H3820. leb

לֵב‎₅₉₉ noun masculine Proverbs 23:15 ( feminine 12:25, from influence of נֶפֶשׁ‎ see De Now) inner man, mind will, heart, absolute and construct לֵב‎ Genesis 8:21 239t.; לֶבֿ‎ Exodus 15:8 15t.; suffix לִבִּי‎ Genesis 24:45 102t.; לִבְּךָ‎ Exodus 9:14 28t.; לִבֶּ֑ךָ‎ Judges 19:6 25t.; לִבֵּךְ‎ Isaiah 47:7 7t.; לִבּוֺ‎ Genesis 6:5 93t.; לִבָּהּ‎ Judges 19:3 7t.; בֵּנוּ לִ‎ Isaiah 41:22 5t.; לִבְּכֶם‎ Genesis 8:5 2t.; לִבָּם‎ 42:28 56t.; לִבָּן‎ Exodus 35:26; לִבְּהֶן‎ Ezekiel 13:17 plural לִבּוֺת‎ Psalm 7:10; Proverbs 15:11 3t. Proverbs; suffix לִבֹּתָם‎ Isaiah 44:18; לִבּוֺתָם‎ Psalm 125:4. — inner part midst:

I. seldom of things, בְּלֶביָֿם‎ in the midst of the sea Exodus 15:8; Proverbs 23:34; 30:19; יַמִּים בְּלֵב‎ Psalm 46:3; Ezekiel 27:4, 25, 26, 27; 28:2, 8 האלה בלב‎ 2 Samuel 18:14; אֹיְבֵי בְּלֵב‎ in the midst of the enemies of Psalm 45:2 (see Br^{MP on the passage}; AV RV and others in the heart of).

II. elsewhere of men:

1 the inner man in contrast with outer ירננו ובשׂרי לבי‎ my heart and my flesh cry out Psalm 84:3; "" מעים‎ 22:15; Jeremiah 4:19, the inner for outer מעים‎ 49:22; as within the breast לב על‎ Exodus 28:3, 29, 30 (twice in verse) (P); מלב‎ 2 Kings 9:24; בלב‎ Psalm 37:15; 2 Samuel 18:14; לִבָּם סְגוֺד‎ Hosea 13:8; antithesis with בָּשָׂר‎ Proverbs 14:30; Ecclesiastes 2:3; head Isaiah 1:5, face Ezekiel 14:3-4, 7; arm Song of Solomon 8:6; hands Ezekiel 22:14; bones Psalm 102:5; eyes 1 Kings 9:3 (= 2 Chronicles 7:16) Jeremiah 22:17; ear Proverbs 22:17; 23:12; mouth Psalm 55:22; lips Isaiah 29:13; עֵר וְלִבִּי יְשֵׁינָה אֲנִי‎ I slept but my heart waked Song of Solomon 5:2.

2 the inner man, indefinite, soul, comprehending mind, affections and will, with occasional emphasis of one or the other by means of certain verbs: לב בכל‎ 1 Kings 8:23 (= 2 Chronicles 6:14) Psalm 9:2; 119:2; 119:10; 119:34; 119:58; 119:69; 119:145; 138:1; Proverbs 3:5; Jeremiah 3:10; 24:7; לב עם‎2 Chronicles 24:4 (see לבב‎

2); כלב‎ 2 Samuel 7:21 (= 1 Chronicles 17:19) Jeremiah 3:15; לֵב תַּעֲלֻמוֺת‎ secrets of the heart Psalm 44:22; חֵקֶר אֵין מְלָכִים לֵב‎ the heart of kings is unsearchable Proverbs 25:4; לִבָּם יַחַד הַיֹּצֵר‎ Psalm 33:15 etc.

3 specific reference to mind:

a. מִלֵּב‎ of one's own mind Numbers 16:28; 24:13 (JE) 1 Kings 12:33; Nehemiah 6:8; Ezekiel 13:2, 17; לֵב חֲסַר‎ destitute of mind Proverbs 6:32; 7:7; 9:4, 16; 10:13, 21; 11:12; 12:11; 15:21; 17:18; 24:30; חָסֵר לִבּוֺ‎ Ecclesiastes 10:3; לֵב אֵין‎ Jeremiah 5:21; Hosea 7:11; אין לב‎ Proverbs 17:16; לב קנה‎ get a mind 15:32; 19:8; לב כֹּחַ‎ power of mind Job 36:5; לב רֹחַב‎ breadth of mind 1 Kings 5:9, לב גנב‎ 2 Samuel 15:6; Genesis 31:20 (E? see לבב‎ 3a).

b. knowledge, with ידע‎ Deuteronomy 29:3; Proverbs 14:10; 22:17; Ecclesiastes 1:17; 7:22, 25; 8:5, 16; Jeremiah 24:7; ראה‎ Psalm 66:18; Ecclesiastes 1:16; לב חָכַם‎ mind is wise Proverbs 23:15; חָכָם לֵב‎ wise mind 1 Kings 3:12; Proverbs 16:23; Ecclesiastes 8:5; לֵב חֲכַם‎ Exodus 31:6; 35:10; 36:1-2, 8 (P) Proverbs 10:8; 11:29; 16:21; לֵב חַכְמֵי‎ Exodus 28:3 (P) Job 37:24; לב חכמת‎ Exodus 35:25, 35 (P); חכמים לב‎ Ecclesiastes 7:4; 10:2; כסילים לב‎ Proverbs 12:23; 15:7; Ecclesiastes 7:4; 10:2; with חכמה‎ Exodus 36:2 (P) 1 Kings 10:24 (= 2 Chronicles 9:23) Proverbs 2:10; 17:16; Ecclesiastes 2:3; נָבוֺן לֵב‎ intelligent mind Proverbs 14:33; 15:14; 18:15; with הבין‎ 8:5; תְּבוּנָה‎ 2:2; שָׂ֑כֶל‎ Job 17:4 etc.

c. thinking, reflection, with חשׁב‎ Psalm 140:3; Proverbs 16:9; מחשׁבות‎ Genesis 6:5 (J) Psalm 33:11; Proverbs 6:18; 19:21 compare Genesis 8:21 (J); הגה‎ muse, study Proverbs 15:28; 24:2; Isaiah 33:18; 59:13; הגיון‎ Psalm 19:15; הָגוּת‎ Psalm 49:4; לב שׂם‎ set the mind, consider Isaiah 41:22; Ezekiel 44:5, with לְ‎ 1 Samuel 9:20; 2 Samuel 13:20; Ezekiel 40:4; 44:5; אֶל‎ Exodus 9:21 (J) 1 Samuel 24:25; 2 Samuel 18:3 (twice in verse); Job 2:3; 34:14; עַל‎ 1:8; לב שׁת‎ Psalm 62:10; Proverbs 22:17; 24:32, with לְ‎ Exodus 7:23 (JE) 1 Samuel 4:20; Psalm 48:14; Proverbs 27:23; Jeremiah 31:21, אֶל‎ Job 7:17.

d. memory לב אל השׁיב‎ call to mind Isaiah 44:19; Lamentations 3:21; לב על‎ Isaiah 46:8; לב על עלה‎ come into mind (occur to one) 65:17; Jeremiah 3:16; 7:31; 19:5; 32:35 (compare Acts 7:23), so לב על בא‎2 Chronicles 7:11; לב על שׂם‎ lay to heart Isaiah 42:25; 47:7; 57:1, 11; Jeremiah 12:11; Malachi 2:2 (twice in verse); Daniel 1:8; לב אל‎ 2 Samuel 13:33; 19:20 לב על כתב‎ Jeremiah 31:33; לב על קשׁר‎ Proverbs 6:21; לֵב לוּחַ‎ tablet of the memory 3:3; 7:3; Jeremiah 17:1; מִלֵּב כְּמֵת נִשְׁכַּחְתִּי‎ I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind Psalm 31:13.

4 specific reference to inclinations, resolutions and determinations of the will; לב הכין‎ set the mind2 Chronicles 12:14; Psalm 10:17; 78:8; Job 11:13; לב נכון‎ Psalm 57:8 (twice in verse) ( = 108:2) 78:37; 112:7; לְ לב נתן‎ Ecclesiastes 1:13, 17; 7:21; 8:9, 16; Proverbs 23:26; Daniel 10:12; לב אל נתן‎ Ecclesiastes 7:2; 9:1; Nehemiah 2:12; 7:5 (the 'heart' here not being the subject's), בלב‎ Exodus 35:34 (P) Ezra 7:27; Ecclesiastes 3:11; לִבּוֺ אֲשֶׁרנְֿשָׂאוֺ‎ whose heart stirred him up Exodus 35:21; 36:2; compare 35:26 (all P); לֵב נְדִיב‎ willing of mind 35:5, 22 (P) 2 Chronicles 29:31 compare Exodus 25:2; 35:29 (P); אחריּ לב נטה‎ inclined to follow Judges 9:3; Psalm 119:112; לב הטה‎ 1 Kings 11:3; Psalm 119:36; 141:4 compare 2 Samuel 15:13: — חִקְקֵילֵֿב גְּדֹלִים‎ great resolves of heart Judges 5:15 etc.

5 specific reference to conscience, אֹתוֺ דָּוִד לֵב וַיַּךְ‎ and David's heart (conscience) smote him 1 Samuel 24:6; לֵב מִכְשׁוֺל‎ offence of conscience 25:31.

6 specific reference to moral character, God tries the heart Psalm 17:3; Jeremiah 12:3; sees the heart and reins 20:12, tries them Psalm 7:10; Jeremiah 11:20, refines them Psalm 26:2; searches the heart and tries the reins Jeremiah 17:10.

a. ישֶׁרלִֿבִּי‎ Job 33:3; לֵב יִשְׁרֵי‎ Psalm 7:11; 11:2; 32:11; 36:11; Psalm 64:11 (all with דָּוִד‎ in title), 94:15; 97:11; שָׁלֵם לֵב‎ 1 Chronicles 28:9; 29:9; Isaiah 38:3 (all originally לבב‎, see לבב‎ 6a); נִשְׁבְּרֵילֵֿב‎ broken of heart Psalm 34:19; Isaiah 61:1; לֵבנִֿשְׁבָּר‎ Psalm 51:19; לֵב שְׁבוּרֵי‎ 147:3; נִדְכָּאִים לֵב‎ Isaiah 57:15; טָהוֺר לֵב‎ clean heart Psalm 51:12; חָדָשׁ לֵב‎ new heart Ezekiel 18:21; 36:26 (probably also 11:19 for אֶחָד‎ see Co) etc.

b. רָע לֵב‎ evil heart Proverbs 26:23; חַנְפֵילֵֿב‎ godless in heart Job 36:13; לב עקּשׁ(י)‎ perverse in heart Proverbs 11:20; 17:20; לִבָּם תַּרְמִת‎ deceit of their heart Jeremiah 14:14; 23:26; ולב בלב‎ with a double heart Psalm 12:3 etc.

c. seat of pride Proverbs 21:4; Jeremiah 48:29; 49:16; Hosea 13:6; Obadiah 3 גְּבַהּלֵֿב‎ Proverbs 16:5; לב גֹּבַהּ‎2 Chronicles 32:26; לֵב גָּבַהּ‎26:16; 32:25; Psalm 131:1; Proverbs 18:12; Ezekiel 28:2, 17.

d. the heart is uncircumcised Jeremiah 9:25; Ezekiel 44:7 (twice in verse); 44:9 and hardened: לב חזּק‎ Exodus 4:21; 10:20, 27 (E), 9:12; 11:10; 14:4, 8, 17 (P), Joshua 11:20 (D² ?); לֵב יֶחֱזַק‎ Exodus 7:13, 22; 8:15; 9:35 (P); חִזְקֵילֵֿב‎ Ezekiel 2:4; לב הקשׁה‎ Exodus 7:3 (P) Proverbs 28:14; קְשֵׁילֵֿב‎ Ezekiel 3:7; לב הכביד‎ Exodus 8:11; 8:28; 9:34; 10:1 (J); לב כָּבֵד‎ 7:14; 9:7 (J); לב כּכּד‎ 1 Samuel 6:6; הַזֶה לֵבהָֿעָם הַשְׁמֵן‎ make the heart of this people fat Isaiah 6:10 (?); לֵב שְׁרִ(י)רוּת‎ Deuteronomy 29:18; Psalm 81:13 after Jeremiah 3:17; 7:24; 9:13; 11:8; 13:10; 16:12; 18:12; 23:17; האבן לב‎ the heart of stone Ezekiel 11:19; 36:26 etc.

7 for the man himself, בלב אמר‎ Genesis 17:17 (P), 27:41 (JE), 1 Kings 12:26; Esther 6:6; Psalm 10:6; 10:11; 10:13; 14:1 ( = 53:2) 35:25; 74:8; Ecclesiastes 2:1, 15; 3:17-18, Isaiah 47:10; Obadiah 3; Zechariah 12:5; אֶללֿב‎ Genesis 8:21 (J) 1 Samuel 27:1; בלב דבּר‎ Ecclesiastes 2:15; אֶללֿב‎ Genesis 24:45 (J); לב עַל‎ 1 Samuel 1:13 (?); לב עִם‎ Ecclesiastes 1:16; לִבִּי בְּקֶרֶב לָרָשָׁע נְאֻםמֶּֿשַׁע‎ Psalm 36:2.

8 as seat of appetites, לב סְעַד‎ stay the heart (with bread) Genesis 18:5 (J) Judges 19:5.

9 as seat of the emotions and passions:

a. of joy and gladness, in various combinations of טוב‎, Judges 16:25; 18:20; 19:6, 22; Ruth 3:7; 1 Samuel 25:36; 2 Samuel 13:28; 1 Kings 8:66 ( = 2 Chronicles 7:10) 21:7; Esther 1:10; 5:9; Proverbs 15:15; Ecclesiastes 7:3; 9:7; 11:9; Isaiah 65:14; various combinations of שׂמח‎, Exodus 4:14 (J) 1 Chronicles 16:10 ( = Psalm 105:3) 4:8; 16:9; 19:9; 33:21; Proverbs 15:13, 30; 17:22; 27:9, 11; Ecclesiastes 2:10 (twice in verse); 5:19; Song of Solomon 3:11; Isaiah 24:7; Zechariah 10:7; שׂישׂ‎ Psalm 119:111; Isaiah 66:14; Lamentations 5:15; עלץ‎ 1 Samuel 2:1; עלז‎ Psalm 28:7; Zephaniah 3:14; רנן‎ Job 29:13; גיל‎ Psalm 13:6; Psalm 24:17; Zechariah 10:7; of desire, Psalm 21:3; 37:4; לֵב עַל דבּר‎ speak unto the heart (kindly) Genesis 34:3; 50:21 (JE) Judges 19:3; 2 Samuel 19:8; 2 Chronicles 30:22; Isaiah 40:2; Hosea 2:16; Ruth 2:13.

b. of trouble 2 Kings 6:11; Isaiah 65:14, sorrow Nehemiah 2:2; Proverbs 14:3, pain Psalm 55:5. vexation Ecclesiastes 11:10, trembling Deuteronomy 28:65 (?) 1 Samuel 28:3, faintness Lamentations 5:17; it is wounded Psalm 109:22 dies within one out of fear 1 Samuel 25:37 etc.; נמס לב‎ the heart melteth (in fear) 2 Samuel 17:10; Psalm 22:15; Ezekiel 21:12; Nahum 2:11.

10 seat of courage: לִבֶּ֑ךָ יַאֲמֵץ‎ let thine heart take courage Psalm 27:14; לִבּוֺ אַמִּיץ‎ Amos 2:16; לֵב אַבִּירֵי‎ stout-hearted Psalm 76:6; Isaiah 46:12; כְּמוֺאֶֿבֶן יָצוּק לִבּוֺ‎ his heart as firm as a stone Job 41:16; הָאַרְיֵה כְּלֵב לִבוֺ‎ his heart as the heart of the lion 2 Samuel 17:10.

[לֵב‎] noun [masculine] id. (Biblical Hebrew id.; so ᵑ7‎ Syriac; Egyptian Aramaic, Lzb³⁰¹ = Cooke^{76A 6}); — suffix לִבִּי‎ Daniel 7:28.