לֵבָב
lêbâb · lay-bawb'
the heart (as the most interior organ);
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3823 (לָבַב); used also like H3820 (לֵב)
the heart (as the most interior organ);
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-) heart(-ed), midst, mind, [idiom] unawares, understanding.
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 לֵבָב 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
252 occurrences · 252 OT · 0 NT · 125 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- heart17 · 14%
- in thine heart12 · 10%
- his heart7 · 6%
- of heart7 · 6%
- thine heart6 · 5%
- your heart6 · 5%
- my heart5 · 4%
- the heart4 · 3%
- of my heart4 · 3%
- and his heart4 · 3%
- of thine heart4 · 3%
- with all thine heart4 · 3%
- and the heart4 · 3%
- with all his heart4 · 3%
- in heart3 · 3%
- in their heart3 · 3%
- whose heart3 · 3%
- with all their heart3 · 3%
- all that is in thine heart3 · 3%
- your hearts3 · 3%
- with all your heart3 · 3%
- consider3 · 3%
- of your heart2 · 2%
- our heart2 · 2%
- hearts2 · 2%
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.