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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.
c. seat of pride, Psalm 101:5; Isaiah 9:8; Isaiah 10:12; Isaiah 60:5 (?) Ezekiel 28:5, 6 (?) Daniel 8:25; רָם ל׳ heart is lifted up Deuteronomy 8:14; Deuteronomy 17:20; Ezekiel 31:10; Daniel 11:12.
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

H3824

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Strong's Number H3824 matches the Hebrew לֵבָב (lēḇāḇ),
which occurs 18 times in 16 verses in 'Isa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Where will you be stricken again,

As you continue in your rebellion?

The entire head is sick

And the entire heart H3824 is faint.

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“Make the hearts of this people [fn]insensitive,

Their ears [fn]dull,

And their eyes [fn]blind,

So that they will not see with their eyes,

Hear with their ears,

Understand with their hearts H3824,

And return and be healed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:2 - When it was reported to the house of David, saying, “The Arameans have taken a stand by Ephraim,” his heart H3824 and the hearts H3824 of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake from the wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:4 - and say to him, ‘Take care and be calm, have no fear and do not be fainthearted H3824 because of these two stumps of smoldering logs, on account of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and the son of Remaliah.

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And all the people know it,

That is, Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria,

Asserting in pride and in arrogance of heart H3824:

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Yet it does not so intend,

Nor does [fn]it plan so in its heart H3824,

But rather it is [fn]its purpose H3824 to destroy

And to eliminate [fn]many nations.

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So it will be that when the Lord has completed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, “I will [fn]punish the fruit of the arrogant heart H3824 of the king of Assyria and the arrogant pride of his eyes.”

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Therefore all hands will fall limp,

And every human heart H3824 will melt.

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“But you said in your heart H3824,

‘I will ascend to heaven;

I will raise my throne above the stars of God,

And I will sit on the mount of assembly

In the recesses of the north.

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The pronouncement concerning Egypt:

Behold, the LORD is riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt;

The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence,

And the heart H3824 of the Egyptians will melt within them.

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My [fn]mind H3824 reels, [fn]horror overwhelms me;

The twilight I longed for has been turned into trembling for me.

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You will have [fn]songs as in the night when you keep the festival,

And gladness of heart H3824 as when one marches to the sound of the flute,

To go to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.

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The [fn]mind H3824 of the rash will discern the [fn]truth,

And the tongue of the stammerers will hurry to speak clearly.

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“Now, then, hear this, you luxuriant one,

Who lives securely,

Who says in her heart H3824,

‘I am, and there is no one besides me.

I will not sit as a widow,

Nor know the loss of children.’

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“Then you will say in your heart H3824,

‘Who has fathered these for me,

Since I have been bereaved of my children

And cannot conceive, and I am an exile, and a wanderer?

And who has raised these?

Behold, I was left alone;

[fn]Where are these from?’”

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“Then you will see and be radiant,

And your heart H3824 will [fn]thrill and rejoice;

Because the [fn]abundance of the sea will be turned to you,

The wealth of the nations will come to you.

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