לֵבָב levav

Hebrew word for “heart” · Strong’s H3824 · used 252 times in 230 verses

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Meaning

1) inner man, mind, will, heart, soul, understanding;

How it is translated

Glosses given for levav in context, with how often each is used:

• heart 241
• own heart 3
• like the heart 2
• hearts 2
• like heart 1
• those who heart 1
• one who heart 1
• which the heart 1

Where it is used

Also in 19 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Kings 8 (7), Deuteronomy 30 (6), Psalms 73 (5), Deuteronomy 8 (4), 2 Chronicles 6 (4), Daniel 11 (4), Deuteronomy 4 (3), Deuteronomy 11 (3), Deuteronomy 15 (3), Deuteronomy 28 (3)

Forms

• לבב 43
• לבבך 40
• לבבכם 35
• לבבו 26
• לבבי 21
• בלבבך 17
• לבבם 14
• בלבבם 9
• בלבבו 5
• לבבנו 4

Words used with it

Words that share verses with levav more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• עִם im “with” 34
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 27
• שָׁמַר shamar “to keep” 23
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 29
• שָׁלֵם shalem “complete” 12
• יָדַע yada “to know” 23
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 22
• דָּבָר davar “word” 23
• סוּר sur “to turn aside” 15
• דָּרַשׁ darash “to seek” 13
• אָב av “father” 21
• מִצְוָה mitsvah “commandment” 13

Key verses

The verses using levav that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 4:9 — Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the…
• Deuteronomy 8:2 — And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in…
• Deuteronomy 10:12 — And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy…
• 1 Samuel 16:7 — But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth;…
• 2 Kings 20:3 — I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And…
• 1 Chronicles 28:9 — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and…
• 1 Chronicles 29:17 — I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all…
• 2 Chronicles 16:9 — For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou…
• Isaiah 1:5 — Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
• Isaiah 10:12 — Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart…
• Isaiah 19:1 — The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the…
• Joel 2:13 — And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.