לֵב

heart

also: inner man, mind, will, understanding fuller range ↓

H3820 Strong's Hebrew

lêb Transliteration

/labe/ Pronunciation

Usage in the Hebrew Bible 596 appearances

Definition — BDB

inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding - inner part, midst - midst (of things) - heart (of man) - soul, heart (of man) - mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory - inclination, resolution, determination (of will) - conscience - heart (of moral character) - as seat of appetites - as seat of emotions and passions - as seat of courage

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Strong's H3820 — לב (lêb), "heart". Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB, 1906). Lemma, https://lemma.gebible.app/w/H3820.

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Grammar key — what these labels mean

Noun: A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.

Common: A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
Proper: A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).

Absolute: The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Construct: A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).

Masculine: Grammatically masculine.

Singular: One.
Plural: More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).

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Psalms 71 verses

Proverbs 51 verses

Ecclesiastes 30 verses

Song of Solomon 3 verses

Isaiah 18 verses

Jeremiah 40 verses

Lamentations 8 verses

Ezekiel 24 verses

Daniel 2 verses

At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.

“heart” is the headline sense of the Hebrew noun לב (lêb). First canonically at Genesis 6:5, it enters the text early. It turns up in 552 verses across 33 books, one of the most common footprint. Not a single-sense word: its full sense range also takes in “inner man”, “mind”, and “will”. From the same root come לבב, לבב and לב. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.

Gloss history

Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship

Strong's · 1890

care for

Modern gloss

heart

About this word

Strong's H3820 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.

These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →

552: distinct verses; The word appears in 552 distinct verses.
33 / 39: OT books; The word appears in 33 of 39 Old Testament books.
Genesis 6:5: first appearance; The earliest occurrence is in Genesis 6:5.
Malachi 4:6: last appearance; The latest occurrence is in Malachi 4:6.
#81: by frequency; Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 81 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).

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Most concentrated in

Psalms 97 verses 18%
Proverbs 91 verses 16%
Jeremiah 51 verses 9%

By section of the Old Testament

Pentateuch 61 · 11%
Historical 104 · 19%
Wisdom 245 · 44%
Prophets 142 · 26%

By traditional corpus

Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 552 distinct verses.

Writings (Ketuvim) 293 verses · 53%
Prophets (Nevi'im) 198 verses · 36%
Torah (Pentateuch) 61 verses · 11%

How translations render this word

Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).

BDB lists this Strong’s number as 3 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.

King James Version: Heart 392×, Hearts 16×, Own heart 12×
American Standard Version: Heart 347×, 's heart 26×, Own heart 14×
Berean Standard Bible: Heart 307×, Hearts 70×, Mind 28×
unfoldingWord Literal Text: Heart 433×, Heart of 87×, Hearts 26×

King James Version Public Domain

Renders H3820 across 577 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

“Heart” 392×
“Hearts” 16×
“Own heart” 12×
“Whole heart” 10×
“Midst” 9×
“Mind” 9×
“Understanding” 9×
“Hearted” 7×
“Wisdom” 6×
“Let not thine heart” 4×
“Let thine heart” 4×
“All his heart” 3×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 69 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 16 further occurrences.

American Standard Version Public Domain

Renders H3820 across 577 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

“Heart” 347×
“'s heart” 26×
“Own heart” 14×
“Understanding” 13×
“Mind” 9×
“Hearts” 8×
“Whole heart” 8×
“All his heart” 4×
“Let not thy heart” 4×
“Let thy heart” 4×
“Wise-hearted” 4×
“Came it into my mind” 3×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 101 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.

Berean Standard Bible Public Domain

Renders H3820 across 526 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

“Heart” 307×
“Hearts” 70×
“Mind” 28×
“Judgment” 11×
“Himself” 7×
“Let your heart” 7×
“Myself” 5×
“Understanding” 5×
“Own heart” 4×
“Conscience” 3×
“Own minds” 3×
“According to your own heart” 2×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 52 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 67 further occurrences.

unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Renders H3820 across 610 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

“Heart” 433×
“Heart of” 87×
“Hearts” 26×
“A” 14×
“And” 5×
“Their” 4×
“According to your heart” 2×
“Are in his heart” 2×
“But” 2×
“His” 2×
“Own heart” 2×

Plus 31 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.

22 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB

What do BDB’s symbols mean?

BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:

Symbol	Meaning
𝔊	the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX)
𝔙	the Vulgate (the Latin translation)
𝔖	the Syriac version (the Peshitta)
𝔗	the Targum (the Aramaic translation)
ψ	the Psalms
√	root (the underlying root or stem)
‖	parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel)
†	the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited

The 22 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.

לב I קַמְבֻּלָּי people of Gambulai SarowskyZAW 1912, 150–1 Je 51

לב II

I. seldom of things, בְּלֶב־יָם in the midst of the sea Ex 15:8 Pr 23:34; 30:19; בְּלֵב יַמִּים ψ 46:3; Ez 27:4, 25, 26, 27; 28:2, 8 בלב האלה 2 S 18:14; בְּלֵב אֹיְבֵי in the midst of the enemies of ψ 45:2 (v. BrMP in loco; AV RV al. in the heart of). e.g. Exodus 15:8
II. elsewhere of men:
- 1. the inner man in contrast with outer לבי ובשׂרי ירננו my heart and my flesh cry out ψ 84:3; ‖ מעים ψ 22:15 Je 4:19, the inner for outer מעים Je 49:22; as within the breast על לב Ex 28:3, 29, 30(×2) (P); מלב 2 K 9:24; בלב ψ 37:15 2 S 18:14; סְגוֹר לִבָּם Ho 13:8; antithesis with בָּשָׂר Pr 14:30 Ec 2:3; head Is 1:5, face Ez 14:3, 4, 7; arm Ct 8:6; hands Ez 22:14; bones ψ 102:5; eyes 1 K 9:3 (= 2 Ch 7:16) Je 22:17; ear Pr 22:17; 23:12; mouth ψ 55:22; lips Is 29:13; אֲנִי יְשֵׁינָה וְלִבִּי עֵר I slept but my heart waked Ct 5:2. e.g. Psalms 84:3
- 2. the inner man, indef., soul, comprehending mind, affections and will, with occasional emphasis of one or the other by means of certain verbs: † בכל לב 1 K 8:23 (= 2 Ch 6:14) ψ 9:2; 119:2, 10, 34, 58, 69, 145; 138:1 Pr 3:5 Je 3:10; 24:7; †עם לב 2 Ch 24:4 (see לבב 2); † כלב 2 S 7:21 (= 1 Ch 17:19) Je 3:15; תַּעֲלֻמוֹת לֵב secrets of the heart ψ 44:22; לֵב מְלָכִים אֵין חֵקֶר the heart of kings is unsearchable Pr 25:3; הַיֹּצֵר יַחַד לִבָּם ψ 33:15 etc. e.g. 1 Kings 8:23
- 3. specific reference to mind:
  - a. †מִלֵּב of one’s own mind Nu 16:28; 24:13 (JE) 1 K 12:33; Ne 6:8; Ez 13:2, 17; †חֲסַר לֵב destitute of mind Pr 6:32; 7:7; 9:4, 16; 10:13, 21; 11:12; 12:11; 15:21; 17:18; 24:30; לִבּוֹ חָסֵר Ec 10:3; אֵין לֵב Je 5:21 Ho 7:11; לב אין Pr 17:16; קנה לב get a mind Pr 15:32; 19:8; כֹּחַ לב power of mind Jb 36:5; רֹחַב לב breadth of mind 1 K 5:9, גנב לב 2 S 15:6; Gn 31:20 (E? see לבב 3 a). e.g. Numbers 16:28
  - b. knowledge, c. †ידע Dt 29:3; Pr 14:10; 22:17; Ec 1:17; 7:22, 25; 8:5, 16; Je 24:7; ראה ψ 66:18 Ec 1:16; חָכַם לב mind is wise Pr 23:15; †לֵב חָכָם wise mind 1 K 3:12; Pr 16:23; Ec 8:5; †חֲכַם לֵב Ex 31:6; 35:10; 36:1, 2, 8 (P) Pr 10:8; 11:29; 16:21; †חַכְמֵי לֵב Ex 28:3 (P) Jb 37:24; †חכמת לב Ex 35:25, 35 (P); לב חכמים Ec 7:4; 10:2; לב כסילים Pr 12:23; 15:7 Ec 7:4; 10:2; c. חכמה Ex 36:2 (P) 1 K 10:24 (= 2 Ch 9:23) Pr 2:10; 17:16; Ec 2:3; †לֵב נָבוֹן intelligent mind Pr 14:33; 15:14; 18:15; with הבין Pr 8:5; תְּבוּנָה Pr 2:2; שָׂ֑כֶל Jb 17:4 etc. e.g. Deuteronomy 29:3
  - c. thinking, reflection, c. חשׁב ψ 140:3 Pr 16:9; מחשׁבות Gn 6:5 (J) ψ 33:11 Pr 6:18; 19:21 cf. Gn 8:21 (J); הגה muse, study Pr 15:28; 24:2; Is 33:18; 59:13; הגיון ψ 19:15; הָגוּת ψ 49:4; †שׂם לב set the mind, consider Is 41:22; Ez 44:5, c. לְ 1 S 9:20; Ez 40:4; 44:5; אֶל Ex 9:21 (J) 1 S 25:25; 2 S 18:3(×2) Jb 2:3; 34:14; עַל Jb 1:8; † שׁת לב ψ 62:10; Pr 22:17; 24:32, c. לְּ Ex 7:23 (JE) 1 S 4:20; 2 S 13:20; ψ 48:14; Pr 27:23; Je 31:21 אֶל Jb 7:17. e.g. Psalms 140:3
  - d. memory †השׁיב אל לב call to mind Is 44:19; La 3:21; על לב Is 46:8; †עלה על לב come into mind (occur to one) Is 65:17; Je 3:16; 7:31; 19:5; 32:35 (cf. Acts 7:23), so בא על לב 2 Ch 7:11; †שׂם על לב lay to heart Is 42:25; 47:7; 57:1, 11; Je 12:11 Mal 2:2(×2) Dn 1:8; אל לב 2 S 13:33; 19:20 כתב על לב Je 31:33; קשׁר על לב Pr 6:21; † לוּחַ לֵב tablet of the memory Pr 3:3; 7:3 Je 17:1; נִשְׁכַּחְתִּי כְּמֵת מִלֵּב I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind ψ 31:13. e.g. Isaiah 44:19
- 4. spec. ref. to inclinations, resolutions and determinations of the will; †הכין לב set the mind 2 Ch 12:14 ψ 10:17; 78:8; Jb 11:13; †נכון לב ψ 57:8(×2) (= 108:2) 78:37; 112:7; †נתן לב לְ Ec 1:13, 17; 7:21; 8:9, 16; Pr 23:26 Dn 10:12; † נתן אל לב Ec 7:2; 9:1; Ne 2:12; 7:5 differ from Ec 7:2; 9:1 (the ‘heart’ here not being the subject’s). בלב Ex 35:34 (P) Ezr 7:27 Ec 3:11; †אֲשֶׁר־נְשָׂאוֹ לִבּוֹ whose heart stirred him up Ex 35:21; 36:2 cf. 35:26 (all P); †נְדִיב לֵב willing of mind Ex 35:5, 22 (P) 2 Ch 29:31 cf. Ex 25:2; 35:29 (P): †אחרי נטה לב inclined to follow Ju 9:3 ψ 119:112; Pr 2:2; †הטה לב 1 K 11:3 ψ 119:36; 141:4 cf. 2 S 15:13:—גְּדֹלִים חִקְקֵי־לֵב great resolves of heart Ju 5:15 etc. e.g. 2 Chronicles 12:14
- 5. spec. ref. to conscience, וַיַּךְ לֵב דָּוִד אֹתוֹ and David’s heart (conscience) smote him 1 S 24:6; מִכְשׁוֹל לֵב offence of conscience 1 S 25:31; cf. Ec 7:22. e.g. 1 Samuel 24:6
- 6. spec. ref. to moral character, God tries the heart ψ 17:3 Je 12:3; sees the heart and reins Je 20:12, tries them ψ 7:10 Je 11:20, refines them ψ 26:2; searches the heart and tries the reins Je 17:10. e.g. Psalms 17:3
  - a. ישֶׁר־לִבִּי Jb 33:3; †יִשְׁרֵי לֵב ψ 7:11; 11:2; 32:11; 36:11; 64:11 (all c. דָּוִד in title), 94:15; 97:11; †לֵב שָׁלֵם 1 Ch 28:9; 29:9 Is 38:3 (all originally לבב, see לבב 6 a); נִשְׁבְּרֵי־לֵב broken of heart ψ 34:19 Is 61:1; לֵב־נִשְׁבָּר ψ 51:19; שְׁבוּרֵי לֵב ψ 147:3; לֵב נִדְכָּאִים Is 57:15; לֵב טָהוֹר clean heart ψ 51:12; †לֵב חָדָשׁ new heart Ez 18:31; 36:26 (prob. also 11:19 for אֶהָד see Co) etc. e.g. Job 33:3
  - b. לֵב רָע evil heart Pr 26:23; חַנְפֵי־לֵב godless in heart Jb 36:13; עקּשׁ(י) לב perverse in heart Pr 11:20; 17:20; †תַּרְמִת לִבָּם deceit of their heart Je 14:14; 23:26; בלב ולב with a double heart ψ 12:3 etc. e.g. Proverbs 26:23
  - c. seat of pride Pr 21:4; Je 48:29; 49:16; Ho 13:6; Ob 3 גְּבַהּ־לֵב Pr 16:5; גֹּבַהּ לב 2 Ch 32:26; †גָּבַהּ לֵב 2 Ch 17:6; 26:16; 32:25 ψ 131:1; Pr 18:12; Ez 28:2, 17. e.g. Proverbs 21:4
  - d. the heart is uncircumcised Je 9:25 Ez 44:7, 9 and hardened: † חזּק לב Ex 4:21; 10:20, 27 (E), 9:12; 11:10; 14:4, 8, 17 (P), Jos 11:20 (D2 ?); †יֶהֱזַק לֵב Ex 7:13, 22; 8:15; 9:35 (P); חִזְּקֵי־לֵב Ez 2:4; † הקשׁה לב Ex 7:3 (P) Pr 28:14; קְשֵׁי־לֵב Ez 3:7; הכביד לב Ex 8:11, 28; 9:34; 10:1 (J); כָּבֵד לב Ex 7:14; 9:7 (J); כּבּד לב 1 S 6:6; הַשְׁמֵן לֵב־הָעָם הַזֶה make the heart of this people fat Is 6:10 (?); † שְׁרִ(י)רוּת לֵב Dt 29:18 ψ 81:13 after Je 3:17; 7:24; 9:13; 11:8; 13:10; 16:12; 18:12; 23:17; †לב האבן the heart of stone Ez 11:19; 36:26 etc. e.g. Jeremiah 9:25
- 7. for the man himself, † אמר בלב Gn 17:17 (P), 27:41 (JE), 1 K 12:26 Est 6:6 ψ 10:6, 11, 13; 14:1 (= 53:2) 35:25; 74:8; Ec 2:1, 15; 3:17, 18; Is 47:10; Ob 3; Zc 12:5; אֶל־לב Gn 8:21 (J) 1 S 27:1; † דבּר בלב Ec 2:15; אֶל־לב Gn 24:45 (J); עַל לב 1 S 1:13 (?); עִם לב Ec 1:16; נְאֻם־פֶּשַׁע לָרָשָׁע בְּקֶרֶב לִבִּי ψ 36:2. e.g. Genesis 17:17
- 8. as seat of appetites, סְעַד לב stay the heart (with bread) Gn 18:5 (J) Ju 19:5 ψ 104:15. e.g. Genesis 18:5
- 9. as seat of the emotions and passions:
  - a. of joy and gladness, in various combinations of †טוב, Ju 16:25; 18:20; 19:6, 22; Ru 3:7; 1 S 25:36; 2 S 13:28;1 K 8:66 (= 2 Ch 7:10) 21:7; Est 1:10; 5:9; Pr 15:15 Ec 7:3; 9:7; 11:9; Is 65:14; various combinations of † שׂמח, Ex 4:14 (J) 1 Ch 16:10 (= ψ 105:3) ψ 4:8; 16:9; 19:9; 33:21; Pr 15:13, 30; 17:22; 27:9, 11 Ec 2:10(×2); 5:19; Ct 3:11; Is 24:7; Zc 10:7; שׂושׂ ψ 119:111; Is 66:14; La 5:15; עלץ 1 S 2:1; עלז ψ 28:7 Zp 3:14; רנן Jb 29:13; גיל ψ 13:6 Pr 24:17 Zc 10:7; of desire, ψ 21:3; 37:4; † דבּר עַל לֵב speak unto the heart (kindly) Gn 34:3; 50:21 (JE) Ju 19:3; 2 S 19:8; 2 Ch 30:22; Is 40:2; Ho 2:16; Ru 2:13. e.g. Judges 16:25
  - b. of trouble 2 K 6:11; Is 65:14, sorrow Ne 2:2; Pr 14:13, pain ψ 55:5, vexation Ec 11:10, trembling Dt 28:65 (?) 1 S 28:5, faintness La 5:17; it is wounded ψ 109:22, dies within one out of fear 1 S 25:37 etc.; † לב נמס the heart melteth (in fear) 2 S 17:10 ψ 22:15 Ez 21:12; Na 2:11. e.g. 2 Kings 6:11
- 10. seat of courage: יַאֲמֵץ לִבֶּ֑ךָ let thine heart take courage ψ 27:14; אַמִּיץ לִבּוֹ Am 2:16; אַבִּירֵי לֵב stout-hearted ψ 76:6; Is 46:12; לִבּוֹ יָצוּק כְּמוֹ־אֶבֶן his heart as firm as a stone Jb 41:16; לִבּוֹ כְּלֵב הָאַרְיֵה his heart as the heart of the lion 2 S 17:10; cf. אֶת־לִבּוֹ מָצָא 2 S 7:27, מְלָאוֹ לִבּוֹ לְ׳ Est 7:5 (cf. Ec 8:11). e.g. Psalms 27:14

Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.

Word origin

I. קַמְבֻּלָּי people of Gambulai SarowskyZAW 1912, 150–1 Je 51:1.

I. v. sub לבב infr.

II. לֵב599 n.m. Pr 23:15 (†f. Pr 12:25, from influence of נֶפֶשׁ v. De Now) inner man, mind, will, heart, abs. and cstr. לֵב Gn 8:21 + 239 times; לֶב־ Ex 15:8 + 15 times; sf. לִבִּי Gn 24:45 + 102 times; לִבְּךָ Ex 9:14 + 28 times; לִבֶּ֑ךָ Ju 19:6 + 25 times; לִבֵּךְ Is 47:7 + 7 times; לִבּוֹ Gn 6:5 + 93 times; לִבָּהּ Ju 19:3 + 7 times; לִבֵּנוּ Is 41:22 + 5 times; לִבְּכֶם Gn 18:5 + 2 times; לִבָּם Gn 42:28 + 56 times; לִבָּן Ex 35:26; לִבְּהֶן Ez 13:17; pl. לִבּוֹת ψ 7:10 Pr 15:11 + 3 times Pr.; sf. לִבֹּתָם Is 44:18; לִבּוֹתָם ψ 125:4—inner part, midst:

— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.

Derived from לבב (lêbâb) (H3824) — heart.

Part of speech: Noun Masculine TWOT: 1071a

Jastrow Dictionary

A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.

לֵב

[innermost,] heart, bosom; thought, inclination, mind &c. Sot. I, 5 היה לִבָּהּ נאה if her bosom was handsome (inciting the senses). Shebu. 26ᵃ לִבְּךָ אנסך thy heart has carried thee away against thy will, i.e. you were under the impression that you told the truth. Nidd. 3ᵇ, a. fr. לִבּוֹ נוקפו, v. נָקַף I. Men. 79ᵇ, a. e. לב ב"ד מתנה עליהן the authorities (in receiving materials for offerings) accept them with a condition at heart (that they may dispose at their discretion of what has not been used for sacrifices).—לבו גס, v. גּוּס I.—Midr. Till. to Ps. IX, 1 לבו עליו his heart is against him, he bears him a grudge.—Zeb. 21ᵃ להוציא מִלִּבָּן של צדוקים to remove (the false opinion) out of the heart of the Sadducees, i.e. to demonstrate, by practice, the rejection of their opinion; Ḥag. 23ᵃ (Ms. M. מפני הצדוקים); Yoma 2ᵃ (Ms. M. מפני הצ׳, v. Par. III, 7). Gen. R. s. 87, end (in a gloss) להוציאה מלבן של הבריות in order to remove (the bad opinion about) her out of the hearts of men, i.e. to save her reputation.—Ned. 20ᵇ, v. גָּרוּשׁ; a. v. fr.—Trnsf. a) the marrow of trees, the sap-wood. Meg. 14ᵃ; Succ. 45ᵇ as the palm-tree אין לו אלא לב אחד וכ׳ has only one ‘heart’ (sap-cells only in the stem but none in the branches), so has Israel one heart directed to his Father &c.—b) centre, central portion. Lev. R. s. 30, end לולב לִבָּהּ של וכ׳ a Lulab which is the central stalk of the palm tree, v. לוּלָב.—Pl. f. לִבּוֹת. Midr. Till. to Ps. VII ממה שאתה בוחן ל׳ וכ׳ from the fact that thou examinest hearts and reins &c.—V. לֵבָב.

לֵב ²

Targ. Gen. VI, 5. Targ. I Chr. XII, 38; a. fr.—Ab. Zar. 55ᵃ לִבִּי ולִבָּךְ ידע myself and thyself are convinced &c. Midr. Till. to Ps. VII (ref. to תשמרם, ib. XII, 8) נטר אורייתא בלִבְּהוֹן וכ׳ guard the Law in their hearts. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXVIII, end (ref. to Gen. XXXVII, 4) מה דבל׳ הוי בפומא as they thought so did they speak, but there (II Sam. XIII, 22) מה דבל׳ לא בפומא he did not speak out what was in his heart; Gen. R. s. 84 די בלִיבְּהוֹן בפומהון; די בלִיבֵּיה בליביה what was in his heart remained there. Snh. 35ᵃ [read:] נהי דפומא כתבין ל׳ דאינשי אינשי although they (the secretaries) record the word of mouth (the vote of each judge), the heart (the impressiveness of the argument), once forgotten, remains forgotten (cannot be recalled several days after; v. Rashi in Rabb. D. S. a. l. note). Ḥull. 59ᵃ, a. fr.—אַלִּ׳ ריקנא on an empty stomach; a. v. fr.—אַלִיבָּא ד־ (אַלִּיבֵּיה), v. אַלִּיבָּא.—Pl. לִבַּיָּא, לִיבַּ׳, לְבָבַיָּא, לִבְבַיָּא, לִבְבִין, לִבְבֵי, לִי׳. Targ. Prov. XXVII, 19 לִבַּיָּא (ed. Lag. לִבֵּיהוֹן). Targ. Jer. XII, 3. Targ. II Esth. V, 1; a. fr. e.g. Genesis 37:4

A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.

Forms in the corpus

The 169 distinct written forms H3820 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.

Form	Parsing	Example	Uses
לֵ֣ב	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Deuteronomy 4:11	40
לֵֽב	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Ecclesiastes 7:3	30
לֵ֑ב	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Esther 5:9	25
לִבּ֔/וֹ	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Daniel 1:8	15
לִבִּ֑/י	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Ecclesiastes 2:20	15
לֵב	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Esther 1:10	14
לֵ֖ב	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Ecclesiastes 7:7	14
לֵ֥ב	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Ecclesiastes 8:5	14
לִבּֽ/וֹ	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Ecclesiastes 5:20	14
לִבֶּ֑/ךָ	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Ecclesiastes 7:21	12
לֵ֔ב	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Exodus 28:3	12
לֵ֤ב	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Ecclesiastes 7:4	11
לִבִּ֣/י	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	2 Kings 5:26	10
לִבָּ֑/ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Hosea 13:6	9
לֵ֭ב	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Job 36:13	8
לִ֭בִּ/י	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Job 31:9	8
לִבּ֑/וֹ	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Ecclesiastes 2:23	8
לִבּ֖/וֹ	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Amos 2:16	8
לִבִּ/י֙	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Ecclesiastes 1:16	8
לִבֶּֽ/ךָ	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Job 7:17	8
בְּ/לֵ֣ב	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Ezekiel 27:27	7
לִבִּֽ/י	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Jeremiah 7:31	7
לִבָּ֖/ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Hosea 7:6	7
לֵ֗ב	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Exodus 35:22	7
בְּ/לֵ֥ב	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Ezekiel 27:4	6
לִבּ/וֹ֙	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Exodus 10:1	6
לִבִּ֗/י	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Ecclesiastes 1:13	6
לִבָּ֔/ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Ezekiel 14:3	6
וְ/לֵ֥ב	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Ecclesiastes 7:4	5
בְ/לֶב	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Ecclesiastes 9:7	5
בְּ֭/לִבּ/וֹ	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Proverbs 28:26	5
לִבּ֗/וֹ	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Ezekiel 14:4	5
לִבְּ/ךָ֙	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Ecclesiastes 11:9	5
לִבִּ֔/י	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Ecclesiastes 8:9	5
לִבִּ֖/י	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Deuteronomy 29:19	5
לִבָּֽ/ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Genesis 50:21	5
לֵב֙	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Deuteronomy 29:4	4
בְּ/לִבּ֑/וֹ	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Exodus 35:34	4
בְּ/לִבּֽ/וֹ	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Exodus 4:14	4
בְּ/לֶב	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Exodus 15:8	4
לִבְּ/ךָ֖	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Ezekiel 28:2	4
לִבִּ֥/י	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Jeremiah 8:18	4
לִבִּ֨/י	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Psalms 17:3	4
לִבָּ֣/ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Ezekiel 6:9	4
לֵ֜ב	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Exodus 36:8	4
לֵ֝֗ב	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Proverbs 9:4	4
לֶב	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	2 Kings 12:4	4
בְּ/לִבּ֗/וֹ	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Genesis 17:17	3
בְּ/לִבִּ֔/י	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Ecclesiastes 2:1	3
וְ/לִבִּ֛/י	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Ecclesiastes 1:16	3
כְּ/לֵ֥ב	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Ezekiel 28:2	3
לִ֝בּ֗/וֹ	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Proverbs 28:14	3
לִ֭בּ/וֹ	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Job 41:24	3
לִבּ֛/וֹ	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Exodus 28:30	3
לִבְּ/ךָ֛	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Daniel 10:12	3
לִבֵּ֔/ךְ	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Isaiah 47:7	3
לִבָּ/ם֙	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	2 Chronicles 6:38	3
לִבָּ֥/ם	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Ezekiel 20:16	3
לֵ֧ב	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct	Ecclesiastes 8:11	3
וְ/לֵ֣ב	Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Psalms 64:6	2

The 60 most common forms are shown; 109 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.

Same root — word family

Other BDB entries built from the same root as H3820, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.

Derives from

לבב lêbâb H3824 heart

Shares the same root

לבב lᵉbab H3825 heart

Derived from this word

Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 5 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.

Septuagint verse parallels

This word appears in 501 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 552 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.

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This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.