לָוָה
lāwâ
borrow
Strong's H3867VerbHebrewTWOT 1087

לָוָה (lāwâ) is a Hebrew verb meaning borrow. It appears 26 times in 13 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3867).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1087)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1087)join; be joined to, attend; join oneself; twine, unite, remain, borrow, lend; abide with, borrower, cleave, lender
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

לָוָה: join, be joined

Strong's H3867 לָוָה: properly, to twine, i.e. (by implication) to unite, to remain; also to borrow (as a form of obligation) or (caus.) to lend
KJV:abide with, borrow(-er), cleave, join (self), lend(-er).

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.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 29:34Numbers 18:2Nehemiah 5:4

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