לָבַב
lâbab · law-bab'
(in a good sense) transport (with love), or (in a bad sense) stultify; to make cakes
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; properly, to be enclosed (as if with fat); by implication (as denominative from H3824 (לֵבָב)); to unheart; also as denominative from H3834 (לָבִיבָה) i.e.
(in a good sense) transport (with love), or (in a bad sense) stultify; to make cakes
- (in a good sense) transport (with love), or (in a bad sense) stultify
- to make cakes
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: make cakes, ravish, be wise.
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
- 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 › the house, what is within
Authority, the one who leads of the house, what is within of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לָבַב 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thou hast ravished my heart2 · 40%
- and make1 · 20%
- it, and made cakes1 · 20%
- would be wise1 · 20%
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.