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Lexicon :: Strong's H3824 - lēḇāḇ

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לֵבָב
Transliteration
lēḇāḇ
Pronunciation
lay-bawb'
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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 23 times in 18 verses in '1Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:4 - “that the LORD may fulfill His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul,’ He said, ‘you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:44 - The king said moreover to Shimei, “You know, as your heart acknowledges, all the wickedness that you did to my father David; therefore the LORD will return your wickedness on your own head.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:6 - And Solomon said: “You have shown great mercy to Your servant David my father, because he walked before You in truth, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with You; You have continued this great kindness for him, and You have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:17 - “Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a temple[fn] for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:18 - “But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a temple for My name, you did well that it was in your heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:38 - “whatever prayer, whatever supplication is made by anyone, or by all Your people Israel, when each one knows the plague of his own heart, and spreads out his hands toward this temple:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:39 - “then hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to everyone according to all his ways, whose heart You know (for You alone know the hearts of all the sons of men),

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:48 - “and when they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who led them away captive, and pray to You toward their land which You gave to their fathers, the city which You have chosen and the temple which I have built for Your name:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:58

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:58 - “that He may incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:61

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:61 - “Let your heart therefore be loyal to the LORD our God, to walk in His statutes and keep His commandments, as at this day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:4 - “Now if you walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and My judgments,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:2 - She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, with camels that bore spices, very much gold, and precious stones; and when she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:2 - from the nations of whom the LORD had said to the children of Israel, “You shall not intermarry with them, nor they with you. Surely they will turn away your hearts after their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:4 - For it was so, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his heart after other gods; and his heart was not loyal to the LORD his God, as was the heart of his father David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:9 - So the LORD became angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned from the LORD God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:8 - “and tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it to you; and yet you have not been as My servant David, who kept My commandments and who followed Me with all his heart, to do only what was right in My eyes;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:3 - And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; his heart was not loyal to the LORD his God, as was the heart of his father David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:14 - But the high places were not removed. Nevertheless Asa’s heart was loyal to the LORD all his days.
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