Strong's Lexicon

H3867

H3867 — לָוָה

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

HebrewlavahverbOccurrences: 26TWOT: 1087

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3867
Word:	לָוָה
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	26
Transliteration:	lavah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	law-vaw'
Meaning:	1. (properly) to twine 2. (by implication) to unite, to remain 3. also to borrow (as a form of obligation) or (caus.) to lend
KJV Renderings:	abide with, borrow(-er), cleave, join (self), lend(-er).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4351

I. [לָוָה] join (intransitive), be joined (Late Hebrew Pi`el לִוָּה (ליוה) transitive, Hithpa`el intransitive; Aramaic לַוִּי accompany; so [untranscribed source text 2773] Ba^{ES 12} compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 2774] be near); —

Qal (late) Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix יִלְוֶנּוּ EC Gen 8:13, be joined to, attend (of mirth).

Niph`al נִלְוָה Ps 83:9; Isa 14:1 3 masculine plural consecutive וְנִלְווּ Num 18:4 + 2 t., + Jer 50:5 ( Ges^Lbg. Bö Kö^{i. 588} Gf Gie; > Imperative Ki Ew^{§ 226c} Ol^{§ 264}); Imperfect יִלָּוֶה Gen 29:34 יִלָּווּ Num 18:2 Participle נִלְוָה Isa 56:3 (pointed as Perfect, read probably נִלְוֶה); plural נִלְוִים Esth 9:27; Isa 56:6 — join oneself or be joined unto, followed by עַל Num 18:2; Num 18:4 ( מַטֵּה לֵנִי to Aaron, by word-play), Isa 14:1 (strangers to Israel), Dan 11:34 (flatterers to the people), compare Esth 9:27; Isa 56:6 (to ׳ י followed by אֶלֿ Isa 56:3 (to ׳ י), Zech 2:15 (to ׳ י), Jer 50:5 (to ׳ י), Gen 29:34 ( J ; husband to wife); followed byעִם Ps 83:9 (Asshur with enemies of Israel)

BDB4352

II. [לָוָה] verb borrow (Late Hebrew id.; compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 2775] delay payment of debt (compare Ba^{ES 12} ); —

Qal Perfect 1 plural לָוִ֫ינוּ Neh 5:4 Imperfect 2 masculine singular תִּלְוֶה Deut 28:12 Participle לֹוֶה Prov 22:7 + 2 t.; — borrow, עֶבֶד לוֶֹה לְאִישׁ מַלְוֶה Prov 22:7 a borrower is slave to a man who lends; absolute Deut 28:12; Isa 24:2; Ps 37:21 followed by כֶּסֶף Neh 5:4.

Hiph`il Perfect 2 masculine singular consecutive וְהִלְוִיתָה Deut 28:12 Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix יַלְוְךָ Deut 28:44 2 masculine singularתַּלְוֶה Exod 22:24 suffix תַּלְוֶנּוּ Deut 28:44 Participle מַלְוֶה Ps 37:26 + 3 t., construct מַלְוֵה Prov 19:17 — cause to borrow, i.e. lend to, with accusative of person + of thing Exod 22:24 ( E ); with accusative of person Deut 28:12; Deut 28:44 (twice in verse); absolute Ps 37:26; Ps 112:5 אִישׁ מַלְוֶה Prov 22:77 (see Qal above); as substantive Isa 24:2 ׳ מַלְוֵה י Prov 19:17 a lender to ׳ י is one shewing favour to the poor.

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

לוה (lah-vah’)

Nehemiah 5:4

KJV: There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.

EHCC: We have borrowed money

Deuteronomy 28:12

KJV: The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

EHCC: thou shalf not borrow.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

KJV: Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

EHCC: that shall abide with him

Psalms 87:21

EHCC: The wicked borroweth, ,

Isaiah 24:2

KJV: And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.priest: or, prince

EHCC: 80 with the borrower: |

Isaiah 1:14

KJV: Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

EHCC: Lend the strangers shall be joined

Isaiah 56:3

KJV: Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

EHCC: the stranger, that hath joined himself to

Jeremiah 50:5

KJV: They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.

EHCC: and let uz join ourselves to the Lord

Zechariah 2:11

KJV: And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee.

EHCC: (15 ). And many nations shall be joined to the

Numbers 18:2

KJV: And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.

EHCC: that they may be joined unto thee,

Deuteronomy 28:12

EHCC: and thow shalt lend unto many nations,

Exodus 22:25

KJV: If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

EHCC: (24). If thou lend money

Psalms 37:26

KJV: He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.ever: Heb. all the day

EHCC: (He is) ever merciful, and lendeth ;

Proverbs 19:17

KJV: He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.that which…: or, his deed

EHCC: pity upon the poor /eadeth unto the Lord ;

Proverbs 22:7

KJV: The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.the lender: Heb. the man that lendeth

EHCC: the borrower (is) servant to the lender.