Lexical Summary lebab: inner man, mind, will, heart Original Word: לֵבָבTransliteration: lebab Phonetic Spelling: (lay-bawb') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: inner man, mind, will, heart Meaning: inner man, mind, will, heart Strong's Concordance bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, faint, tenderheartedFrom labab; the heart (as the most interior organ); used also like leb -- + bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-)heart((-ed)), midst, mind, X unawares, understanding. see HEBREW labab see HEBREW leb Brown-Driver-Briggs H3824. lebab לֵבָב251 noun masculinePsalm 104:15 inner man, mind, will, heart; — absolute ׳ל Deuteronomy 28:28 31t.; construct לִבַב 20:8 22t.; suffix לְבָבִי Isaiah 21:4 24t.; לְבָֽבְךָ Deuteronomy 4:29 35t.; לְבָבֶ֑ךָ 4:39 21t.; לְבָבֵךְ 1 Samuel 1:8 3t.; לְבָבוֺ Deuteronomy 2:30 37t.; לְבָבָהּ Zephaniah 2:15 3t.; לִבָבֵנוּ Deuteronomy 1:28 3t.; לְבַבְכֶם 10:16 37t.; לְבָבָם Leviticus 26:41 22t.; plural with suffix לִבְבֵהֶן Nahum 2:8 (Sta§ 353 a reads לְבַבְהֶן, but see Köii. 78); plural לְבָבוֺת 1 Chronicles 28:9. — The inner, middle, or central part: I. seldom of things יַמִּים בִּלְבַב in the Midst of the seas Jonah 2:3 (poetry); השׁמים לבב עד unto the midst of heaven Deuteronomy 4:11 (so ⅏ but לב ᵑ0). II. usually of men: 1 the inner man in contrast with the outer, ולבבי שׁארי כלה my flesh and my heart (soul) doth fail Psalm 73:26; antithesis with garments Joel 2:13; hands Psalm 73:13; Lamentations 3:41 ?; eyes Numbers 15:39 (H) 1 Samuel 16:7; ears Ezekiel 3:10; mouth Deuteronomy 30:14; speech Psalm 28:3; 78:18; עַללִֿבְבֵהֶן מְתֹפֲפֹת tabering upon their breasts Nahum 2:7 (inner for outer). 2 the inner man, indefinite the soul, comprehending mind, affections and will, or, in connection with certain verbs, having more specific reference to some one of them. ובכלנֿפשׁ בכללֿבב with all the heart and with all the soul Deuteronomy 4:29; 6:5; 10:12; 11:13; 13:4; 26:16; 30:2, 6, 10; Joshua 22:5; 23:14; 1 Kings 2:4; 8:48 (= 2 Chronicles 6:38 לב ?) 2 Kings 23:25; 2 Chronicles 15:12; 34:31 ( = 2 Kings 23:3 לב ?) Jeremiah 32:41; abbreviated בכללֿבב 1 Samuel 7:3; 12:20, 24; 1 Kings 14:8; 2 Kings 10:31; 2 Chronicles 15:5; 22:9; 31:21; Psalm 86:12; 111:1; Jeremiah 29:13; Joel 2:12; בלבב אשׁר what is in the heart (mind) Deuteronomy 8:2; 1 Samuel 9:19; 14:7; 2 Samuel 7:3 ( = 1 Chronicles 17:2) 2 Kings 10:30; 2 Chronicles 32:31; compare Job 10:13; Psalm 84:6 (?); לבב עם with the heart (mind), with ידע Deuteronomy 8:5, שִׂיחַ Psalm 77:7, usually with היה, of a thought or purpose, Deuteronomy 15:9; Joshua 14:7; 1 Kings 8:17-18, (twice in verse) ( = 2 Chronicles 6:7-8, (twice in verse)) 10:2 ( = 9:1) 1 Chronicles 22:7; 28:2; 2 Chronicles 1:11; 29:10 (compare 24:4 לב); כלבב according to the heart 1 Samuel 13:14; 14:7; Psalm 20:7. We may add Deuteronomy 5:26; 11:16, 18; 17:17; 1 Samuel 2:35; 2 Samuel 19:15; 1 Kings 8:39 (twice in verse) ( = 2 Chronicles 6:30 (twice in verse)) 11:2-3, (לב an error) 11:4; 11:9; 1 Chronicles 12:17; 22:19; 28:9; Psalm 62:9; 86:11; 139:23; Isaiah 7:2; Daniel 11:27-28,. 3 specific reference to mind (characteristic of לבב): a. לֵבָב אַנְשֵׁי men of mind Job 34:10, 34; לבב לי גם I also have a mind 12:3; בִּל ׳הוֺלֵלוֺת madness is in (their) mind Ecclesiastes 9:3 (?); ,לְבָבִי וַתִּגְנֹב and thou didst steal my mind Genesis 31:26 (E, the לֵב of 31:20 should be corrected to לבב compare 'steal me' 31:27). b. knowledge, with ידע Deuteronomy 8:5; 23:14; 1 Kings 2:44; הבין Isaiah 6:10; 32:4; לֵבָב חֲכַם wise of mind Job 9:4; חָכְמָה לְבַב mind of wisdom Psalm 90:12. c. thinking, reflection, with חשׁב Isaiah 10:7; Zechariah 7:10; 8:17; (שׂיּח Psalm 77:7 above); ל מחשׁבות ׳יצר conception of thoughts of mind 1 Chronicles 29:18; ל ׳מַשְׂכִּיּוֺת imaginations of (their) mind Psalm 73:7; ל ׳מוֺרָשֵׁי possessions (thoughts) of (my) mind Job 17:11; לבב שׂם set the mind, consider Haggai 2:15, 18 (twice in verse), with לְ Deuteronomy 32:46, על Haggai 1:5, 7. d. of memeory בלבב שׂם lay up in the mind 1 Samuel 21:13; Job 22:22; ל אל ׳השׁיב lay to heart, call to mind Deuteronomy 4:39; 30:1; 2 Chronicles 6:37 ( = 1 Kings 8:47 לב ?); ל על ׳עלה come upon the mind Jeremiah 51:50; Ezekiel 38:10 (compare לֵב 3d); מל ׳סוּר depart from the mind Deuteronomy 4:9; ל בתוך ׳שׁמר keep in the midst of (thy) mind Proverbs 4:21; ל ׳על upon the mind Deuteronomy 6:6. 4 specific reference to inclinations, resolutions determinations of the will (characteristic of ׳ל): ל ׳הכין set the mind, with אֶל 1 Samuel 7:3; 1 Chronicles 29:18, לְ2 Chronicles 20:33 לדרשׁ19:3; 30:19; Ezra 7:10; ל אֶל׳הטה Joshua 24:23 (E) 1 Kings 8:58; ל ׳נתן לדרשׁ 1 Chronicles 22:19, compare 2 Chronicles 11:16; ׳ל מעם פנה mind turn away from Deuteronomy 29:17; 30:17; ל ׳יֵהָפֵךְ ׳פ Pharaoh's mind was changed Exodus 14:5 (E). 5 specific reference to conscience לבבי יחרף לא my heart (conscience) shall not reproach me Job 27:6. 6 specific reference to moral character (characteristic of ׳ל): God tries the ׳ל 1 Chronicles 29:17: a. ל ׳ישֶׁר uprightness of heart Deuteronomy 9:5; 1 Chronicles 29:17; Psalm 119:7 (?); ל ׳יִשְׁרֵי2 Chronicles 29:34; ל ׳יִשְׁרַת 1 Kings 3:6; ׳ל יָשָׁר 2 Kings 10:15 (3 t. in verse); ׳תָּסלֿ integrity of heart Genesis 20:5-6, (E) 1 Kings 9:4; Psalm 78:72; 101:2; ׳ל (עִםׅ שָׁלֵם heart perfect (with) 1 Kings 8:61; 11:4; 15:3, 14 (= 2 Chronicles 15:17) 2 Kings 20:3 (= Isaiah 38:3 לֵב ?) 1 Chronicles 12:39; 29:19; 2 Chronicles 16:9; 19:9; 25:2; ׳בַּרלֿ pure in heart Psalm 24:4; ל ׳בָּרֵי 73:1. We may add 2 Kings 22:19 2 Chronicles 34:27; Nehemiah 9:8; Jeremiah 32:40. b. it is the seat of naughtiness 1 Samuel 17:28 (?), erring Psalm 95:10; is forward 101:4. c. seat of pride, Psalm 101:5; Isaiah 9:8; 10:12; 60:5 (?) Ezekiel 28:5-6, (?) Daniel 8:25; ל ׳רָם heart is lifted up Deuteronomy 8:14; 17:20; Ezekiel 31:10; Daniel 11:12. d. is circumcised Deuteronomy 10:16; 30:6; Jeremiah 4:4, or uncircumcised Leviticus 26:41 (H); is hardened ל ׳אמּץ Deuteronomy 2:30; 15:7; 2 Chronicles 36:13; ל ׳כבּד 1 Samuel 6:6 (?); ל ׳הקשׁה Psalm 95:8. 7 = the man himself (meaning characteristic of נֶפֶשׁ) בל ׳אמר say in the heart (to oneself) Deuteronomy 7:17; 8:17; 9:4; 18:21; Psalm 4:5; Isaiah 14:3; 47:8; 49:21; Jeremiah 5:24; 13:22; Zephaniah 1:12; 2:15; ללבב Hosea 7:2 (?); בל ׳דבר Psalm 15:2; בל ׳ברכו Job 1:5; בל ׳התברך Deuteronomy 29:18; לְבַבְכֶם יְחִי let your heart (you yourselves) live Psalm 22:27; 69:33 (compare 119:175). 8 specifically as the seat of the appetites (for which usually נֶפֶשׁ) ל ׳סעד stay the heart (with food) Psalm 104:15; Judges 19:8 (?); לְבָבֶ֑ךָ יִיטַב that thine heart may be merry (with wine) 19:9 (?); ל ׳יְשַׂמַּח יַיִן wine gladdens the heart Psalm 104:15. 9 specifically of seat of the emotions and passions (for which usually נפשׁ): a. of joy Isaiah 30:29; Jeremiah 15:16; Ezekiel 36:5, gladness Deuteronomy 28:47, desire Proverbs 6:25 (?); ל ׳על דבּר speak into the heart (comfortably) 2 Chronicles 32:6 (elsewhere לֵב). b. of trouble 1 Kings 8:38; Psalm 25:17; 73:21; weakness, faintness Leviticus 26:36 (H) Deuteronomy 20:3, 18; 2 Chronicles 13:7; Isaiah 1:5; 7:4; Jeremiah 51:46, grief Deuteronomy 15:10; 1 Samuel 1:8 sorrow Psalm 13:3, fear Deuteronomy 28:67, dismay Isaiah 21:4, astonishment Deuteronomy 28:28, anger 19:6, hate Leviticus 19:16 (H); ל ׳ימּס the heart melteth Deuteronomy 20:8; Joshua 2:11; 5:1; 7:5 (all D) Isaiah 13:7; 19:1; ל ׳המס Deuteronomy 1:28 (so read probably also Joshua 14:8, where לֵב error). 10 seat of courage (for which usually רוּחַ), וּלְבָבוֺ כֹּחוֺ יָעֵר stir up his power and his courage Daniel 11:25; לְבַבְכֶם יַאֲמֵץ let your heart take courage Psalm 31:25. לְבַב noun masculineDaniel 4:13 heart (see Biblical Hebrew; so Egyptian Aramaic S-CB 12+); — construct ׳ל 4:13; 7:4; suffix לִבְבָח 2:30; 5:22, בֵהּ- 4:13; 5:20-21,. |