 7:3; 1 Chronicles 29:18, לְ 2 Chronicles 20:33 לדרשׁ 2 Chronicles 19:3; 30:19; Ezra 7:10; אֶל הטה ל׳ Joshua 24:23 (E) 1 Kings 8:58; לדרשׁ נתן ל׳ 1 Chronicles 22:19, compare 2 Chronicles 11:16; פנה מעם ל׳ mind turn away from Deuteronomy 29:17; Deuteronomy 30:17; פ׳ יֵהָפֵךְ ל׳ Pharaoh's mind was changed Exodus 14:5 (E).
5. specific reference to conscience לא יחרף לבבי my heart (conscience) shall not reproach me Job 27:6.
6. specific reference to moral character (characteristic of ל׳): God tries the ל׳ 1 Chronicles 29:17:
a. ישֶׁר ל׳ uprightness of heart Deuteronomy 9:5; 1 Chronicles 29:17; Psalm 119:7 (?); יִשְׁרֵי ל׳ 2 Chronicles 29:34; יִשְׁרַת ל׳ 1 Kings 3:6; יָשָׁר ל׳ 2 Kings 10:15 (3 times in verse); תָּסלֿ׳ integrity of heart Genesis 20:5, 6 (E) 1 Kings 9:4; Psalm 78:72; Psalm 101:2; שָׁלֵם (עִםׅ ל׳ heart perfect (with) 1 Kings 8:61; 1 Kings 11:4; 1 Kings 15:3, 14 (= 2 Chronicles 15:17) 2 Kings 20:3 (= Isaiah 38:3 לֵב ?) 1 Chronicles 12:39; 1 Chronicles 29:19; 2 Chronicles 16:9; 19:9; 25:2; בַּרלֿ׳ pure in heart Psalm 24:4; בָּרֵי ל׳ Psalm 73:1. We may add 2 Kings 22:19 2 Chronicles 34:27; Nehemiah 9:8; Jeremiah 32:40.
b. it is the seat of naughtiness 1 Samuel 17:28 (?), erring Psalm 95:10; is forward Psalm 101:4.
d. is circumcised Deuteronomy 10:16; Deuteronomy 30:6; Jeremiah 4:4, or uncircumcised Leviticus 26:41 (H); is hardened אמּץ ל׳ Deuteronomy 2:30; Deuteronomy 15:7; 2 Chronicles 36:13; כבּד ל׳ 1 Samuel 6:6 (?); הקשׁה ל׳ Psalm 95:8.
7. = the man himself (meaning characteristic of נֶפֶשׁ) אמר בל׳ say in the heart (to oneself) Deuteronomy 7:17; Deuteronomy 8:17; Deuteronomy 9:4; Deuteronomy 18:21; Psalm 4:5; Isaiah 14:3; Isaiah 47:8; Isaiah 49:21; Jeremiah 5:24; Jeremiah 13:22; Zephaniah 1:12; Zephaniah 2:15; ללבב Hosea 7:2 (?); דבר בל׳ Psalm 15:2; ברכו בל׳ Job 1:5; התברך בל׳ Deuteronomy 29:18; יְחִי לְבַבְכֶם let your heart (you yourselves) live Psalm 22:27; Psalm 69:33 (compare Psalm 119:175).
8. specifically as the seat of the appetites (for which usually נֶפֶשׁ) סעד ל׳ stay the heart (with food) Psalm 104:15; Judges 19:8 (?); יִיטַב לְבָבֶ֑ךָ that thine heart may be merry (with wine) Judges 19:9 (?); יַיִן יְשַׂמַּח ל׳ wine gladdens the heart Psalm 104:15.
9. specifically of seat of the emotions and passions (for which usually נפשׁ):
a. of joy Isaiah 30:29; Jeremiah 15:16; Ezekiel 36:5, gladness Deuteronomy 28:47, desire Proverbs 6:25 (?); דבּר על ל׳ speak into the heart (comfortably) 2 Chronicles 32:6 (elsewhere לֵב).
b. of trouble 1 Kings 8:38; Psalm 25:17; Psalm 73:21; weakness, faintness Leviticus 26:36 (H) Deuteronomy 20:3, 18; 2 Chronicles 13:7; Isaiah 1:5; Isaiah 7:4; Jeremiah 51:46, grief Deuteronomy 15:10; 1 Samuel 1:8 sorrow Psalm 13:3, fear Deuteronomy 28:67, dismay Isaiah 21:4, astonishment Deuteronomy 28:28, anger Deuteronomy 19:6, hate Leviticus 19:16 (H); ימּס ל׳ the heart melteth Deuteronomy 20:8; Joshua 2:11; Joshua 5:1; Joshua 7:5 (all D) Isaiah 13:7; Isaiah 19:1; המס ל׳ Deuteronomy 1:28 (so read probably also Joshua 14:8, where לֵב error).
10. seat of courage (for which usually רוּחַ), יָעֵר כֹּחוֺ וּלְבָבוֺ stir up his power and his courage Daniel 11:25; יַאֲמֵץ לְבַבְכֶם let your heart take courage Psalm 31:25.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3825.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

20:5; 20:6; 31:20; 31:26; 31:27

Exodus

14:5

Leviticus

19:16; 26:36; 26:41; 26:41

Numbers

15:39

Deuteronomy

1:28; 1:28; 2:30; 2:30; 4:9; 4:11; 4:29; 4:29; 4:39; 4:39; 5:26; 6:5; 6:6; 7:17; 8:2; 8:5; 8:5; 8:14; 8:17; 9:4; 9:5; 10:12; 10:16; 10:16; 11:13; 11:16; 11:18; 13:4; 15:7; 15:9; 15:10; 17:17; 17:20; 18:21; 19:6; 20:3; 20:8; 20:8; 20:18; 23:14; 26:16; 28:28; 28:28; 28:47; 28:67; 29:17; 29:18; 30:1; 30:2; 30:6; 30:6; 30:10; 30:14; 30:17; 32:46

Joshua

2:11; 5:1; 7:5; 14:7; 14:8; 22:5; 23:14; 24:23

Judges

19:8; 19:9

1 Samuel

1:8; 1:8; 2:35; 6:6; 7:3; 7:3; 9:19; 12:20; 12:24; 13:14; 14:7; 14:7; 16:7; 17:28; 21:13

2 Samuel

7:3; 19:15

1 Kings

2:4; 2:44; 3:6; 8:17; 8:18; 8:38; 8:39; 8:47; 8:48; 8:58; 8:61; 9:4; 11:4; 14:8; 15:3; 15:14

2 Kings

10:15; 10:30; 10:31; 20:3; 22:19; 23:3; 23:25

1 Chronicles

12:17; 12:39; 17:2; 22:7; 22:19; 22:19; 28:2; 28:9; 28:9; 29:17; 29:17; 29:18; 29:18; 29:19

2 Chronicles

1:11; 6:7; 6:8; 6:30; 6:37; 6:38; 9:1; 10:2; 11:2; 11:3; 11:4; 11:9; 11:16; 13:7; 15:5; 15:12; 15:17; 16:9; 19:3; 19:9; 20:33; 22:9; 24:4; 25:2; 29:10; 29:34; 30:19; 31:21; 32:6; 32:31; 34:27; 34:31; 36:13

Ezra

7:10

Nehemiah

9:8

Job

1:5; 9:4; 10:13; 12:3; 17:11; 22:22; 27:6; 34:10; 34:34

Psalms

4:5; 13:3; 15:2; 20:7; 22:27; 24:4; 25:17; 28:3; 62:9; 69:33; 73:1; 73:7; 73:13; 73:21; 73:26; 77:7; 77:7; 78:18; 78:72; 84:6; 86:11; 86:12; 90:12; 95:8; 95:10; 101:2; 101:4; 101:5; 104:15; 104:15; 104:15; 111:1; 119:7; 119:175; 139:23

Proverbs

4:21; 6:25

Ecclesiastes

9:3

Isaiah

1:5; 6:10; 7:2; 7:4; 9:8; 10:7; 10:12; 13:7; 14:3; 19:1; 21:4; 21:4; 30:29; 32:4; 38:3; 47:8; 49:21; 60:5

Jeremiah

4:4; 5:24; 13:22; 15:16; 29:13; 32:40; 32:41; 51:46; 51:50

Lamentations

3:41

Ezekiel

3:10; 28:5; 28:6; 31:10; 36:5; 38:10

Daniel

8:25; 11:12; 11:25; 11:27; 11:28

Hosea

7:2

Joel

2:12; 2:13

Jonah

2:3

Nahum

2:7; 2:8

Zephaniah

1:12; 2:15; 2:15

Haggai

1:5; 1:7; 2:15; 2:18

Zechariah

7:10; 8:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3824 matches the Hebrew לֵבָב (lēḇāḇ),
which occurs 35 times in 33 verses in 'Psa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:4 - Stand in awe, H7264 and sin H2398 not: commune H559 with your own heart H3824 upon your bed, H4904 and be still. H1826 Selah. H5542
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:2 - How long shall I take H7896 counsel H6098 in my soul, H5315 having sorrow H3015 in my heart H3824 daily? H3119 how long shall mine enemy H341 be exalted H7311 over me?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:2 - He that walketh H1980 uprightly, H8549 and worketh H6466 righteousness, H6664 and speaketh H1696 the truth H571 in his heart. H3824
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:4 - Grant H5414 thee according to thine own heart, H3824 and fulfil H4390 all thy counsel. H6098
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:26 - The meek H6035 shall eat H398 and be satisfied: H7646 they shall praise H1984 the LORD H3068 that seek H1875 him: your heart H3824 shall live H2421 for ever. H5703
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:4 - He that hath clean H5355 hands, H3709 and a pure H1249 heart; H3824 who hath not lifted up H5375 his soul H5315 unto vanity, H7723 nor sworn H7650 deceitfully. H4820
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:17 - The troubles H6869 of my heart H3824 are enlarged: H7337 O bring thou me out H3318 of my distresses. H4691
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 28:3 - Draw me not away H4900 with the wicked, H7563 and with the workers H6466 of iniquity, H205 which speak H1696 peace H7965 to their neighbours, H7453 but mischief H7451 is in their hearts. H3824
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:24 - Be of good courage, H2388 and he shall strengthen H553 your heart, H3824 all ye that hope H3176 in the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:8 - Trust H982 in him at all times; H6256 ye people, H5971 pour out H8210 your heart H3824 before H6440 him: God H430 is a refuge H4268 for us. Selah. H5542
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:32 - The humble H6035 shall see H7200 this, and be glad: H8055 and your heart H3824 shall live H2421 that seek H1875 God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:1 - [[A Psalm H4210 of Asaph.]] H623 Truly God H430 is good H2896 to Israel, H3478 even to such as are of a clean H1249 heart. H3824
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:7 - Their eyes H5869 stand out H3318 with fatness: H2459 they have more H5674 than heart H3824 could wish. H4906
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:13 - Verily I have cleansed H2135 my heart H3824 in vain, H7385 and washed H7364 my hands H3709 in innocency. H5356
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:21 - Thus my heart H3824 was grieved, H2556 and I was pricked H8150 in my reins. H3629
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:26 - My flesh H7607 and my heart H3824 faileth: H3615 but God H430 is the strength H6697 of my heart, H3824 and my portion H2506 for ever. H5769
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:6 - I call to remembrance H2142 my song H5058 in the night: H3915 I commune H7878 with mine own heart: H3824 and my spirit H7307 made diligent search. H2664
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:18 - And they tempted H5254 God H410 in their heart H3824 by asking H7592 meat H400 for their lust. H5315
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:72 - So he fed H7462 them according to the integrity H8537 of his heart; H3824 and guided H5148 them by the skilfulness H8394 of his hands. H3709
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 84:5 - Blessed H835 is the man H120 whose strength H5797 is in thee; in whose heart H3824 are the ways H4546 of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:11 - Teach H3384 me thy way, H1870 O LORD; H3068 I will walk H1980 in thy truth: H571 unite H3161 my heart H3824 to fear H3372 thy name. H8034
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:12 - I will praise H3034 thee, O Lord H136 my God, H430 with all my heart: H3824 and I will glorify H3513 thy name H8034 for evermore. H5769
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:12 - So teach H3045 us to number H4487 our days, H3117 that we may apply H935 our hearts H3824 unto wisdom. H2451
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:8 - Harden H7185 not your heart, H3824 as in the provocation, H4808 and as in the day H3117 of temptation H4531 in the wilderness: H4057
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 95:10 - Forty H705 years H8141 long was I grieved H6962 with this generation, H1755 and said, H559 It is a people H5971 that do err H8582 in their heart, H3824 and they have not known H3045 my ways: H1870
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:2 - I will behave myself wisely H7919 in a perfect H8549 way. H1870 O when wilt thou come H935 unto me? I will walk H1980 within H7130 my house H1004 with a perfect H8537 heart. H3824
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:4 - A froward H6141 heart H3824 shall depart H5493 from me: I will not know H3045 a wicked H7451 person.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:5 - Whoso privily H5643 slandereth H3960 H3960 his neighbour, H7453 him will I cut off: H6789 him that hath an high H1362 look H5869 and a proud H7342 heart H3824 will not I suffer. H3201
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:15 - And wine H3196 that maketh glad H8055 the heart H3824 of man, H582 and oil H8081 to make his face H6440 to shine, H6670 and bread H3899 which strengtheneth H5582 man's H582 heart. H3824
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:16 - Because that he remembered H2142 not to shew H6213 mercy, H2617 but persecuted H7291 the poor H6041 and needy H34 man, H376 that he might even slay H4191 the broken H3512 in heart. H3824
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 111:1 - Praise H1984 ye the LORD. H3050 I will praise H3034 the LORD H3068 with my whole heart, H3824 in the assembly H5475 of the upright, H3477 and in the congregation. H5712
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:7 - I will praise H3034 thee with uprightness H3476 of heart, H3824 when I shall have learned H3925 thy righteous H6664 judgments. H4941
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:23 - Search H2713 me, O God, H410 and know H3045 my heart: H3824 try H974 me, and know H3045 my thoughts: H8312
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