לֵבָב
heart
also: inner man, mind, will, soul fuller range ↓
H3824
Strong's Hebrew
lêbâb
Transliteration
/lay-bawb'/
Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible
252
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
BDB Definition
inner man, mind, will, heart, soul, 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
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
- Adjective
- A word that describes or qualifies a noun.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
199 distinct verses where H3824 appears in the Construct state, across 31 books. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 3 verses
- Genesis 20:5 לְבָבִ֛/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Didn't he tell me, 'She is my sister?' She, even she herself said, 'He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands have I done this."
- Genesis 20:6 לְבָבְ/ךָ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning against me. Therefore I didn't allow you to touch her.
- Genesis 31:26 לְבָבִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done, that you have deceived me, and carried away my daughters like captives of the sword?
Exodus 1 verse
Leviticus 3 verses
- Leviticus 19:17 בִּ/לְבָבֶ֑/ךָ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms "'You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
- Leviticus 26:36 בִּ/לְבָבָ֔/ם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp "'As for those of you who are left, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf will put them to flight; and they shall flee, as one flees from the sword; and they will fall when no one pursues.
- Leviticus 26:41 לְבָבָ/ם֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp I also walked contrary to them, and brought them into the land of their enemies: if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled, and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity;
Numbers 1 verse
Deuteronomy 41 verses
- Deuteronomy 1:28 לְבָבֵ֜/נוּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cp Where are we going up? our brothers have made our heart to melt, saying, The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to the sky; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.
- Deuteronomy 2:30 לְבָב֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Yahweh your God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into your hand, as at this day.
- Deuteronomy 4:9 מִ/לְּבָ֣בְ/ךָ֔ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp Only take heed to yourself, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children's children;
- Deuteronomy 4:29 לְבָבְ/ךָ֖ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you shall find him, when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Deuteronomy 4:39 לְבָבֶ/ךָ֒ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Know therefore this day, and lay it to your heart, that Yahweh he is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is none else.
- Deuteronomy 5:29 לְבָבָ֨/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children forever!
- Deuteronomy 6:5 לְבָבְ/ךָ֥ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms and you shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.
- Deuteronomy 6:6 לְבָבֶֽ/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms These words, which I command you this day, shall be on your heart;
- Deuteronomy 7:17 בִּ/לְבָ֣בְ/ךָ֔ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms If you shall say in your heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?
- Deuteronomy 8:2 בִּֽ/לְבָבְ/ךָ֛ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.
- Deuteronomy 8:5 לְבָבֶ֑/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms You shall consider in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so Yahweh your God chastens you.
- Deuteronomy 8:14 לְבָבֶ֑/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms then your heart be lifted up, and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
- Deuteronomy 8:17 בִּ/לְבָבֶ֑/ךָ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms and [lest] you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.
- Deuteronomy 9:4 בִּ/לְבָבְ/ךָ֗ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Don't speak in your heart, after that Yahweh your God has thrust them out from before you, saying, For my righteousness Yahweh has brought me in to possess this land; whereas for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh does drive them out from before you.
- Deuteronomy 9:5 לְבָ֣בְ/ךָ֔ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart, do you go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may establish the word which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
- Deuteronomy 10:12 לְבָבְ/ךָ֖ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God require of you, but to fear Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
- Deuteronomy 10:16 לְבַבְ/כֶ֑ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff-necked.
- Deuteronomy 11:13 לְבַבְ/כֶ֖ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to my commandments which I command you this day, to love Yahweh your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
- Deuteronomy 11:16 לְבַבְ/כֶ֑ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
- Deuteronomy 11:18 לְבַבְ/כֶ֖ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp Therefore shall you lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and you shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for symbols between your eyes.
- Deuteronomy 13:3 לְבַבְ/כֶ֖ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams: for Yahweh your God proves you, to know whether you love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Deuteronomy 15:7 לְבָבְ/ךָ֗ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms If there be with you a poor man, one of your brothers, within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother;
- Deuteronomy 15:9 לְבָבְ/ךָ֨ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Beware that there not be a base thought in your heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.
- Deuteronomy 15:10 לְבָבְ/ךָ֖ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms You shall surely give him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him; because that for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work, and in all that you put your hand to.
- Deuteronomy 17:17 לְבָב֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart not turn away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
- Deuteronomy 17:20 לְבָב/וֹ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he not turn aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 18:21 בִּ/לְבָבֶ֑/ךָ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms If you say in your heart, How shall we know the word which Yahweh has not spoken?
- Deuteronomy 19:6 לְבָב/וֹ֒ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he didn't hate him in time past.
- Deuteronomy 20:3 לְבַבְ/כֶ֗ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp and shall tell them, Hear, Israel, you draw near this day to battle against your enemies: don't let your heart faint; don't be afraid, nor tremble, neither be scared of them;
- Deuteronomy 20:8 הַ/לֵּבָ֔ב לְבַ֥ב כִּ/לְבָבֽ/וֹ ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, What man is there who is fearful and faint-hearted? let him go and return to his house, lest his brother's heart melt as his heart.
- Deuteronomy 26:16 לְבָבְ/ךָ֖ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms This day Yahweh your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances: you shall therefore keep and do them with all your heart, and with all your soul.
- Deuteronomy 28:67 לְבָֽבְ/ךָ֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms In the morning you shall say, Would it were even! and at even you shall say, Would it were morning! for the fear of your heart which you shall fear, and for the sight of your eyes which you shall see.
- Deuteronomy 29:18 לְבָב֨/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from Yahweh our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that bears gall and wormwood;
- Deuteronomy 29:19 בִּ/לְבָב֤/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms and it happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry.
- Deuteronomy 30:1 לְבָבֶ֔/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms It shall happen, when all these things are come on you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you shall call them to mind among all the nations, where Yahweh your God has driven you,
- Deuteronomy 30:2 לְבָבְ/ךָ֖ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms and shall return to Yahweh your God, and shall obey his voice according to all that I command you this day, you and your children, with all your heart, and with all your soul;
- Deuteronomy 30:6 לְבָבְ/ךָ֖ לְבַ֣ב לְבָבְ/ךָ֥ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms n c ms cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Yahweh your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your seed, to love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, that you may live.
- Deuteronomy 30:10 לְבָבְ/ךָ֖ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms if you shall obey the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law; if you turn to Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul.
- Deuteronomy 30:14 וּ/בִֽ/לְבָבְ/ךָ֖ conj + prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms But the word is very near to you, in your mouth, and in your heart, that you may do it.
- Deuteronomy 30:17 לְבָבְ/ךָ֖ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms But if your heart turn away, and you will not hear, but shall be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
- Deuteronomy 32:46 לְבַבְ/כֶ֔ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp He said to them, Set your heart to all the words which I testify to you this day, which you shall command your children to observe to do, [even] all the words of this law.
Joshua 7 verses
- Joshua 2:11 לְבָבֵ֔/נוּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cp As soon as we had heard it, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for Yahweh your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.
- Joshua 5:1 לְבָבָ֗/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp It happened, when all the kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, who were by the sea, heard how that Yahweh had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
- Joshua 7:5 לְבַב n c ms cs The men of Ai struck of them about thirty-six men; and they chased them [from] before the gate even to Shebarim, and struck them at the descent; and the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
- Joshua 14:7 לְבָבִֽ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of Yahweh sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in my heart.
- Joshua 22:5 לְבַבְ/כֶ֖ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, to love Yahweh your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Joshua 23:14 לְבַבְ/כֶ֣ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp Behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing has failed of all the good things which Yahweh your God spoke concerning you; all are happen to you, not one thing has failed of it.
- Joshua 24:23 לְבַבְ/כֶ֔ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp Now therefore put away, [said he], the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel.
Judges 2 verses
- Judges 19:8 לְבָ֣בְ/ךָ֔ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms He arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the young lady's father said, Please strengthen your heart and stay until the day declines; and they ate, both of them.
- Judges 19:9 לְבָבֶ֔/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms When the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the young lady's father, said to him, Behold, now the day draws toward evening, please stay all night: behold, the day grows to an end, lodge here, that your heart may be merry; and tomorrow get you early on your way, that you may go home.
1 Samuel 11 verses
- 1 Samuel 1:8 לְבָבֵ֑/ךְ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2fs Elkanah her husband said to her, Hannah, why weep you? and why don't you eat? and why is your heart grieved? am I not better to you than ten sons?
- 1 Samuel 2:35 בִּ/לְבָבִ֥/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before my anointed forever.
- 1 Samuel 6:6 לְבַבְ/כֶ֔ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp Why then do you harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had worked wonderfully among them, didn't they let the people go, and they departed?
- 1 Samuel 7:3 לְבַבְ/כֶ֗ם לְבַבְ/כֶ֤ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you do return to Yahweh with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to Yahweh, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 9:19 בִּֽ/לְבָבְ/ךָ֖ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer; go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today: and in the morning I will let you go, and will tell you all that is in your heart.
- 1 Samuel 12:20 לְבַבְ/כֶֽם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp Samuel said to the people, "Don't be afraid; you have indeed done all this evil; yet don't turn aside from following Yahweh, but serve Yahweh with all your heart:
- 1 Samuel 12:24 לְבַבְ/כֶ֑ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp Only fear Yahweh, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider how great things he has done for you.
- 1 Samuel 13:14 כִּ/לְבָב֗/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms But now your kingdom shall not continue: Yahweh has sought him a man after his own heart, and Yahweh has appointed him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept that which Yahweh commanded you.
- 1 Samuel 14:7 בִּ/לְבָבֶ֑/ךָ כִּ/לְבָבֶֽ/ךָ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms His armor bearer said to him, Do all that is in your heart: turn you, behold, I am with you according to your heart.
- 1 Samuel 17:28 לְבָבֶ֔/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why are you come down? and with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle.
- 1 Samuel 21:12 בִּ/לְבָב֑/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms David laid up these words in his heart, and was very afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
2 Samuel 2 verses
- 2 Samuel 7:3 בִּֽ/לְבָבְ/ךָ֖ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in your heart; for Yahweh is with you.
- 2 Samuel 19:14 לְבַ֥ב n c ms cs He bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as [the heart of] one man; so that they sent to the king, [saying], Return you, and all your servants.
1 Kings 16 verses
- 1 Kings 2:4 לְבָבָ֖/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp That Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If your children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
- 1 Kings 2:44 לְבָ֣בְ/ךָ֔ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms The king said moreover to Shimei, You know all the wickedness which your heart is privy to, that you did to David my father: therefore Yahweh shall return your wickedness on your own head.
- 1 Kings 8:17 לְבַ֖ב n c ms cs Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
- 1 Kings 8:18 לְבָ֣בְ/ךָ֔ לְבָבֶֽ/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms But Yahweh said to David my father, Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart:
- 1 Kings 8:38 לְבָב֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms whatever prayer and supplication be made by any man, [or] by all your people Israel, who shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
- 1 Kings 8:39 לְבָב֑/וֹ לְבַ֖ב n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs then hear in heaven, your dwelling-place, and forgive, and do, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men;)
- 1 Kings 8:48 לְבָבָ/ם֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name:
- 1 Kings 8:58 לְבָבֵ֖/נוּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cp that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.
- 1 Kings 8:61 לְבַבְ/כֶם֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp Let your heart therefore be perfect with Yahweh our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
- 1 Kings 10:2 לְבָבָֽ/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs She came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bore spices, and very much gold, and precious stones; and when she was come to Solomon, she talked with him of all that was in her heart.
- 1 Kings 11:2 לְבַבְ/כֶ֔ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp of the nations concerning which Yahweh said to the children of Israel, You shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon joined to these in love.
- 1 Kings 11:4 לְבָב֔/וֹ לְבָב֤/וֹ כִּ/לְבַ֖ב n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms prep + n c ms cs For it happened, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as was the heart of David his father.
- 1 Kings 11:9 לְבָב֗/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away from Yahweh, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice,
- 1 Kings 14:8 לְבָב֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms and tore the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it 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 that only which was right in my eyes,
- 1 Kings 15:3 לְבָב֤/וֹ כִּ/לְבַ֖ב n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms prep + n c ms cs He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father.
- 1 Kings 15:14 לְבַב n c ms cs But the high places were not taken away: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with Yahweh all his days.
2 Kings 5 verses
- 2 Kings 10:15 לְבָבְ/ךָ֣ לְבָבִ/י֙ לְבָבֶ֔/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms When he was departed there, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him; and he greeted him, and said to him, Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart? Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me your hand. He gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.
- 2 Kings 10:30 בִּ/לְבָבִ֔/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Yahweh said to Jehu, Because you have done well in executing that which is right in my eyes, [and] have done to the house of Ahab according to all that was in my heart, your sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
- 2 Kings 10:31 לְבָב֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of Yahweh, the God of Israel, with all his heart: he didn't depart from the sins of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel to sin.
- 2 Kings 22:19 לְבָ֨בְ/ךָ֜ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms because your heart was tender, and you did humble yourself before Yahweh, when you heard what I spoke against this place, and against the inhabitants of it, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you, says Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 23:25 לְבָב֤/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Like him was there no king before him, who turned to Yahweh with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.
1 Chronicles 6 verses
- 1 Chronicles 17:2 בִּֽ/לְבָבְ/ךָ֖ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Nathan said to David, Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you.
- 1 Chronicles 22:7 לְבָבִ֔/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs David said to Solomon his son, As for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of Yahweh my God.
- 1 Chronicles 22:19 לְבַבְ/כֶם֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp Now set your heart and your soul to seek after Yahweh your God; arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of Yahweh God, to bring the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of Yahweh.
- 1 Chronicles 28:2 לְבָבִ֡/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, Hear me, my brothers, and my people: as for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and for the footstool of our God; and I had made ready for the building.
- 1 Chronicles 29:17 לֵבָ֔ב לְבָבִ/י֙ n c ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy your people, that are present here, offer willingly to you.
- 1 Chronicles 29:18 לְבַ֣ב לְבָבָ֖/ם n c ms cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of your people, and prepare their heart to you;
2 Chronicles 22 verses
- 2 Chronicles 1:11 לְבָבֶ֗/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms God said to Solomon, Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of those who hate you, neither yet have asked long life; but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge my people, over whom I have made you king:
- 2 Chronicles 6:7 לְבַ֖ב n c ms cs Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 6:8 לְבָ֣בְ/ךָ֔ לְבָבֶֽ/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms But Yahweh said to David my father, Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart:
- 2 Chronicles 6:30 לְבָב֑/וֹ לְבַ֖ב n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms cs then hear from heaven, your dwelling-place and forgive, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of the children of men;)
- 2 Chronicles 6:37 לְבָבָ֔/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp yet if they shall repent themselves in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly;
- 2 Chronicles 9:1 לְבָבָֽ/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great train, and camels that bore spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she talked with him of all that was in her heart.
- 2 Chronicles 11:16 לְבָבָ֔/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 15:12 לְבָבָ֖/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp They entered into the covenant to seek Yahweh, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul;
- 2 Chronicles 15:15 לְבָבָ/ם֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp All Judah rejoiced at the oath; for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and Yahweh gave them rest round about.
- 2 Chronicles 15:17 לְבַב n c ms cs But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
- 2 Chronicles 16:9 לְבָבָ֥/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp For the eyes of Yahweh run back and forth throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein you have done foolishly; for from henceforth you shall have wars.
- 2 Chronicles 19:3 לְבָבְ/ךָ֖ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have put away the Asheroth out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God.
- 2 Chronicles 20:33 לְבָבָ֔/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp However the high places were not taken away; neither as yet had the people set their hearts to the God of their fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 22:9 לְבָב֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He sought Ahaziah, and they caught him (now he was hiding in Samaria), and they brought him to Jehu, and killed him; and they buried him, for they said, He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Yahweh with all his heart. The house of Ahaziah had no power to hold the kingdom.
- 2 Chronicles 29:10 לְבָבִ֔/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with Yahweh, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.
- 2 Chronicles 30:19 לְבָב֣/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms who sets his heart to seek God, Yahweh, the God of his fathers, though not [cleansed] according to the purification of the sanctuary.
- 2 Chronicles 31:21 לְבָב֥/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms In every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
- 2 Chronicles 32:6 לְבָבָ֖/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp He set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the broad place at the gate of the city, and spoke comfortably to them, saying,
- 2 Chronicles 32:31 בִּ/לְבָבֽ/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms However in [the business of] the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
- 2 Chronicles 34:27 לְבָ֨בְ/ךָ֜ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms because your heart was tender, and you did humble yourself before God, when you heard his words against this place, and against the inhabitants of it, and have humbled yourself before me, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you, says Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 34:31 לְבָב֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The king stood in his place, and made a covenant before Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.
- 2 Chronicles 36:13 לְבָב֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning to Yahweh, the God of Israel.
Ezra 1 verse
Nehemiah 1 verse
Job 5 verses
- Job 1:5 בִּ/לְבָבָ֑/ם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp It was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, "It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts." Thus did Job continually.
- Job 10:13 בִ/לְבָבֶ֑/ךָ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Yet you hid these things in your heart. I know that this is with you:
- Job 17:11 לְבָבִֽ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs My days are past, my plans are broken off, As are the thoughts of my heart.
- Job 22:22 בִּ/לְבָבֶֽ/ךָ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Please receive instruction from his mouth, And lay up his words in your heart.
- Job 27:6 לְ֝בָבִ֗/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
Psalms 24 verses
- Psalms 4:4 בִ֭/לְבַבְ/כֶם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp Stand in awe, and don't sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still. Selah.
- Psalms 13:2 בִּ/לְבָבִ֣/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me?
- Psalms 15:2 בִּ/לְבָבֽ/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He who walks blamelessly does what is right, And speaks truth in his heart;
- Psalms 20:4 כִ/לְבָבֶ֑/ךָ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms May He grant you your heart's desire, And fulfill all your counsel.
- Psalms 22:26 לְבַבְ/כֶ֣ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise Yahweh who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.
- Psalms 25:17 לְבָבִ֣/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs The troubles of my heart are enlarged. Oh bring me out of my distresses.
- Psalms 28:3 בִּ/לְבָבָֽ/ם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp Don't draw me away with the wicked, With the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.
- Psalms 31:24 לְבַבְ/כֶ֑ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp Be strong, and let your heart take courage, All you who hope in Yahweh.
- Psalms 62:8 לְבַבְ/כֶ֑ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.
- Psalms 69:32 לְבַבְ/כֶֽם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.
- Psalms 73:13 לְבָבִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Surely in vain I have cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocence,
- Psalms 73:21 לְבָבִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs For my soul was grieved. I was embittered in my heart.
- Psalms 73:26 וּ/לְבָ֫בִ֥/י לְבָבִ֥/י conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs My flesh and my heart fails, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- Psalms 77:6 לְבָבִ֥/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I remember my song in the night. I consider in my own heart; My spirit diligently inquires:
- Psalms 78:18 בִּ/לְבָבָ֑/ם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp They tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.
- Psalms 78:72 לְבָב֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
- Psalms 84:5 בִּ/לְבָבָֽ/ם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp Blessed are those whose strength is in you; Who have set their hearts on a pilgrimage.
- Psalms 86:11 לְ֝בָבִ֗/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Teach me your way, Yahweh. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.
- Psalms 86:12 לְבָבִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forevermore.
- Psalms 90:12 לְבַ֣ב n c ms cs So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom.
- Psalms 95:8 לְ֭בַבְ/כֶם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp Don't harden your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness,
- Psalms 101:2 לְ֝בָבִ֗/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
- Psalms 104:15 לְֽבַב לְֽבַב n c ms cs n c ms cs Wine that makes glad the heart of man, Oil to make his face to shine, And bread that strengthens man's heart.
- Psalms 139:23 לְבָבִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.
Proverbs 2 verses
Ecclesiastes 1 verse
Isaiah 13 verses
- Isaiah 6:10 וּ/לְבָב֥/וֹ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Make the heart of this people fat; Make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; Lest they see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And turn again, and be healed."
- Isaiah 7:2 לְבָב/וֹ֙ וּ/לְבַ֣ב n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms conj + n c ms cs It was told the house of David, saying, "Syria is allied with Ephraim." His heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.
- Isaiah 7:4 וּ/לְבָבְ/ךָ֙ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Tell him, 'Be careful, and keep calm. Don't be afraid, neither let your heart be faint because of these two tails of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
- Isaiah 10:7 וּ/לְבָב֖/וֹ בִּ/לְבָב֔/וֹ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms However he doesn't mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off not a few nations.
- Isaiah 10:12 לְבַ֣ב n c ms cs Therefore it shall happen that, when the Lord has performed his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
- Isaiah 13:7 לְבַ֥ב n c ms cs Therefore shall all hands be feeble, and every heart of man shall melt:
- Isaiah 14:13 בִֽ/לְבָבְ/ךָ֙ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms You said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit on the mountain of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north;
- Isaiah 19:1 וּ/לְבַ֥ב conj + n c ms cs The burden of Egypt. Behold, Yahweh rides on a swift cloud, and comes to Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
- Isaiah 21:4 לְבָבִ֔/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs My heart flutters, horror has frightened me; the twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling to me.
- Isaiah 32:4 וּ/לְבַ֥ב conj + n c ms cs The heart of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
- Isaiah 47:8 בִּ/לְבָ֔בָ/הּ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs Now therefore hear this, you who are given to pleasures, who sit securely, who say in your heart, I am, and there is none else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
- Isaiah 49:21 בִּ/לְבָבֵ֗/ךְ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2fs Then shall you say in your heart, Who has conceived these for me, seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering back and forth? and who has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?
- Isaiah 60:5 לְבָבֵ֑/ךְ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs Then you shall see and be radiant, and your heart shall thrill and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, the wealth of the nations shall come to you.
Jeremiah 8 verses
- Jeremiah 4:4 לְבַבְ/כֶ֔ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp Circumcise yourselves to Yahweh, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
- Jeremiah 5:24 בִ/לְבָבָ֗/ם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear Yahweh our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
- Jeremiah 13:22 בִּ/לְבָבֵ֔/ךְ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2fs If you say in your heart, Why are these things come on me? for the greatness of your iniquity are your skirts uncovered, and your heels suffer violence.
- Jeremiah 15:16 לְבָבִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Your words were found, and I ate them; and your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, Yahweh, God of hosts.
- Jeremiah 29:13 לְבַבְ/כֶֽם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp You shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart.
- Jeremiah 32:40 בִּ/לְבָבָ֔/ם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.
- Jeremiah 51:46 לְבַבְ/כֶם֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp Don't let your heart faint, neither fear for the news that shall be heard in the land; for news shall come one year, and after that in another year [shall come] news, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
- Jeremiah 51:50 לְבַבְ/כֶֽם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp You who have escaped the sword, go you, don't stand still; remember Yahweh from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
Lamentations 1 verse
Ezekiel 5 verses
- Ezekiel 3:10 בִּֽ/לְבָבְ/ךָ֖ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Moreover he said to me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak to you receive in your heart, and hear with your ears.
- Ezekiel 28:5 לְבָבְ/ךָ֖ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms by your great wisdom [and] by your traffic have you increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches;-
- Ezekiel 28:6 לְבָבְ/ךָ֖ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because you have set your heart as the heart of God,
- Ezekiel 31:10 לְבָב֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Therefore thus said the Lord Yahweh: Because you are exalted in stature, and he has set his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
- Ezekiel 38:10 לְבָבֶ֔/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Thus says the Lord Yahweh: It shall happen in that day, that things shall come into your mind, and you shall devise an evil device:
Daniel 5 verses
- Daniel 8:25 וּ/בִ/לְבָב֣/וֹ conj + prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Through his policy he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and in [their] security shall he destroy many: he shall also stand up against the prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
- Daniel 11:12 לְבָב֑/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The multitude shall be lifted up, and his heart shall be exalted; and he shall cast down tens of thousands, but he shall not prevail.
- Daniel 11:25 וּ/לְבָב֜/וֹ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall war in battle with an exceeding great and mighty army; but he shall not stand; for they shall devise devices against him.
- Daniel 11:27 לְבָבָ֣/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp As for both these kings, their hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table: but it shall not prosper; for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
- Daniel 11:28 וּ/לְבָב֖/וֹ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Then shall he return into his land with great substance; and his heart [shall be] against the holy covenant; and he shall do [his pleasure], and return to his own land.
Hosea 1 verse
Joel 2 verses
- Joel 2:12 לְבַבְ/כֶ֑ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp "Yet even now," says Yahweh, "turn to me with all your heart, And with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning."
- Joel 2:13 לְבַבְ/כֶם֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp Tear your heart, and not your garments, And turn to Yahweh, your God; For he is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, And relents from sending calamity.
Jonah 1 verse
Nahum 1 verse
Zephaniah 2 verses
- Zephaniah 1:12 בִּ/לְבָבָ֔/ם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, "Yahweh will not do good, neither will he do evil."
- Zephaniah 2:15 בִּ/לְבָבָ֔/הּ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs This is the joyous city that lived carelessly, that said in her heart, "I am, and there is none besides me." How she has become a desolation, a place for animals to lie down in! Everyone who passes by her will hiss, and shake their fists.
Haggai 4 verses
- Haggai 1:5 לְבַבְ/כֶ֖ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp Now therefore this is what Yahweh of Hosts says: Consider your ways.
- Haggai 1:7 לְבַבְ/כֶ֖ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp This is what Yahweh of Hosts says: "Consider your ways.
- Haggai 2:15 לְבַבְ/כֶ֔ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp Now, please consider from this day and backward, before a stone was laid on a stone in the temple of Yahweh.
- Haggai 2:18 לְבַבְ/כֶ֔ם לְבַבְ/כֶֽם n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp 'Consider, please, from this day and backward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of Yahweh's temple was laid, consider it.
Zechariah 2 verses
- Zechariah 7:10 בִּ/לְבַבְ/כֶֽם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp Don't oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.'
- Zechariah 8:17 בִּ/לְבַבְ/כֶ֔ם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2mp and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate," says Yahweh.
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לבב — transliterated lêbâb — is a Hebrew noun carrying the sense “heart.” It first appears in Genesis 20:5. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 230 verses — common. It also covers “inner man”, “mind”, and “will”, alongside “heart” — see its full sense range. Related forms include לבב, לביבה and לב. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
Strong's · 1890
bethink themselves
Modern gloss
heart
Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current BDB scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown.
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About this word
Strong's H3824 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 →
- 230
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 230 distinct verses.
- 31 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 31 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #189
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 189 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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Most concentrated in
- Deuteronomy 43 verses 19%
- Psalms 33 verses 14%
- 2 Chronicles 26 verses 11%
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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 230 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 90 verses · 39%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 89 verses · 39%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 51 verses · 22%
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 132×, Hearts 16×, All his heart 6×
- American Standard Version†: Heart 117×, Hearts 10×, All his heart 6×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Heart 136×, Hearts 43×, Mind 8×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Heart 192×, Heart of 20×, Hearts 14×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3824 across 243† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 47 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 9 further occurrences.
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Renders H3824 across 244† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
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| 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) |
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The 44 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.
לבב I
- 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
לבב II
- I. seldom of things בִּלְבַב יַמִּים in the midst of the seas, Jon 2:3 (poetry); עד לבב השׁמים unto the midst of heaven Dt 4:11 (so Sam but MT לב). e.g. Jonah 2:3
- II. usually of men:
- 1. the inner man in contrast with the outer, כלה שׁארי ולבבי my flesh and my heart (soul) doth fail ψ 73:26; antithesis with garments Jo 2:13; hands ψ 73:13 La 3:41 (?); eyes Nu 15:39 (H) 1 S 16:7; ears Ez 3:10; mouth Dt 30:14; speech ψ 28:3; 78:18; מְתֹפֲפֹת עַל־לִבְבֵהֶן tabering upon their breasts Na 2:7 (inner for outer). e.g. Psalms 73:26
- 2. the inner man, indef. the soul, comprehending mind, affections and will, or, in connexion with certain verbs, having more specific reference to some one of them. בכל־לבב ובכל־נפשׁ with all the heart and with all the soul Dt 4:29; 6:5; 10:12; 11:13; 13:4; 26:16; 30:2, 6, 10 Jos 22:5; 23:14; 1 K 2:4; 8:48 (= 2 Ch 6:38 לב?) 2 K 23:25; 2 Ch 15:12; 34:31 (= 2 K 23:3 לב?) Je 32:41; abbr. בכל־לבב 1 S 7:3; 12:20, 24 1 K 14:8; 2 K 10:31; 2 Ch 15:15; 22:9; 31:21 ψ 86:12; 111:1; Je 29:13; Jo 2:12; אשׁר בלבב what is in the heart (mind) Dt 8:2 1 S 9:19; 14:7; 2 S 7:3 (= 1 Ch 17:2) 2 K 10:30; 2 Ch 32:31; cf. Jb 10:13, ψ 84:6 (?); עם לבב with the heart (mind), c. ידע Dt 8:5, שִׂיחַ ψ 77:7, usually c. (היה), of a thought or purpose, Dt 15:9; Jos 14:7; 1 K 8:17, 18(×2) (= 2 Ch 6:7, 8(×2)) 10:2 (= 2 Ch 9:1) 1 Ch 22:7; 28:2; 2 Ch 1:11; 29:10 (cf. 24:4 לב); כלבב according to the heart 1 S 13:14; 14:7 ψ 20:5. We may add Dt 5:26; 11:16, 18; 17:17; 1 S 2:35; 2 S 19:15; 1 K 8:39(×2) (= 2 Ch 6:30(×2)) 11:2, 3 (לב an error) v 4, 9; 1 Ch 12:17; 22:19; 28:9 ψ 62:9; 86:11; 139:23; Is 7:2; Dn 11:27, 28. e.g. Deuteronomy 4:29
- 3. specific ref. to mind (characteristic of לבב):
- a. אַנְשֵׁי לֵבָב men of mind Jb 34:10, 34; גם לי לבב I also have a mind Jb 12:3; הוֹלֵלוֹת בִּל׳ madness is in (their) mind Ec 9:3 (?); וַתִּגְנֹב לְבָבִי and thou didst steal my mind Gn 31:26 (E, the לֵב of v 20 should be corrected to לבב cf. ‘steal me’ v 27). e.g. Job 34:10
- b. knowledge, c. ידע Dt 8:5; Jos 23:14; 1 K 2:44; הבין Is 6:10; 32:4; חֲכַם לֵבָב wise of mind Jb 9:4; לְבַב חָכְמָה mind of wisdom ψ 90:12. e.g. Deuteronomy 8:5
- c. thinking, reflection, c. חשׁב Is 10:7; Zc 7:10; 8:17; (שׂיח ψ 77:7 supr.); יצר מחשׁבות ל׳ conception of thoughts of mind 1 Ch 29:18; מַשְׂכִּיּוֹת ל׳ imaginations of (their) mind ψ 73:7; מוֹרָשֵׁי ל׳ possessions (thoughts) of (my) mind Jb 17:11; שׂם לבב set the mind, consider Hg 2:15, 18(×2), c. לְ Dt 32:46, על Hg 1:5, 7. e.g. Isaiah 10:7
- d. of memory שׂם בלבב lay up in the mind 1 S 21:13 Jb 22:22; השׁיב אל ל׳ lay to heart, call to mind Dt 4:39; 30:1; 2 Ch 6:37 (= 1 K 8:47 לב?); עלה על ל׳ come upon the mind Je 51:50; Ez 38:10 (cf. לֵב 3 d); סוּר מל׳ depart from the mind Dt 4:9; שׁמר בתוך ל׳ keep in the midst of (thy) mind Pr 4:21; על ל׳ upon the mind Dt 6:6. e.g. 1 Samuel 21:13
- 4. spec. ref. to inclinations, resolutions, determinations of the will (characteristic of ל׳): הכין ל׳ set the mind, c. אֶל 1 S 7:3; 1 Ch 29:18, לְ 2 Ch 20:33 לדרשׁ 2 Ch 19:3; 30:19; Ezr 7:10; הטה ל׳ אֶל Jos 24:23 (E) 1 K 8:58; נתן ל׳ לדרשׁ 1 Ch 22:19, cf. 2 Ch 11:16; ל׳ פנה מעם mind turn away from Dt 29:17; 30:17; יֵהָפֵךְ ל׳ פ׳ Pharaoh’s mind was changed Ex 14:5 (E). e.g. 1 Samuel 7:3
- 5. spec. ref. to conscience לא יחרף לבבי my heart (conscience) shall not reproach me Jb 27:6. e.g. Job 27:6
- 6. spec. ref. to moral character (characteristic of ל׳): God tries the ל׳ 1 Ch 29:17: e.g. 1 Chronicles 29:17
- a. יֹשֶׁר ל׳ uprightness of heart Dt 9:5 1 Ch 29:17, ψ 119:7 (?); יִשְׁרֵי ל׳ 2 Ch 29:34; יִשְׁרַת ל׳ 1 K 3:6; ל׳ יָשָׁר 2 K 10:15(×3); תָּם־ל׳ integrity of heart Gn 20:5, 6 (E) 1 K 9:4 ψ 78:72; 101:2; (עִם) ל׳ שָׁלֵם heart perfect (with) 1 K 8:61; 11:4; 15:3, 14 (= 2 Ch 15:17) 2 K 20:3 (= Is 38:3 לֵב?) 1 Ch 12:39; 29:19; 2 Ch 16:9; 19:9; 25:2; בַּר־ל׳ pure in heart ψ 24:4; בָּרֵי ל׳ ψ 73:1. We may add 2 K 22:19 = 2 Ch 34:27, Ne 9:8; Je 32:40. e.g. Deuteronomy 9:5
- b. it is the seat of naughtiness 1 S 17:28 (?), erring ψ 95:10; is froward ψ 101:4. e.g. 1 Samuel 17:28
- c. seat of pride, ψ 101:5; Is 9:8; 10:12, 60:5 (?) Ez 28:5, 6(?) Dn 8:25; רָם ל׳ heart is lifted up Dt 8:14; 17:20; Ez 31:10; Dn 11:12. e.g. Psalms 101:5
- d. is circumcised Dt 10:16; 30:6; Je 4:4, or uncircumcised Lv 26:41 (H); is hardened אמּץ ל׳ Dt 2:30; 15:7; 2 Ch 36:13; כבּד ל׳ 1 S 6:6 (?); הקשׁה ל׳ ψ 95:8. e.g. Deuteronomy 10:16
- 7. = the man himself (meaning characteristic of נֶפֶשׁ) אמר בל׳ say in the heart (to oneself) Dt 7:17; 8:17; 9:4; 18:21 ψ 4:5 Is 14:3; 47:8; 49:21; Je 5:24; 13:22; Zp 1:12; 2:15; ללבב Ho 7:2 (?); דבר בל׳ ψ 15:2; ברכו בל׳ Jb 1:5; התברך בל׳ Dt 29:18 יְחִי לְבַבְכֶם let your heart (you yourselves) live ψ 22:27; 69:33 (cf. 119:175). e.g. Deuteronomy 7:17
- 8. spec. as the seat of the appetites (for which usually נֶפֶשׁ) סעד ל׳ stay the heart (with food) ψ 104:15 Ju 19:8 (?); יִיטַב לְבָבֶ֑ךָ that thine heart may be merry (with wine) Ju 19:9 (?); יַיִן יְשַׂמַּח ל׳ wine gladdens the heart ψ 104:15. e.g. Psalms 104:15
- 9. spec. of seat of the emotions and passions (for which usually נפשׁ):
- a. of joy Is 30:29; Je 15:16; Ez 36:5, gladness Dt 28:47, desire Pr 6:25 (?); דבּר על ל׳ speak into the heart (comfortably) 2 Ch 32:6 (elsewhere לֵב) e.g. Isaiah 30:29
- b. of trouble 1 K 8:38 ψ 25:17; 73:21; weakness, faintness Lv 26:36 (H) Dt 20:3, 8(×2) 2 Ch 13:7 Is 1:5; 7:4 Je 51:46, grief Dt 15:10; 1 S 1:8, sorrow ψ 13:3, fear Dt 28:67, dismay Is 21:4, astonishment Dt 28:28, anger 19:6, hate Lv 19:17 (H); ימּס ל׳ the heart melteth Dt 20:8 Jos 2:11; 5:1; 7:5 (all D) Is 13:7; 19:1; המס ל׳ Dt 1:28 (so read prob. also Jos 14:8, where לֵב error). e.g. 1 Kings 8:38
- 10. seat of courage (for which usually רוּחַ), יָעֵר כֹּחוֹ וּלְבָבוֹ stir up his power and his courage Dn 11:25; יַאֲמֵץ לְבַבְכֶם let your heart take courage ψ 31:25. e.g. Daniel 11:25
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. 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:
I. † לֵבָב251 n.m. ψ 104:15 inner man, mind, will, heart;—abs. ל׳ Dt 28:28 + 31 times; cstr. לְבַב Dt 20:8 + 22 times; sf. לְבָבִי Is 21:4 + 24 times; לְבָֽבְךָ Dt 4:29 + 35 times; לְבָבֶ֑ךָ Dt 4:39 + 21 times; לְבָבֵךְ 1 S 1:8 + 3 times; לְבָבוֹ Dt 2:30 + 37 times; לְבָבָהּ Zp 2:15 + 3 times; לְבָבֵנוּ Dt 1:28 + 3 times; לְּבַבְכֶם Dt 10:16 + 37 times; לְּבָבָם Lv 26:41 + 22 times; pl. c.sf. לִבְבֵהֶן Na 2:8 (Sta§ 353 a לְבַבְהֶן, but see Kö ii. 78); pl. לְבָבוֹת 1 Ch 28:9.—The inner, middle, or central part:
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Derived from לבב (lâbab) (H3823) — to take heart.
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.
לֵבָב
- (b. h.) = לֵב, heart; (in rabbinical homiletics) double heart, seat of two opposite inclinations (v. יֵצֶר). Ber. IX, 5 (ref. to Deut. VI, 5) בכל לְבָבְךָ בשני יצריך וכ׳ ‘with all thy heart’ means with both thy inclinations &c. (i.e. break thy evil inclination for the love of God). Gen. R. s. 48 (ref. to Gen. XVIII, 5) וסעדו לְבַבְכֶם אין וכ׳ it does not say here, ‘comfort ye your l’bab, but your leb’, which intimates that the evil inclination has no power over angels; a. e.—[Pesik. S’liḥ., p. 166ᵃ, v. next w.]—Pl. f. לְבָבוֹת. Tanḥ. Ki Thabo 1 (ref. to Deut. XXVI, 16) בשעה שאתם מתפללים … שתי ל׳ וכ׳ when you pray before the Lord, you shall not have two hearts, one for the Lord, and one for another thing (idol); ib. 2. Sot. I, 8 גנב ג׳ ל׳ (Bab. ed. p. 9ᵇ גנבות) he deceived three hearts (v. גָּנַב). B. Bath. 12ᵇ before eating and drinking man has שתי ל׳ וכ׳ two hearts (his thoughts are not clearly defined) &c. (ref. to Job XI, 12 ‘a hollow man is divided at heart’). e.g. Deuteronomy 6:5
לָבַב
- (b. h.)
- 1. to join closely; to tie.—Part. Pass. לָבוּב, pl. לְבוּבִין. Sabb. V, 2 (52ᵇ) זכרים יוצאין ל׳ wethers may be taken out (on the Sabbath) coupled; expl. ib. 53ᵇ תותרי. Ib. מאי משמע דהאי ל׳ לישנא דקרובי הוא where is the proof that this root לבב has the meaning of bringing close together? Answ. ref. to לבבתני (Cant. IV, 9) ‘thou hast chained me’; עולא אמר עור שקושרין להם כנגד לבם וכ׳ Ulla says (l’bubin refers to) the skin which is tied against their chests to protect them from the attacks of wolves; Y. ib. V, 7ᵇ bot. שהוא נותן עור וכ׳ (v. בּוּרְסִיון). e.g. Song of Solomon 4:9
- 2. (denom. of לֵב) part. pass. (עור) לָבוּב a hide showing a hole in the place corresponding to the heart.—Pl. לְבוּבִים, לְבוּבִין. Ab. Zar. II, 3 (29ᵇ) עורות ל׳ hides with holes &c. (are forbidden, because the heart has been cut out for idolatrous purposes); expl. Tosef. ib. IV (V), 7; Y. ib. II, 41ᵇ; Bab. ib. 32ᵃ
- to be tied around. Y. Sabb. X, end, 12ᵈ העושה … לִילָּבֵב he who makes a strap to be tied around (an animal’s chest &c., v. supra); Tosef. Kel. B. Bath. IV, 13 ללַבֵּב Pi.
- 1. to join, tie, v. supra.
- 2. (denom. of לֵב) to encourage; to strengthen. Tanḥ. Sh’moth 14; Ex. R. s. 2 (play on לַבַּת, Ex. III, 2) (כדי) לְלַבְּבוֹ וכ׳ in order to make him courageous when he comes to Mount Sinai &c. Gen. R. s. 77 היה … ומְלַבְּבוֹ בארי the king took his son and made him courageous by making him attack the (tamed) lion; Cant. R. to III, 6 זיווג את הארי והיה מלבבו כנגד בנו he attacked the lion and incited him against his son. Pesik. S’liḥ., p. 166ᵃ [read:] יפה כחך לַבֵּב כחך גבור improve thy strength, strengthen thy powers, valiant man! (Ar. ed. Koh. ליבב כח בגבורה, oth. ed. לבב כח בגבורה join physical strength to valor). e.g. Exodus 3:2
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Forms in the corpus
The 125 distinct written forms H3824 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.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 65 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 214 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 230 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 20:5
- Exodus 14:5
- Leviticus 19:17
- Numbers 15:39
- Deuteronomy 1:28
- Joshua 2:11
- Judges 19:8
- 1 Samuel 1:8
- 2 Samuel 7:3
- 1 Kings 2:4
- 2 Kings 10:15
- 1 Chronicles 12:17
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.
