לֵב
lêb · labe
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Lexicon
Derivation: a form of H3824 (לֵבָב);
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
- the heart
- also, used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect
- likewise for the centre of anything
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom] themselves, [idiom] unawares, understanding, [idiom] well, willingly, wisdom.
Letters
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
authority, the one who leads › the house, what is within
Authority, the one who leads of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לֵב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
595 occurrences · 595 OT · 0 NT · 179 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- heart75 · 23%
- my heart29 · 9%
- the heart26 · 8%
- in his heart22 · 7%
- thine heart17 · 5%
- his heart17 · 5%
- in heart16 · 5%
- of heart14 · 4%
- their heart11 · 3%
- of his heart10 · 3%
- and the heart9 · 3%
- mine heart9 · 3%
- in the heart8 · 2%
- hearted7 · 2%
- in mine heart6 · 2%
- in the midst6 · 2%
- of thine heart6 · 2%
- with my whole heart6 · 2%
- and his heart5 · 2%
- of understanding5 · 2%
- of my heart5 · 2%
- and my heart5 · 2%
- in my heart5 · 2%
- their hearts4 · 1%
- the hearts4 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.