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Strong's #3824 - לֵבָב

Transliteration

lêbâb

Phonetics

lay-bawb'

Origin

from (H3823)

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TWOT

1071a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) inner man, mind, will, heart, soul, 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); 1939 ‑ ἐπιθυμία (ep‑ee‑thoo‑mee'‑ah); 2588 ‑ καρδία (kar‑dee'‑ah); 3563 ‑ νοῦς (nooce); 5590 ‑ ψυχή (psoo‑khay');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (243)

Genesis 3

Exodus 1

Leviticus 3

Numbers 1

Deuteronomy 46

Joshua 7

Judges 2

1 Samuel 14

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 23

2 Kings 7

1 Chronicles 12

2 Chronicles 27

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 9

Psalms 35

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 17

Jeremiah 8

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 6

Daniel 5

Hosea 1

Joel 2

Jonah 1

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 2

Zechariah 2

NAS (237)

Genesis 2

Exodus 1

Leviticus 3

Numbers 1

Deuteronomy 44

Joshua 7

Judges 2

1 Samuel 14

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 23

2 Kings 8

1 Chronicles 12

2 Chronicles 24

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 9

Psalms 35

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 17

Jeremiah 8

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 5

Daniel 5

Hosea 1

Joel 2

Jonah 1

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 2

Zechariah 2

HCS (238)

Genesis 3

Exodus 1

Leviticus 3

Numbers 1

Deuteronomy 46

Joshua 6

Judges 2

1 Samuel 14

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 20

2 Kings 6

1 Chronicles 12

2 Chronicles 27

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 8

Psalms 34

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 15

Jeremiah 8

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 6

Daniel 5

Hosea 1

Joel 2

Jonah 1

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 2

Haggai 5

Zechariah 2

BSB (252)

Genesis 3

Exodus 1

Leviticus 3

Numbers 1

Deuteronomy 47

Joshua 7

Judges 2

1 Samuel 14

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 23

2 Kings 8

1 Chronicles 12

2 Chronicles 28

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 9

Psalms 35

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 18

Jeremiah 8

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 6

Daniel 5

Hosea 1

Joel 2

Jonah 1

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 2

Haggai 5

Zechariah 2

ESV (236)

Genesis 3

Leviticus 3

Numbers 1

Deuteronomy 46

Joshua 7

Judges 2

1 Samuel 14

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 23

2 Kings 8

1 Chronicles 12

2 Chronicles 27

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 9

Psalms 34

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 16

Jeremiah 8

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 5

Daniel 5

Jonah 1

Zephaniah 2

Zechariah 2

WEB (243)

Genesis 3

Exodus 1

Leviticus 3

Numbers 1

Deuteronomy 46

Joshua 7

Judges 2

1 Samuel 14

2 Samuel 2

1 Kings 23

2 Kings 8

1 Chronicles 12

2 Chronicles 26

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 1

Job 9

Psalms 35

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 17

Jeremiah 8

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 7

Daniel 5

Hosea 1

Joel 2

Jonah 1

Nahum 1

Zephaniah 2

Zechariah 2

KJV (243)

breasts 1

comfortably 1

courage 1

fainthearted 1

heart 206

hearts 23

midst 1

mind 4

tenderhearted 1

unawares 1

understanding 3

NAS (237)

anger 1

breasts 1

courage 1

desire 1

heart 187

heart's 1

hearts 29

intelligence 1

intended 2

mind 8

purpose 1

thought 1

understanding 2

yourself 1

HCS (238)

a mind 1

desire 1

heart 6

hearts 1

mind 1

senses 1

the heart 1

themselves 1

yourself 1

* 34

He 1

I 1

Reasonable 1

a heart 3

breasts 1

conscience 3

courage 1

cowardly 1

decide 1

desire 1

he 1

heart 95

hearts 23

herself 2

him 1

his own 1

in heart 1

in our hearts 1

intent 1

mental 1

mind 15

minds 1

my heart 1

of the hearts 1

of their hearts 1

of understanding 1

senses 1

the desire 1

the heart 3

the hearts 3

their minds 1

themselves 1

they will turn you 1

this desire 1

to have this desire 1

to heart 1

whole heart 1

wholehearted 1

whose heart 1

whose hearts 2

your heart 1

yourself 8

yourselves 1

BSB (252)

* 17

His purpose 1

May your hearts 1

My heart 1

So let your heart 1

So the hearts 1

The mind 1

Then his heart 1

They willfully 1

a heart 2

after His own heart 1

and his courage 1

and his heart 2

and in his own mind 1

and in your heart 1

and my heart 1

and my heart's 1

and the hearts 2

and with wholehearted 1

and your heart 2

as the heart 1

brokenhearted 1

but his heart 1

but your heart 1

conscience 2

consider 1

determined 1

from his heart 1

from your heart 1

have a mind 1

heart 16

heart and soul 1

hearts 1

her mind 2

his heart 14

his own 1

in Your heart 1

in a rage 1

in heart 3

in my heart 1

in their hearts 4

in your heart 15

in your hearts 4

into the heart 1

into their hearts 1

is in My heart 1

is in their hearts 1

is your heart 1

let your heart 2

let your hearts 1

like his own 1

mind 2

my conscience 1

my heart 9

of Ahaz 1

of heart 8

of mind 1

of my heart 3

of the hearts 1

of their hearts 1

of understanding 2

of your hearts 1

on himself 1

or fainthearted 1

our hearts 3

so that the hearts 1

that your heart 1

the desires of your heart 1

the heart 5

the hearts 4

their breasts 1

their heart 4

their hearts 4

their minds 1

their senses 1

them 1

then your heart 1

to heart 3

to herself 2

to themselves 1

to yours 1

was in My heart 1

was in your heart 1

wholeheartedly 1

whose heart 1

whose hearts 2

with a heart 1

with their hearts 2

your heart 32

your hearts 10

your mind 1

your own heart 1

yourself 1

ESV (236)

anger 1

encouragingly 1

heart 184

heart's desire 1

hearts 31

me 1

mind 11

own 1

soul 1

understanding 3

yours 1

WEB (243)

* 18

Because this was in your heart 1

But if your heart 1

For my soul 1

His heart 1

I have understanding 1

Let your heart 1

Make my heart 1

My heart 2

Now it is in my heart 1

Now it was in the heart 2

The heart 1

The hearts 1

Their minds 1

Why is your heart 1

a heart 1

according to all that was in my heart 1

according to that which is in my heart 1

after him with all your heart 1

after his own heart 1

all hearts 1

all that is in your heart 3

all that was in his heart 1

and 1

and his courage 1

and his heart 4

and in your heart 1

and let your heart 1

and made his heart 1

and my heart 1

and the heart 4

and the whole heart 1

and your heart 2

as his heart 1

as it was in my heart 1

as my heart 1

as the heart 2

as was the heart 1

at the heart 1

because his heart 1

because your heart 2

comfortably 1

for me with all your heart 1

from your heart 1

have made our heart 1

heart 14

him with all your heart 2

himself in his heart 2

his heart 6

in all your hearts 1

in heart 4

in her heart 1

in his heart 2

in my heart 1

in my own heart 1

in the behalf of them whose heart 1

in the heart 1

in their heart 4

in their hearts 3

in your heart 15

in your hearts 1

into their hearts 1

into your mind 2

is in their heart 1

is in their hearts 1

it to your heart 1

it was in your heart 1

it with all his heart 1

let your heart 1

me 1

me with all his heart 1

my heart 2

nevertheless the heart 2

of all their heart 1

of heart 7

of his heart 1

of his own heart 1

of my heart 6

of soul 1

of the heart 1

of understanding 2

of your heart 6

on their breasts 1

our heart 1

our hearts 1

shall be on your heart 1

that his heart 1

that it was in your heart 2

that their heart 1

the heart 3

the hearts 2

their heart for you 1

their hearts 3

them to mind 1

them with all your heart 1

then your heart 1

these things in your heart 1

to me with all your heart 1

to you with all their heart 1

what was in your heart 1

which your heart 1

whose heart 3

with all his heart 4

with all their heart 3

with all your heart 9

with him of all that was in her heart 2

with my whole heart 2

with their heart 1

with your heart 1

you all that is in your heart 1

your heart 13

your hearts 2

your own heart 2

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

לֵבָב₂₅₁ noun masculine^{Psalm 104:15} inner Prayer of Manasseh , mind, will, heart; — absolute ׳ל Deuteronomy 28:28 31t.; construct לִבַב Deuteronomy 20:8 22t.; suffix לְבָבִי Isaiah 21:4 24t.; לְבָֽבְךָ Deuteronomy 4:29 35t.; לְבָבֶ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 4:39 21t.; לְבָבֵךְ 1 Samuel 1:8 3t.; לְבָבוֺ Deuteronomy 2:30 37t.; לְבָבָהּ Zephaniah 2:15 3t.; לִבָבֵנוּ Deuteronomy 1:28 3t.; לְבַבְכֶם Deuteronomy 10:16 37t.; לְבָבָם Leviticus 26:41 22t.; plural with suffix לִבְבֵהֶן Nahum 2:8 (Sta^{§ 353 a} reads לְבַבְהֶן, but see Kö^{ii. 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 ⅏ but ᵑ0לב).

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 3 d); ׳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 (3t. 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 כֹּחוֺוּלְבָבוֺ stir up his power and his courage Daniel 11:25; יַאֲמֵץ לְבַבְכֶם let your heart take courage Psalm 31:25.

לְבַב noun masculine^{Daniel 4:13} heart (see Biblical Hebrew; so Egyptian Aramaic S-C^{B 12}+); — construct ׳ל Daniel 4:13; Daniel 7:4; suffix לִבְבָח Daniel 2:30; Daniel 5:22, בֵהּ- Daniel 4:13; Daniel 5:20,21.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

לֵבָב constr. לְּבַב suff. לְבָבִי, לְבַבְכֶם, plur. לְבָבוֹת (1 Chronicles 28:9); with suff. once לִבְבֵהֶן Nahum 2:8, m.

(1) the heart, perhaps so called from being hollow [“so called from fatness”]; see the root לָבַב. (Arab. لُبُّ, Syr. ܠܶܒܐܳ, Ethiop. ልብ፡ id.) 2 Samuel 18:14; Psalms 45:6, etc. As the heart is the central point of the blood and the seat of life, it often means

(a) i.q. נֶפֶשׁ (Hom. φρένες), the soul, life (das Lebensprinzip des Körpers), Psalms 73:21, 84:3 102:5 Jeremiah 4:18 (comp. נֶפֶשׁ verse 10 ). Hence the heart is said to live (to be refreshed), Psalms 22:27 to be sick, Isaiah 1:5 and even to sleep and to wake (Ecclesiastes 2:23 compare 8:16 Song of Solomon 5:2); and to stay the heart, is applied to those who take food and drink (see סָעַד ). The heart is also regarded by Hebrew writers, as

(b) the seat of the senses, affections, and emotions of the mind, of various kinds, as love (Judges 16:15, “thy heart is not with me,” i.e. thou dost not love me; and on the contrary, to love with the whole heart, or breast, Deuteronomy 4:29, 6:5 ); confidence (Proverbs 31:11); contempt (Proverbs 5:12); joy (Psalms 104:15); sorrow, contrition (Psalms 109:16); bitterness (Psalms 73:21); despair (Ecclesiastes 2:20); fear (Psalms 27:3 compare Isaiah 35:4; Jeremiah 4:9); security (לֵב נְכוֹן Psalms 57:8, 108:2 ); fortitude (Psalms 40:13 1 Sam. 17:32 ); and, poetically, a sick, wounded, or grieved heart is ascribed to the sorrowful (Proverbs 13:12, 14:13 Isaiah 61:1); a melted heart to the timid, Isaiah 13:7; Deuteronomy 20:8 a hard heart (see קָשָׁה, שְׁרִירוּת ), like a stone (Ezekiel 11:19, 36:26 ), uncircumcised (Leviticus 26:41), to the stubborn and inflexible. The words too, by which we utter those feelings, are. poetically attributed to the heart; and thus the heart is said to cry out (Hosea 7:14), to lament (Isaiah 15:5), to sigh (Psalms 38:9); and those are said to pour out their heart who pour out their tears, Lamentations 2:19. Also

(c) it is applied to the mode of thinking and acting; a sense in which a pure heart is ascribed to any one (Psalms 51:12), a sincere heart (1 Kings 3:6), faithful (Nehemiah 9:8), upright (1 Kings 9:4); and, on the contrary, a perverse heart (Psalms 101:4), stubborn (Proverbs 7:10), deep, i.e. not to be explored (Psalms 64:7), impious (Job 36:13); and double-minded men are said to speak with a double heart, Psalms 12:3, בְּלֵב וָלֵב יְדַבֵּרוּ; see, on the other hand, 1 Chronicles 12:38, בִּלֹא לֵב וָלֵב with a sincere heart. A heart that is wide (רֹחַב Proverbs 21:4), great (גֹּדֶלּ Isaiah 9:8), high (גֹּבָהּ Ezekiel 28:5) signifies pride; but the former of these expressions also signifies joy (Isaiah 60:5). It is

(d) the seat of will and purpose, 1 Samuel 14:7, עֲשֵׂה כָּל־אֲשֶׁר בִּלְבָבֶךָ “do all that is in thy heart,” what thou willest, hast determined. Isaiah 10:7, לְהַשְׁמִיד בִּלְבָבוֹ “to destroy is in his heart.” Isaiah 63:4, “the day of vengeance בְּלִבִּי is in my heart,” i.e. I have decreed it, and will accomplish it. In this sense the heart is said to be willing (Exodus 35:22), rebellious (Jeremiah 5:23). כִּלְבָבִי i.e. according to my heart, at my will, 1 Samuel 13:14. Farther

(e) intellect and wisdom are also ascribed to the heart (compare لُبُّ heart, understanding; Lat. cor, Cic. Tusc. i. 9; Plaut. Perf. iv. 4, 71, and cordatus, i.e. discreet); and even the faculty of thinking (Isaiah 10:7; 1 Chronicles 29:18), 1 Kings 10:2, “(the queen of Sheba) spake with him all that was in her heart,” i.e. she knew. Judges 16:17, “he told her all his heart,” all that he knew. Ecclesiastes 7:21. Hence one is called חֲכַם לֵבָב Job 9:4 (comp. 1 Kings 10:24); and on the contrary, חֲסַר לֵב foolish, void of understanding, Proverbs 7:7, 9:4, אַנְשֵׁי לֵב men of heart, i.e. understanding, Job 34:10. Job 12:3, גַּס־לִי לֵבָב כְּמוֹכֶם “I also have understanding as well as you.” כֹּחַ לֵב Job 36:5, is spoken of the highest wisdom of God. A fat heart is one that is dull, devoid of sense (see שָׁמַן ), Isaiah 6:10.

(2) metaph. the middle part, interior, midst, e.g. of the sea, Exodus 15:8 of heaven, Deuteronomy 4:11. 2 Samuel 18:14, בְּלֵב הָאֵלָה “in the midst of the terebinth.”

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בְּלֵבָ֥ב בִ֭לְבַבְכֶם בִּֽלְבָבְךָ֖ בִּֽלְבָבְךָ֛ בִּלְבַ֣ב בִּלְבַבְכֶ֔ם בִּלְבַבְכֶֽם׃ בִּלְבָ֔בָהּ בִּלְבָ֣בְךָ֔ בִּלְבָב֑וֹ בִּלְבָב֔וֹ בִּלְבָב֤וֹ בִּלְבָבְךָ֗ בִּלְבָבִ֔י בִּלְבָבִ֣י בִּלְבָבִ֥י בִּלְבָבֵ֔ךְ בִּלְבָבֵ֗ךְ בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ בִּלְבָבֶֽךָ׃ בִּלְבָבָ֑ם בִּלְבָבָ֔הּ בִּלְבָבָ֔ם בִּלְבָבָֽם׃ בִּלְבָבָם֙ בִּלְבָבֽוֹ׃ בִֽלְבָבְךָ֙ בִלְבָבֶ֑ךָ בִלְבָבָ֗ם בלבב בלבבה בלבבו בלבבו׃ בלבבי בלבבך בלבבך׃ בלבבכם בלבבכם׃ בלבבם בלבבם׃ הַלֵּבָ֔ב הלבב וּבְלֵבָ֣ב וּבְלֵבָ֥ב וּבִֽלְבָבְךָ֖ וּבִלְבָב֣וֹ וּלְבַ֣ב וּלְבַ֥ב וּלְבָ֫בִ֥י וּלְבָב֖וֹ וּלְבָב֜וֹ וּלְבָב֥וֹ וּלְבָבְךָ֙ ובלבב ובלבבו ובלבבך ולבב ולבבו ולבבי ולבבך כִּלְבַ֖ב כִּלְבָב֗וֹ כִּלְבָבֶֽךָ׃ כִּלְבָבֽוֹ׃ כִלְבָבֶ֑ךָ כלבב כלבבו כלבבו׃ כלבבך כלבבך׃ לְ֝בָבִ֗י לְ֭בַבְכֶם לְֽבַב־ לְבַ֖ב לְבַ֣ב לְבַ֥ב לְבַ֨ב לְבַבְכֶ֑ם לְבַבְכֶ֔ם לְבַבְכֶ֖ם לְבַבְכֶ֗ם לְבַבְכֶ֣ם לְבַבְכֶ֤ם לְבַבְכֶֽם׃ לְבַבְכֶם֙ לְבַב־ לְבָ֣בְךָ֔ לְבָ֨בְךָ֜ לְבָֽבְךָ֙ לְבָב֑וֹ לְבָב֔וֹ לְבָב֖וֹ לְבָב֗וֹ לְבָב֣וֹ לְבָב֤וֹ לְבָב֥וֹ לְבָב֨וֹ לְבָבְךָ֖ לְבָבְךָ֗ לְבָבְךָ֙ לְבָבְךָ֣ לְבָבְךָ֥ לְבָבְךָ֨ לְבָבִ֑י לְבָבִ֔י לְבָבִ֛י לְבָבִ֡י לְבָבִ֣י לְבָבִ֥י לְבָבִֽי׃ לְבָבִי֙ לְבָבֵ֑ךְ לְבָבֵ֔נוּ לְבָבֵ֖נוּ לְבָבֵ֙נוּ֙ לְבָבֵ֜נוּ לְבָבֶ֑ךָ לְבָבֶ֔ךָ לְבָבֶ֗ךָ לְבָבֶֽךָ׃ לְבָבֶךָ֒ לְבָבָ֔ם לְבָבָ֖ם לְבָבָ֗ם לְבָבָ֣ם לְבָבָ֥ם לְבָבָ֨ם לְבָבָֽהּ׃ לְבָבָם֙ לְבָבוֹ֒ לְבָבוֹ֙ לְבָבוֹ֮ לְבָבוֹת֙ לִבְבֵהֶֽן׃ לִלְבָבָ֔ם לֵ֫בָ֥ב לֵ֭בָב לֵבָ֑ב לֵבָ֔ב לֵבָ֖ב לֵבָ֗ב לֵבָ֣ב לֵבָ֨ב ׀ לֵבָ֬ב לֵבָֽב׃ לֵבָב֙ לַלֵּבָֽב׃ לבב לבב־ לבב׃ לבבה׃ לבבהן׃ לבבו לבבות לבבי לבבי׃ לבבך לבבך׃ לבבכם לבבכם׃ לבבם לבבנו ללבב׃ ללבבם מִלְּבָ֣בְךָ֔ מלבבך שָׁלֵם֙ שלם bə·lê·ḇāḇ bəlêḇāḇ beleVav bil·ḇā·ḇāh bil·ḇā·ḇām ḇil·ḇā·ḇām bil·ḇā·ḇe·ḵā bil·ḇā·ḇə·ḵā ḇil·ḇā·ḇe·ḵā ḇil·ḇā·ḇə·ḵā bil·ḇā·ḇêḵ bil·ḇā·ḇî bil·ḇā·ḇōw bil·ḇaḇ bil·ḇaḇ·ḵem ḇil·ḇaḇ·ḵem bilḇaḇ bilḇāḇāh bilḇāḇām ḇilḇāḇām bilḇāḇêḵ bilḇāḇeḵā bilḇāḇəḵā ḇilḇāḇeḵā ḇilḇāḇəḵā bilḇāḇî bilḇaḇḵem ḇilḇaḇḵem bilḇāḇōw bilVav bilVavah bilvaVam bilvavChem bilvaVech bilvaVecha bilvaVi bilvaVo chilvaVecha hal·lê·ḇāḇ hallêḇāḇ halleVav kil·ḇā·ḇe·ḵā ḵil·ḇā·ḇe·ḵā kil·ḇā·ḇōw kil·ḇaḇ kilḇaḇ kilḇāḇeḵā ḵilḇāḇeḵā kilḇāḇōw kilVav kilvaVecha kilvaVo lal·lê·ḇāḇ lallêḇāḇ lalleVav lə·ḇā·ḇāh lə·ḇā·ḇām lə·ḇā·ḇe·ḵā lə·ḇā·ḇə·ḵā lə·ḇā·ḇê·nū lə·ḇā·ḇêḵ lə·ḇā·ḇî lə·ḇā·ḇō·wṯ lə·ḇā·ḇōw lê·ḇāḇ lə·ḇaḇ lə·ḇaḇ- lə·ḇaḇ·ḵem lêḇāḇ ləḇaḇ ləḇaḇ- ləḇāḇāh ləḇāḇām ləḇāḇêḵ ləḇāḇeḵā ləḇāḇəḵā ləḇāḇênū ləḇāḇî ləḇaḇḵem ləḇāḇōw ləḇāḇōwṯ leVav levaVah levaVam levavChem levaVech levaveCha levaVenu levaVi levaVo levaVot levo liḇ·ḇê·hen liḇḇêhen lil·ḇā·ḇām lilḇāḇām lilvaVam livveHen mil·lə·ḇā·ḇə·ḵā milləḇāḇəḵā milleVavecha šā·lêm šālêm shaLem ū·ḇə·lê·ḇāḇ ū·ḇil·ḇā·ḇə·ḵā ū·ḇil·ḇā·ḇōw ū·lə·ḇā·ḇə·ḵā ū·lə·ḇā·ḇî ū·lə·ḇā·ḇōw ū·lə·ḇaḇ ūḇəlêḇāḇ ūḇilḇāḇəḵā ūḇilḇāḇōw ūləḇaḇ ūləḇāḇəḵā ūləḇāḇî ūləḇāḇōw uleVav ulevaveCha uleVaVi ulevaVo uveleVav uvilvaveCha uvilvaVo vilvaVam Vilvavchem vilvaVecha