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: (Aramaic) corresponding to H3820 (לֵב)
{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: heart.
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
1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in my heart1 · 100%
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.