לֵבָב
lēbāb
inner man
Strong's H3824NounHebrewTWOT 1071a

לֵבָב (lēbāb) is a Hebrew noun meaning inner man. It appears 252 times in 31 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3824).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1071a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1071a)inner man, mind, will, heart; in the midst of the sea; soul, inclinations, resolutions, determinations of the will, conscience, the man himself, seat of appetites, seat of emotions and passions, seat of courage; moral character…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

לֵב noun, masculine: inner man, mind, will, heart

לֵב קָמָי

probably late Atbash.

לֵבָב noun, masculine: inner man, mind, will, heart

Strong's H3820 לֵב: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV:care for, comfortably, consent, × considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), × heed, × I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), × regard(-ed), × themselves, × unawares, understanding, × well, willingly, wisdom.

Strong's H3824 לֵבָב: the heart (as the most interior organ)
KJV:bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-) heart(-ed), midst, mind, × unawares, understanding.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1071: לָבַב lābab — get a mind; encourage; be enclosed, fat, unheart, transport, stultify, make cakes; ravish, be wise

See it in Scripture

Genesis 20:5Leviticus 19:17Numbers 15:39

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