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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 28 times in 26 verses in '2Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:11 - dixit autem Deus ad Salomonem quia hoc magis placuit cordi tuo et non postulasti divitias et substantiam et gloriam neque animas eorum qui te oderunt sed nec dies vitae plurimos petisti autem sapientiam et scientiam ut iudicare possis populum meum super quem constitui te regem
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:7 - cumque fuisset voluntatis David patris mei ut aedificaret domum nomini Domini Dei Israhel
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:8 - dixit Dominus ad eum quia haec fuit voluntas tua ut aedificares domum nomini meo bene quidem fecisti habere huiuscemodi voluntatem
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:30 - tu exaudi de caelo de sublimi scilicet habitaculo tuo et propitiare et redde unicuique secundum vias suas quas nosti eum habere in corde suo tu enim solus nosti corda filiorum hominum
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:37 - et conversi corde suo in terra ad quam captivi ducti fuerant egerint paenitentiam et deprecati te fuerint in terra captivitatis suae dicentes peccavimus inique fecimus iniuste egimus
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1 - regina quoque Saba cum audisset famam Salomonis venit ut temptaret eum enigmatibus in Hierusalem cum magnis opibus et camelis qui portabant aromata et auri plurimum gemmasque pretiosas cumque venisset ad Salomonem locuta est ei quaecumque erant in corde suo
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:16 - sed et de cunctis tribubus Israhel quicumque dederant cor suum ut quaererent Dominum Deum Israhel venerunt Hierusalem ad immolandas victimas Domino Deo patrum suorum
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:7 - congregatique sunt ad eum viri vanissimi et filii Belial et praevaluerunt contra Roboam filium Salomonis porro Roboam erat rudis et corde pavido nec potuit resistere eis
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:12 - et intravit ex more ad corroborandum foedus ut quaererent Dominum Deum patrum suorum in toto corde et in tota anima sua
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:15 - omnes qui erant in Iuda cum execratione in omni enim corde suo iuraverunt et in tota voluntate quaesierunt eum et invenerunt praestititque eis Dominus requiem per circuitum
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:17 - excelsa autem derelicta sunt in Israhel attamen cor Asa erat perfectum cunctis diebus eius
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 16:9 - oculi enim eius contemplantur universam terram et praebent fortitudinem his qui corde perfecto credunt in eum stulte igitur egisti et propter hoc ex praesenti tempore contra te bella consurgent
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:3 - sed bona opera inventa sunt in te eo quod abstuleris lucos de terra Iuda et praeparaveris cor tuum ut requireres Dominum
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:9 - praecepitque eis dicens sic agetis in timore Dei fideliter et corde perfecto
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:33 - verumtamen excelsa non abstulit et adhuc populus non direxerat cor suum ad Dominum Deum patrum suorum
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:9 - ipsumque perquirens Ochoziam conprehendit latentem in Samaria adductumque ad se occidit et sepelierunt eum eo quod esset filius Iosaphat qui quaesierat Dominum in toto corde suo nec erat ultra spes aliqua ut de stirpe regnaret Ochoziae
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:2 - fecitque bonum in conspectu Domini verumtamen non in corde perfecto
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:10 - nunc igitur placet mihi ut ineamus foedus cum Domino Deo Israhel et avertat a nobis furorem irae suae
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:34 - sacerdotes vero pauci erant nec poterant sufficere ut pelles holocaustorum detraherent unde et Levitae fratres eorum adiuverunt eos donec impleretur opus et sanctificarentur antistites Levitae quippe faciliori ritu sanctificantur quam sacerdotes
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:19 - cunctis qui in toto corde requirunt Dominum Deum patrum suorum et non inputabit eis quod minus sanctificati sunt
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:21 - in universa cultura ministerii domus Domini iuxta legem et caerimonias volens requirere Deum suum in toto corde suo fecitque et prosperatus est
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:6 - constituitque principes bellatorum in exercitu et convocavit universos in platea portae civitatis ac locutus est ad cor eorum dicens
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:31 - attamen in legatione principum Babylonis qui missi fuerant ad eum ut interrogarent de portento quod acciderat super terram dereliquit eum Deus ut temptaretur et nota fierent omnia quae erant in corde eius
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:27 - atque emollitum est cor tuum et humiliatus es in conspectu Dei super his quae dicta sunt contra locum hunc et habitatores Hierusalem reveritusque faciem meam scidisti vestimenta tua et flevisti coram me ego quoque exaudivi te dicit Dominus
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:31 - et stans in tribunali suo percussit foedus coram Domino ut ambularet post eum et custodiret praecepta et testimonia et iustificationes eius in toto corde suo et in tota anima sua faceretque quae scripta sunt in volumine illo quem legerat
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:13 - a rege quoque Nabuchodonosor recessit qui adiuraverat eum per Deum et induravit cervicem suam et cor ut non reverteretur ad Dominum Deum Israhel
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