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Strong's #3820 - לֵב

Transliteration

lêb

Phonetics

labe

Root Word (Etymology)

a form of (H3824)

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TWOT

1071a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding

1a) inner part, midst

1a1) midst (of things)

1a2) heart (of man)

1a3) soul, heart (of man)

1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory

1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)

1a6) conscience

1a7) heart (of moral character)

1a8) as seat of appetites

1a9) as seat of emotions and passions

1a10) as seat of courage

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1271 ‑ διάνοια (dee‑an'‑oy‑ah); 2588 ‑ καρδία (kar‑dee'‑ah); 3563 ‑ νοῦς (nooce); 4738 ‑ στῆθος (stay'‑thos); 5424 ‑ φρήν (frane); 5428 ‑ φρόνησις (fron'‑ay‑sis); 5590 ‑ ψυχή (psoo‑khay');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (577)

Genesis 13

Exodus 44

Numbers 4

Deuteronomy 4

Joshua 2

Judges 14

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 15

2 Samuel 13

1 Kings 13

2 Kings 6

1 Chronicles 7

2 Chronicles 16

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 6

Esther 4

Job 19

Psalms 99

Proverbs 92

Ecclesiastes 41

Song of Solomon 3

Isaiah 28

Jeremiah 57

Lamentations 9

Ezekiel 40

Daniel 2

Hosea 9

Amos 1

Obadiah 2

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 4

Malachi 4

NAS (542)

Genesis 11

Exodus 34

Numbers 1

Deuteronomy 4

Joshua 2

Judges 12

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 16

2 Samuel 16

1 Kings 14

2 Kings 6

1 Chronicles 7

2 Chronicles 11

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 5

Esther 3

Job 16

Psalms 98

Proverbs 95

Ecclesiastes 38

Song of Solomon 3

Isaiah 24

Jeremiah 55

Lamentations 8

Ezekiel 37

Daniel 2

Hosea 8

Obadiah 2

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 4

Malachi 4

HCS (584)

Genesis 12

Exodus 42

Numbers 4

Deuteronomy 3

Joshua 2

Judges 14

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 16

2 Samuel 16

1 Kings 14

2 Kings 6

1 Chronicles 8

2 Chronicles 16

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 5

Esther 4

Job 19

Psalms 102

Proverbs 95

Ecclesiastes 40

Song of Solomon 3

Isaiah 30

Jeremiah 56

Lamentations 9

Ezekiel 40

Daniel 2

Hosea 9

Amos 1

Obadiah 2

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 4

Malachi 4

BSB (599)

Genesis 19

Exodus 46

Numbers 4

Deuteronomy 4

Joshua 2

Judges 14

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 17

2 Samuel 18

1 Kings 13

2 Kings 6

1 Chronicles 8

2 Chronicles 16

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 6

Esther 4

Job 20

Psalms 100

Proverbs 92

Ecclesiastes 41

Song of Solomon 3

Isaiah 30

Jeremiah 58

Lamentations 9

Ezekiel 41

Daniel 2

Hosea 9

Amos 1

Obadiah 2

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 4

Malachi 4

ESV (497)

Genesis 11

Numbers 4

Deuteronomy 4

Joshua 2

Judges 14

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 15

2 Samuel 15

1 Kings 14

2 Kings 6

1 Chronicles 7

2 Chronicles 14

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 6

Esther 3

Job 16

Psalms 96

Proverbs 90

Ecclesiastes 33

Isaiah 24

Jeremiah 54

Lamentations 9

Ezekiel 38

Daniel 1

Hosea 8

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 4

Malachi 4

WEB (576)

Genesis 13

Exodus 45

Numbers 4

Deuteronomy 4

Joshua 2

Judges 14

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 15

2 Samuel 14

1 Kings 13

2 Kings 6

1 Chronicles 8

2 Chronicles 16

Ezra 2

Nehemiah 6

Esther 4

Job 19

Psalms 97

Proverbs 92

Ecclesiastes 41

Song of Solomon 3

Isaiah 26

Jeremiah 59

Lamentations 9

Ezekiel 39

Daniel 2

Hosea 9

Obadiah 2

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 1

Zechariah 4

Malachi 4

KJV (577)

comfortably 4

consent 1

considered 1

courageous 1

double 2

friendly 2

hardhearted 1

heart 480

heart's 1

hearted 7

hearts 20

hearts' 1

heed 1

kindly 2

man 1

merryhearted 1

midst 11

mind 12

minded 1

myself 1

regard 1

stiffhearted 1

stouthearted 2

unawares 1

understanding 10

well 4

willingly 1

wisdom 6

NAS (542)

Hearts 1

Himself 1

accord 1

attention 4

conscience 1

courage 1

double 1

heart 397

heart's 2

hearts 39

himself 6

imagination 1

inspiration 2

intelligence 1

kindly 5

life 1

middle 2

midst 1

mind 36

minds 3

myself 6

sense 10

seriously 1

spirits 1

tenderly 2

thought 3

understanding 7

well 2

wisdom 2

yourself 1

yourselves 1

HCS (584)

a heart 1

heart 16

hearts 2

mind 4

minds 1

reason 1

the heart 1

the mind 1

understanding 1

* 83

He 1

Hearts 1

Himself 1

The heart 3

The hearts 2

The mind 2

a heart 7

a mind 1

agenda 1

all his 1

and deceptive hearts 1

at heart 1

attention 1

attitude 1

began to give myself 1

conscience 3

courage 2

good sense 2

he 2

heart 201

heart's 4

hearts 46

himself 9

his mind 1

his own 1

imagination 2

in both heart 1

in heart 10

intention 1

it to heart 2

kindly 1

let the hearts 2

makes the heart 1

making the heart 1

man's heart 1

memory 1

mind 30

minds 5

mood 2

my heart 4

myself 7

of heart 3

of hearts 1

of sense 1

of the heart 2

one's understanding 1

opinions 1

sense 10

senses 1

someone whose heart 1

spirit 1

spirits 2

tenderly 1

that 2

the courage 1

the depths 1

the heart 22

the hearts 11

the mind 1

the minds 2

the motives 1

the thought 3

the thoughts 1

the will 1

their courage 1

their heart 2

their hearts 2

theirs 1

them 1

those whose hearts 1

thoughts 1

to heart 1

to the heart 1

took pleasure 1

truth 3

understanding 2

whose hearts 1

will 4

with one mind 1

with the heart 1

you 4

your heart 2

your hearts 1

yourself 4

BSB (599)

* 47

And [the LORD] 1

And his heart 1

Hearts 1

His chest 1

His heart 6

I have kept my heart 1

Let your heart 1

May my heart 1

My heart 17

My mind 4

My own heart 1

Our hearts 1

The heart 7

The hearts 1

The hearts [of the people] 1

Their hearts 4

Therefore my heart 1

Will your courage 1

Your heart 3

Your mind 1

[all the while] 1

[but] the heart 1

[fill] his heart 1

[his] heart 1

[it] 1

a Calebite 1

a heart 1

a mind 1

and My heart 2

and a double 1

and according to Your own heart 2

and after serious 1

and do not let your heart 1

and heart 1

and his heart 1

and let your heart 2

and mind 2

and my heart 3

and my mind 1

and soul 1

and the heart 1

and the hearts 2

and their hearts 1

and understanding 1

and with wholehearted 1

and your heart 2

and your mind 1

anything of my own accord 1

are in the heart 1

as that 1

as the heart 1

attention 1

but his heart 1

but let your heart 1

but my heart 2

but the heart 2

but their hearts 1

comfort to 1

conscience 2

for the heart 1

from the heart 1

from their hearts 1

from their own minds 1

from their understanding 1

from your heart 2

has made my heart 1

has your heart 1

heart 76

hearts 10

her heart 2

himself 1

his heart 20

his heart's 1

his mind 2

his opinions 1

his sense 1

if my heart 1

in both heart 1

in heart 16

in her heart 2

in himself 1

in his heart 10

in my chest 1

in my heart 4

in the heart 7

in the hearts 1

in the hearts [of men] 1

in their hearts 4

in your heart 2

in your hearts 2

in your own mind 1

intention 1

into the depths 1

into the heart 2

is in his heart 2

is in the hearts 1

judgment 10

kindly 2

let the hearts 2

let your heart 3

like the heart 2

makes the heart 1

me your heart 1

men 1

mind 6

my heart 35

my mind 5

my own doing 1

my own heart 1

my spirit 1

myself 1

of His heart 3

of conscience 1

of heart 8

of his heart 5

of his heart's 1

of his own heart 1

of judgment 1

of my heart 3

of my own heart 1

of reason 1

of the heart 4

of the hearts 1

of their hearts 2

of their own hearts 1

of their own minds 2

of understanding 1

of your heart 5

on his own 1

our hearts 4

out of mind 1

out of their own imagination 2

people 1

so that my heart 1

so the hearts 1

spirits 1

tenderly 1

the courage 1

the heart 11

the hearts 10

their courage 1

their heart 5

their hearts 17

their minds 1

their own hearts 1

their senses 1

theirs 1

them 1

them a heart 2

themselves 1

those whose hearts 1

through the heart 1

to heart 3

to himself 6

to my heart 1

to myself 4

to the heart 2

turned his heart 1

understanding 2

was in My heart 1

when your heart 1

whenever my heart 1

while their hearts 1

who with one purpose 1

whose heart 3

whose hearts 2

willingly 1

wisdom 1

with one mind 1

with the heart 1

yet his heart 1

you 2

you a heart 1

you a mind 1

your heart 15

your heart [upon them] 1

your mind 1

yourself 1

yourselves 2

{Make} the hearts 1

{made} the hearts 1

ESV (497)

accord 2

attention 1

conceit 1

conscience 1

considered 1

courage 3

decided 1

double 1

encouragingly 1

heart 374

heart's 1

hearts 38

high 1

himself 4

intelligence 1

kindly 3

midst 1

mind 24

minds 2

myself 1

opinion 1

purpose 1

regard 1

sense 15

senseless 1

tenderly 3

themselves 2

understanding 4

well 4

will 2

yourselves 1

WEB (576)

* 30

As they were making their hearts 1

Because your heart 1

But as for them whose heart 1

But the heart 1

Can your heart 1

For our heart 1

For their heart 1

For this our heart 1

His heart 6

I have made my heart 1

If I cherished sin in my heart 1

If my heart 1

Let my heart 1

Let the heart 2

Make the heart 1

My heart 21

No one 1

Our heart 1

The heart 12

The hearts 1

Their heart 4

Their hearts 1

Therefore my heart 3

Why does your heart 1

With my whole heart 1

Your heart 2

a heart 1

according to my heart 1

after the heart 1

against your heart 1

and every heart 1

and his heart 4

and in the heart 1

and in their heart 1

and let your heart 4

and my heart 6

and pay 1

and the heart 4

and the hearts 1

and the mind 2

and their heart 1

and their hearts 1

and were not of double 1

and whose heart 1

and with a double 1

and without understanding 1

and your heart 3

and your mind 1

are in the heart 1

as the heart 1

at his heart 1

boldness 1

but he who has a warped mind 1

but his heart 1

but let your heart 1

but my heart 2

but the heart 1

but the hearts 1

but their heart 1

can refresh your heart 1

comfortably 2

considered 1

deceived 1

discourage the heart 1

even everyone whose heart 1

for his heart 1

for his own 1

for my heart 1

for their heart 1

for their hearts 1

for they are not from my own mind 1

for you have set my heart 1

from the heart 1

from their hearts 1

from your heart 1

had a mind 1

has made my heart 1

heart 73

hearted 1

heed 1

her all his heart 2

him in her heart 2

him with their whole heart 1

his heart 14

his own opinion 1

his understanding 1

if my heart 1

if your heart 1

in Lebkamai 1

in heart 16

in her heart 1

in himself 1

in his heart 19

in my heart 9

in the heart 6

in the midst 3

in their heart 3

in their hearts 2

in their own heart 1

in whose heart 3

in your heart 1

intended 1

intent 1

into his heart 2

into his mind 1

into mind 1

into my heart 2

into my mind 2

into the heart 2

into their heart 1

into their own heart 1

into your heart 1

is a heart 1

is as the heart 1

is in his heart 1

is in the heart 1

it into my mind 1

it to heart 5

it to his heart 1

it to your heart 1

it with my whole heart 1

kindly 3

kindly to them 1

makes the heart 1

man 1

me all his heart 1

me your heart 1

men 1

my heart 19

my mind 1

not so with the heart 1

of heart 14

of his heart 9

of his own heart 2

of my heart 5

of my own mind 1

of our heart 1

of the heart 2

of their heart 3

of their hearts 2

of their own heart 4

of understanding 10

of wisdom 2

of your heart 6

on his heart 2

on your heart 2

our heart 1

out of their heart 1

out of their own heart 2

regard 1

shall be as the heart 2

since he has no understanding 1

so the hearts 1

tenderly to her 1

that the heart 1

that their heart 1

the heart 12

the hearts 4

the mind 1

the understanding 1

their heart 7

their hearts 4

them a heart 2

them out of your own heart 1

them through the heart 1

then my heart 1

then the heart 1

then there is in my heart 1

therefore the heart 1

these things to your heart 1

this to heart 1

to comfort 1

to heart 1

to his heart 1

to me with her whole heart 1

to me with their heart 1

to me with their whole heart 1

to mind 2

to my heart 2

to my mind 1

to myself 1

to the heart 2

to you with all their heart 1

to your heart 1

understanding 4

up in the heart 1

was in my heart 1

well 3

when the heart 1

whose heart 4

whose hearts 1

willingly 1

wisdom 1

wise heart 1

with all his heart 1

with all your heart 2

with me made the heart 1

with my whole heart 5

with myself 1

with one mind 1

without understanding 1

you a heart 2

you in the heart 1

you with all their heart 2

your heart 14

your heart on them 1

your mind 1

your mind on him 1

your own heart 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1255) b l (לב LB) AC: ? CO: Heart AB: Think: The pictograph l is a picture of the shepherd staff representing authority, the b is a picture of a tent representing what is inside. Combined these mean "authority inside". The consciousness of man is seen as coming from deep inside the chest, the heart. Thirst as an Inside desire for water. (eng: life; love; liver - the seat of passion; lava)

A) b l (לב LB) AC: ? CO: Heart AB: ?: The organ that pumps blood. This organ is also seen as the seat of thought and emotion, the mind.

N^m) b l (לב LB) - Heart: [Hebrew and Aramaic] [df: lb] KJV (594): heart, mind, understanding, wisdom, friendly - Strongs: H1079 (בָּל), H3820 (לֵב), H3821 (לֵב)

N^f1 ) e b l (לבה LBH) - Flame: KJV (1): flame - Strongs: H3827 (לַבָּה)

B) b b l (לבב LBB) AC: ? CO: Heart AB: ?: The organ that pumps blood. The heart is also seen as the seat of thought and emotion, the mind.

V) b b l (לבב LBB) - Heart: To be wise of heart. KJV (5): (vf: Niphal, Piel) heart, make, wise - Strongs: H3823 (לָבַב)

N^m) b b l (לבב LBB) - Heart: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (259): heart, mind, understanding - Strongs: H3824 (לֵבָב), H3825 (לְבַב)

b^f1) e b i b l (לביבה LBYBH) - Cake: In the sense of being fat like the heart. KJV (3): cake - Strongs: H3834 (לָבִיבָה)

D) b a l (לאב LAB) AC: ? CO: Thirst AB: ?: An Inside desire for water.

id^f1) e b f a l t (תלאובה TLAWBH) - Drought: KJV (1): drought - Strongs: H8514 (תַּלְאֻבוֹת)

E) a b l (לבא LBA) AC: ? CO: Lion AB: ?: [Unknown connection to root]

b^f) a i b l (לביא LBYA) - Lion: KJV (14): lion, lioness, young - Strongs: H3833 (לְבָאוֹת)

G) b e l (להב LHB) AC: ? CO: Flame AB: ?: [Unknown connection to root]

N^m) b e l (להב LHB) - I. Flame: II. Blade:As shiny. KJV (12): flame, blade, glittering, bright - Strongs: H3851 (לַהַב)

N^f1) e b e l (להבה LHBH) - I. Flame:[df: tbhl]II. Blade:As shiny. KJV (19): flame, head - Strongs: H3852 (לַחֶבֶת)

N^f2) t b e l (להבת LHBT) - Flame: [df: tbhls] KJV (3): flame - Strongs: H7957 (שַׁלְהֶבֶת)

M) b i l (ליב LYB) AC: ? CO: Heart AB: ?: The organ that pumps blood. This organ is also seen as the seat of thought and emotion, the mind.

N^f1) b i l (ליב LYB) - Heart: KJV (8): heart - Strongs: H3826 (לִבָּה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

לֵב₅₉₉ noun masculine Proverbs 23:15 ( feminine Proverbs 12:25, from influence of נֶפֶשׁ see De Now) inner Prayer of Manasseh , mind will, heart, absolute and construct לֵב Genesis 8:21 239t.; לֶבֿ Exodus 15:8 15t.; suffix לִבִּי Genesis 24:45 102t.; לִבְּךָ Exodus 9:14 28t.; לִבֶּ֑ךָ Judges 19:6 25t.; לִבֵּךְ Isaiah 47:7 7t.; לִבּוֺ Genesis 6:5 93t.; לִבָּהּ Judges 19:3 7t.; לִ בֵּנוּ Isaiah 41:22 5t.; לִבְּכֶם Genesis 8:5 2t.; לִבָּם Genesis 42:28 56t.; לִבָּן Exodus 35:26; לִבְּהֶן Ezekiel 13:17 plural לִבּוֺת Psalm 7:10; Proverbs 15:11 3t. Proverbs; suffix לִבֹּתָם Isaiah 44:18; לִבּוֺתָם Psalm 125:4. — inner part midst:

I. seldom of things, בְּלֶביָֿם in the midst of the sea Exodus 15:8; Proverbs 23:34; Proverbs 30:19; בְּלֵביַמִּים Psalm 46:3; Ezekiel 27:4,25,26,27; Ezekiel 28:2,8 בלב האלה 2 Samuel 18:14; בְּלֵב אֹיְבֵי in the midst of the enemies of Psalm 45:2 (see Br^{MP on the passage}; AV RV and others in the heart of).

II. elsewhere of men:

1 the inner man in contrast with outer לבי ובשׂרי ירננו my heart and my flesh cry out Psalm 84:3; "" מעים Psalm 22:15; Jeremiah 4:19, the inner for outer מעים Jeremiah 49:22; as within the breast על לב Exodus 28:3,29,30 (twice in verse) (P); מלב 2 Kings 9:24; בלב Psalm 37:15; 2 Samuel 18:14; סְגוֺד לִבָּם Hosea 13:8; antithesis with בָּשָׂר Proverbs 14:30; Ecclesiastes 2:3; head Isaiah 1:5, face Ezekiel 14:3,4,7; arm Song of Solomon 8:6; hands Ezekiel 22:14; bones Psalm 102:5; eyes 1 Kings 9:3 (= 2 Chronicles 7:16) Jeremiah 22:17; ear Proverbs 22:17; Proverbs 23:12; mouth Psalm 55:22; lips Isaiah 29:13; אֲנִי יְשֵׁינָה וְלִבִּי עֵר I slept but my heart waked Song of Solomon 5:2.

2 the inner man, indefinite, soul, comprehending mind, affections and will, with occasional emphasis of one or the other by means of certain verbs: בכל לב 1 Kings 8:23 (= 2 Chronicles 6:14) Psalm 9:2; Psalm 119:2; Psalm 119:10; Psalm 119:34; Psalm 119:58; Psalm 119:69; Psalm 119:145; Psalm 138:1; Proverbs 3:5; Jeremiah 3:10; Jeremiah 24:7; עם לב 2 Chronicles 24:4 (see לבב

2); כלב 2 Samuel 7:21 (= 1 Chronicles 17:19) Jeremiah 3:15; תַּעֲלֻמוֺת לֵב secrets of the heart Psalm 44:22; לֵב מְלָכִים אֵין חֵקֶר the heart of kings is unsearchable Proverbs 25:4; הַיֹּצֵר יַחַד לִבָּם Psalm 33:15 etc.

3 specific reference to mind:

a. מִלֵּב of one's own mind Numbers 16:28; Numbers 24:13 (JE) 1 Kings 12:33; Nehemiah 6:8; Ezekiel 13:2,17; חֲסַר לֵב destitute of mind Proverbs 6:32; Proverbs 7:7; Proverbs 9:4,16; Proverbs 10:13,21; Proverbs 11:12; Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 15:21; Proverbs 17:18; Proverbs 24:30; לִבּוֺ חָסֵר Ecclesiastes 10:3; אֵין לֵב Jeremiah 5:21; Hosea 7:11; לב אין Proverbs 17:16; קנה לב get a mind Proverbs 15:32; Proverbs 19:8; כֹּחַ לב power of mind Job 36:5; רֹחַב לב breadth of mind 1 Kings 5:9, גנב לב 2 Samuel 15:6; Genesis 31:20 (E? see לבב 3 a).

b. knowledge, with ידע Deuteronomy 29:3; Proverbs 14:10; Proverbs 22:17; Ecclesiastes 1:17; Ecclesiastes 7:22,25; Ecclesiastes 8:5,16; Jeremiah 24:7; ראה Psalm 66:18; Ecclesiastes 1:16; חָכַם לב mind is wise Proverbs 23:15; לֵב חָכָם wise mind 1 Kings 3:12; Proverbs 16:23; Ecclesiastes 8:5; חֲכַם לֵב Exodus 31:6; Exodus 35:10; Exodus 36:1,2,8 (P) Proverbs 10:8; Proverbs 11:29; Proverbs 16:21; חַכְמֵי לֵב Exodus 28:3 (P) Job 37:24; חכמת לב Exodus 35:25,35 (P); לב חכמים Ecclesiastes 7:4; Ecclesiastes 10:2; לב כסילים Proverbs 12:23; Proverbs 15:7; Ecclesiastes 7:4; Ecclesiastes 10:2; with חכמה Exodus 36:2 (P) 1 Kings 10:24 (= 2 Chronicles 9:23) Proverbs 2:10; Proverbs 17:16; Ecclesiastes 2:3; לֵב נָבוֺן intelligent mind Proverbs 14:33; Proverbs 15:14; Proverbs 18:15; with הבין Proverbs 8:5; תְּבוּנָה Proverbs 2:2; שָׂ֑כֶל Job 17:4 etc.

c. thinking, reflection, with חשׁב Psalm 140:3; Proverbs 16:9; מחשׁבות Genesis 6:5 (J) Psalm 33:11; Proverbs 6:18; Proverbs 19:21 compare Genesis 8:21 (J); הגה muse, study Proverbs 15:28; Proverbs 24:2; Isaiah 33:18; Isaiah 59:13; הגיון Psalm 19:15; הָגוּת Psalm 49:4; שׂם לב set the mind, consider Isaiah 41:22; Ezekiel 44:5, with לְ 1 Samuel 9:20; 2 Samuel 13:20; Ezekiel 40:4; Ezekiel 44:5; אֶל Exodus 9:21 (J) 1 Samuel 24:25; 2 Samuel 18:3 (twice in verse); Job 2:3; Job 34:14; עַל Job 1:8; שׁת לב Psalm 62:10; Proverbs 22:17; Proverbs 24:32, with לְ Exodus 7:23 (JE) 1 Samuel 4:20; Psalm 48:14; Proverbs 27:23; Jeremiah 31:21, אֶל Job 7:17.

d. memory השׁיב אל לב call to mind Isaiah 44:19; Lamentations 3:21; על לב Isaiah 46:8; עלה על לב come into mind (occur to one) Isaiah 65:17; Jeremiah 3:16; Jeremiah 7:31; Jeremiah 19:5; Jeremiah 32:35 (compare Acts 7:23), so בא על לב 2 Chronicles 7:11; שׂם על לב lay to heart Isaiah 42:25; Isaiah 47:7; Isaiah 57:1,11; Jeremiah 12:11; Malachi 2:2 (twice in verse); Daniel 1:8; אל לב 2 Samuel 13:33; 2 Samuel 19:20 כתב על לב Jeremiah 31:33; קשׁר על לב Proverbs 6:21; לוּחַ לֵב tablet of the memory Proverbs 3:3; Proverbs 7:3; Jeremiah 17:1; נִשְׁכַּחְתִּי כְּמֵת מִלֵּב I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind Psalm 31:13.

4 specific reference to inclinations, resolutions and determinations of the will; הכין לב set the mind 2 Chronicles 12:14; Psalm 10:17; Psalm 78:8; Job 11:13; נכון לב Psalm 57:8 (twice in verse) ( = Psalm 108:2) Psalm 78:37; Psalm 112:7; נתן לב לְ Ecclesiastes 1:13,17; Ecclesiastes 7:21; Ecclesiastes 8:9,16; Proverbs 23:26; Daniel 10:12; נתןאל לב Ecclesiastes 7:2; Ecclesiastes 9:1; Nehemiah 2:12; Nehemiah 7:5 (the 'heart' here not being the subject's), בלב Exodus 35:34 (P) Ezra 7:27; Ecclesiastes 3:11; אֲשֶׁרנְֿשָׂאוֺ לִבּוֺ whose heart stirred him up Exodus 35:21; Exodus 36:2; compare Exodus 35:26 (all P); נְדִיב לֵב willing of mind Exodus 35:5,22 (P) 2 Chronicles 29:31 compare Exodus 25:2; Exodus 35:29 (P); נטה לב אחריּ inclined to follow Judges 9:3; Psalm 119:112; הטה לב 1 Kings 11:3; Psalm 119:36; Psalm 141:4 compare 2 Samuel 15:13: — גְּדֹלִים חִקְקֵילֵֿב great resolves of heart Judges 5:15 etc.

5 specific reference to conscience, וַיַּךְ לֵבדָּוִד אֹתוֺ and David's heart (conscience) smote him 1 Samuel 24:6; מִכְשׁוֺל לֵב offence of conscience 1 Samuel 25:31.

6 specific reference to moral character, God tries the heart Psalm 17:3; Jeremiah 12:3; sees the heart and reins Jeremiah 20:12, tries them Psalm 7:10; Jeremiah 11:20, refines them Psalm 26:2; searches the heart and tries the reins Jeremiah 17:10.

a.ישֶׁרלִֿבִּי Job 33:3; יִשְׁרֵי לֵב Psalm 7:11; Psalm 11:2; Psalm 32:11; Psalm 36:11; Psalm 64:11 (all with דָּוִד in title), Psalm 94:15; Psalm 97:11; לֵב שָׁלֵם 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Chronicles 29:9; Isaiah 38:3 (all originally לבב, see לבב 6a); נִשְׁבְּרֵילֵֿב broken of heart Psalm 34:19; Isaiah 61:1; לֵבנִֿשְׁבָּר Psalm 51:19; שְׁבוּרֵי לֵב Psalm 147:3; לֵבנִדְכָּאִים Isaiah 57:15; לֵב טָהוֺר clean heart Psalm 51:12; לֵב חָדָשׁ new heart Ezekiel 18:21; Ezekiel 36:26 (probably also Ezekiel 11:19 for אֶחָד see Co) etc.

b.לֵב רָע evil heart Proverbs 26:23; חַנְפֵילֵֿב godless in heart Job 36:13; עקּשׁ(י) לב perverse in heart Proverbs 11:20; Proverbs 17:20; תַּרְמִת לִבָּם deceit of their heart Jeremiah 14:14; Jeremiah 23:26; בלב ולב with a double heart Psalm 12:3 etc.

c. seat of pride Proverbs 21:4; Jeremiah 48:29; Jeremiah 49:16; Hosea 13:6; Obadiah 3 גְּבַהּלֵֿב Proverbs 16:5; גֹּבַהּ לב 2 Chronicles 32:26; גָּבַהּ לֵב 2 Chronicles 26:16; 32:25; Psalm 131:1; Proverbs 18:12; Ezekiel 28:2,17.

d. the heart is uncircumcised Jeremiah 9:25; Ezekiel 44:7 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 44:9 and hardened: חזּק לב Exodus 4:21; Exodus 10:20,27 (E), Exodus 9:12; Exodus 11:10; Exodus 14:4,8,17 (P), Joshua 11:20 (D² ?); יֶחֱזַק לֵב Exodus 7:13,22; Exodus 8:15; Exodus 9:35 (P); חִזְקֵילֵֿב Ezekiel 2:4; הקשׁה לב Exodus 7:3 (P) Proverbs 28:14; קְשֵׁילֵֿב Ezekiel 3:7; הכביד לב Exodus 8:11; Exodus 8:28; Exodus 9:34; Exodus 10:1 (J); כָּבֵד לב Exodus 7:14; Exodus 9:7 (J); כּכּד לב 1 Samuel 6:6; הַשְׁמֵן לֵבהָֿעָם הַזֶה make the heart of this people fat Isaiah 6:10 (?); שְׁרִ(י)רוּת לֵב Deuteronomy 29:18; Psalm 81:13 after Jeremiah 3:17; Jeremiah 7:24; Jeremiah 9:13; Jeremiah 11:8; Jeremiah 13:10; Jeremiah 16:12; Jeremiah 18:12; Jeremiah 23:17; לב האבן the heart of stone Ezekiel 11:19; Ezekiel 36:26 etc.

7 for the man himself, אמר בלב Genesis 17:17 (P), Genesis 27:41 (JE), 1 Kings 12:26; Esther 6:6; Psalm 10:6; Psalm 10:11; Psalm 10:13; Psalm 14:1 ( = Psalm 53:2) Psalm 35:25; Psalm 74:8; Ecclesiastes 2:1,15; Ecclesiastes 3:17,18; Isaiah 47:10; Obadiah 3; Zechariah 12:5; אֶללֿב Genesis 8:21 (J) 1 Samuel 27:1; דבּר בלב Ecclesiastes 2:15; אֶללֿב Genesis 24:45 (J); עַל לב 1 Samuel 1:13 (?); עִם לב Ecclesiastes 1:16; נְאֻםמֶּֿשַׁע לָרָשָׁע בְּקֶרֶב לִבִּי Psalm 36:2.

8 as seat of appetites, סְעַד לב stay the heart (with bread) Genesis 18:5 (J) Judges 19:5.

9 as seat of the emotions and passions:

a. of joy and gladness, in various combinations of טוב, Judges 16:25; Judges 18:20; Judges 19:6,22; Ruth 3:7; 1 Samuel 25:36; 2 Samuel 13:28; 1 Kings 8:66 ( = 2 Chronicles 7:10) 2 Chronicles 21:7; Esther 1:10; Esther 5:9; Proverbs 15:15; Ecclesiastes 7:3; Ecclesiastes 9:7; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Isaiah 65:14; various combinations of שׂמח, Exodus 4:14 (J) 1 Chronicles 16:10 ( = Psalm 105:3) Psalm 4:8; Psalm 16:9; Psalm 19:9; Psalm 33:21; Proverbs 15:13,30; Proverbs 17:22; Proverbs 27:9,11; Ecclesiastes 2:10 (twice in verse); Ecclesiastes 5:19; Song of Solomon 3:11; Isaiah 24:7; Zechariah 10:7; שׂישׂ Psalm 119:111; Isaiah 66:14; Lamentations 5:15; עלץ 1 Samuel 2:1; עלז Psalm 28:7; Zephaniah 3:14; רנן Job 29:13; גיל Psalm 13:6; Psalm 24:17; Zechariah 10:7; of desire, Psalm 21:3; Psalm 37:4; דבּר עַל לֵב speak unto the heart (kindly) Genesis 34:3; Genesis 50:21 (JE) Judges 19:3; 2 Samuel 19:8; 2 Chronicles 30:22; Isaiah 40:2; Hosea 2:16; Ruth 2:13.

b. of trouble 2 Kings 6:11; Isaiah 65:14, sorrow Nehemiah 2:2; Proverbs 14:3, pain Psalm 55:5. vexation Ecclesiastes 11:10, trembling Deuteronomy 28:65 (?) 1 Samuel 28:3, faintness Lamentations 5:17; it is wounded Psalm 109:22 dies within one out of fear 1 Samuel 25:37 etc.; לב נמס the heart melteth (in fear) 2 Samuel 17:10; Psalm 22:15; Ezekiel 21:12; Nahum 2:11.

10 seat of courage: יַאֲמֵץ לִבֶּ֑ךָ let thine heart take courage Psalm 27:14; אַמִּיץ לִבּוֺ Amos 2:16; אַבִּירֵי לֵב stout-hearted Psalm 76:6; Isaiah 46:12; לִבּוֺ יָצוּק כְּמוֺאֶֿבֶן his heart as firm as a stone Job 41:16; לִבוֺ כְּלֵב הָאַרְיֵה his heart as the heart of the lion 2 Samuel 17:10.

[לֵב] noun [masculine] id. (Biblical Hebrew id.; so ᵑ7 Syriac; Egyptian Aramaic, Lzb³⁰¹ = Cooke^{76A 6}); — suffix לִבִּי Daniel 7:28.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

לֵב followed by Makk. לֶב־, with suff. לִבִּי, לִבְּךָ pl. לִבּוֹת; and (what is the same)

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List of Word Forms

בְ֭לִבָּם בְּ֝לִבּ֗וֹ בְּ֝לֵ֗ב בְּ֭לִבִּי בְּ֭לִבּוֹ בְּלִבִּ֑י בְּלִבִּ֔י בְּלִבִּ֗י בְּלִבָּ֑ם בְּלִבָּ֔ם בְּלִבָּֽהּ׃ בְּלִבָּֽם׃ בְּלִבּ֑וֹ בְּלִבּ֔וֹ בְּלִבּ֗וֹ בְּלִבּֽוֹ׃ בְּלֵ֑ב בְּלֵ֖ב בְּלֵ֣ב בְּלֵ֤ב בְּלֵ֥ב בְּלֵב֮ בְּלֶב־ בְלִבִּ֑י בְלִבִּ֔י בְלִבִּי֙ בְלִבֵּ֔ךְ בְלִבֶּ֑ךָ בְלִבָּ֑ם בְלֶב־ בלב בלב־ בלבה׃ בלבו בלבו׃ בלבי בלבך בלבם בלבם׃ הַלֵּ֛ב הלב וְ֝לִבְּךָ֗ וְ֝לִבִּ֗י וְ֝לִבּ֗וֹ וְ֭לִבָּם וְלִבְּךָ֔ וְלִבְּךָ֖ וְלִבְּךָ֧ וְלִבִּ֛י וְלִבִּ֞י וְלִבִּ֣י וְלִבִּ֥י וְלִבִּֽי׃ וְלִבִּי֙ וְלִבָּ֞ם וְלִבּ֖וֹ וְלֵ֖ב וְלֵ֣ב וְלֵ֤ב וְלֵ֥ב וְלֵ֨ב וְלֶב־ וָלֵ֑ב וָלֵ֣ב וָלֵֽב׃ וּ֝מִלִּבָּ֗ם וּֽכְלִבְּךָ֔ וּבְלֵ֣ב וּבְלֵ֥ב ובלב וכלבך ולב ולב־ ולב׃ ולבו ולבי ולבי׃ ולבך ולבם ומלבם כְּלִבִּ֑י כְּלֵ֖ב כְּלֵ֥ב כָלִבִּֽי׃ כלב כלבי כלבי׃ לִ֝בְּךָ֗ לִ֝בָּ֗ם לִ֝בּ֗וֹ לִ֫בִּ֥י לִ֫בּ֥וֹ לִ֭בְּךָ לִ֭בִּי לִ֭בָּם לִ֭בּוֹ לִבְּךָ֔ לִבְּךָ֖ לִבְּךָ֗ לִבְּךָ֙ לִבְּךָ֛ לִבְּךָ֣ לִבְּךָ֩ לִבְּךָ֮ לִבְּכֶ֔ם לִבְּכֶ֨ם ׀ לִבְּכֶם֙ לִבִּ֑י לִבִּ֔י לִבִּ֖י לִבִּ֗י לִבִּ֛י לִבִּ֜י לִבִּ֣י לִבִּ֤י לִבִּ֥י לִבִּ֨י לִבִּ֨י ׀ לִבִּֽי׃ לִבִּי֙ לִבֵּ֑ךְ לִבֵּ֑נוּ לִבֵּ֔ךְ לִבֵּ֔נוּ לִבֵּ֖ךְ לִבֵּ֖נוּ לִבֵּ֙נוּ֙ לִבֵּֽךְ׃ לִבֵּךְ֙ לִבֶּ֑ךָ לִבֶּ֔ךָ לִבֶּ֗ךָ לִבֶּֽךָ׃ לִבָּ֑הּ לִבָּ֑ם לִבָּ֔הּ לִבָּ֔ם לִבָּ֖הּ לִבָּ֖ם לִבָּ֗ם לִבָּ֛ן לִבָּ֣ם לִבָּ֥ם לִבָּֽהּ׃ לִבָּֽם׃ לִבָּהּ֙ לִבָּם֒ לִבָּם֙ לִבָּם֩ לִבָּם֮ לִבּ֑וֹ לִבּ֔וֹ לִבּ֖וֹ לִבּ֗וֹ לִבּ֛וֹ לִבּ֡וֹ לִבּ֣וֹ לִבּֽוֹ־ לִבּֽוֹ׃ לִבּוֹ֒ לִבּוֹ֙ לֵ֑ב לֵ֔ב לֵ֖ב לֵ֗ב לֵ֚ב לֵ֜ב לֵ֝֗ב לֵ֝ב לֵ֞ב לֵ֣ב לֵ֤ב לֵ֤ב ׀ לֵ֥ב לֵ֦ב לֵ֧ב לֵ֭ב לֵּ֭ב לֵּֽב׃ לֵֽב־ לֵֽב׃ לֵב֙ לֵב֩ לֵב־ לֶב־ לב לב־ לב׃ לבה לבה׃ לבו לבו־ לבו׃ לבי לבי׃ לבך לבך׃ לבכם לבם לבם׃ לבן לבנו מִֽלִּבְּהֶ֑ן מִֽלִּבְּךָ֖ מִלִּבִּ֑י מִלִּבִּֽי׃ מִלִּבֶּ֔ךָ מִלִּבָּ֔ם מִלִּבּ֑וֹ מִלִּבּ֔וֹ מִלֵּ֑ב מִלֵּ֖ב מלב מלבהן מלבו מלבי מלבי׃ מלבך מלבם bə·lêḇ bə·leḇ- ḇə·leḇ- bə·lib·bāh bə·lib·bām ḇə·lib·bām ḇə·lib·be·ḵā ḇə·lib·bêḵ bə·lib·bî ḇə·lib·bî bə·lib·bōw bəlêḇ bəleḇ- ḇəleḇ- belev belibBah bəlibbāh belibBam bəlibbām ḇəlibbām ḇəlibbêḵ ḇəlibbeḵā Belibbi bəlibbî ḇəlibbî belibBo bəlibbōw chalibBi hal·lêḇ hallêḇ halLev ḵā·lib·bî ḵālibbî kə·lêḇ kə·lib·bî kəlêḇ keLev kelibBi kəlibbî lêḇ leḇ- lêḇ- lev lib·bāh lib·bām lib·bān lib·be·ḵā lib·bə·ḵā lib·bə·ḵem lib·bê·nū lib·bêḵ lib·bî lib·bōw lib·bōw- libBah libbāh libBam libbām libBan libbān libBech libbeCha libbeChem libbêḵ libbeḵā libbəḵā libbəḵem libBenu libbênū libBi libbî libBo Libbom libbov libbōw libbōw- mil·lêḇ mil·lib·bām mil·lib·bə·hen mil·lib·be·ḵā mil·lib·bə·ḵā mil·lib·bî mil·lib·bōw millêḇ milLev millibBam millibbām millibbeCha millibbeHen millibbəhen millibbeḵā millibbəḵā millibBi millibbî millibBo millibbōw ū·ḇə·lêḇ ū·ḵə·lib·bə·ḵā ū·mil·lib·bām ūḇəlêḇ uchelibbeCha ūḵəlibbəḵā umillibBam ūmillibbām uveLev vaLev veLev velibBam velibBech velibbeCha velibBi velibBo Velibbom wā·lêḇ wālêḇ wə·lêḇ wə·leḇ- wə·lib·bām wə·lib·bə·ḵā wə·lib·bî wə·lib·bōw wəlêḇ wəleḇ- wəlibbām wəlibbəḵā wəlibbî wəlibbōw