Strong's Lexicon

H3823

H3823 — לָבַב

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewlababverbOccurrences: 5TWOT: 1071

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3823
Word:	לָבַב
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	5
Transliteration:	labab
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	law-bab'
Meaning:	1. (properly) to be enclosed (as if with fat) 2. (by implication) (as denominative from H3824) to unheart, i.e. (in a good sense) transport (with love), or (in a bad sense) stultify 3. (as denominative from H3834) to make cakes
KJV Renderings:	make cakes, ravish, be wise.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4298

I. [לבב] verb denominative

Niph`al Imperfect יִלָּבֵב get a mind; וְאִישׁ נָבוּב יִלָּבֵב וְעַיִר פֶּרֶא אָדָם יִוָּלֵד shall an empty man get a mind or a wild ass's colt be born a man (?) Job 11:12.

Pi`el encourage; Perfect לִבַּבְתִּנִי בְּאַחַד֯ מֵעֵינַיִךְ . . . . לִבַּבִתִּנִי Song 4:9 (twice in verse) thou hast encouraged me, thou hast encouraged me with one of thine eyes Ew Gi Gr RV m ( AV RV Ges Hi De Öttli (compare Song 5:6) ravished my heart, — Pi`el priv. Ges^{«GKC:52h»§ 52h}).

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II. [לבב] verb denominative

Pi`el make cakes. Imperfect תְּלַבֵּב 2Sam 13:6; 2Sam 13:8.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

לבב (lah-vav’)

Job 11:12

KJV: For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.vain: Heb. empty

EHCC: vain man would be wise,

Song of Songs 4:9

KJV: thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.ravished: or, taken away

EHCC: Thou hast ravished (marg. taken away)