לֵב

levheart
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine595 occurrences33 books551 verses
This word comes from the name of Chaldea.

Definition

a form of H3824; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Traditional renderings: 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.

Glossary entries

Chaldea, Chaldeans

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

595 total
  1. 1 Samuel 27:1לִבּ֔וֹ · himself
    David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
  2. 1 Samuel 28:5לִבּ֖וֹ · he
    When Saul saw the Philistine army, he was afraid and trembled violently.
  3. 2 Samuel 6:16בְּלִבָּֽהּ׃ · in her heart
    As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
  4. 2 Samuel 7:21וּֽכְלִבְּךָ֔ · and according to Your own heart
    For the sake of Your word and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed it to Your servant.
  5. 2 Samuel 7:27לִבּ֔וֹ · the courage
    For You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You.
  6. 2 Samuel 13:20לִבֵּ֖ךְ · to heart
    Her brother Absalom said to her, “Has your brother Amnon been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister. He is your brother. Do not take this thing to heart.” So Tamar lived as a desolate woman in the house of her brother Absalom.
  7. 2 Samuel 13:28לֵב־ · his heart
    Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”
  8. 2 Samuel 13:33לִבּוֹ֙ · heart
    So now, my lord the king, do not take to heart the report that all the sons of the king are dead. Only Amnon is dead.”
  9. 2 Samuel 14:1לֵ֥ב · heart
    Now Joab son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart longed for Absalom.
  10. 2 Samuel 15:6לֵ֖ב · the hearts
    Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
  11. 2 Samuel 15:13לֶב־ · The hearts
    Then a messenger came to David and reported, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”
  12. 2 Samuel 17:10 (2×)לִבּ֛וֹ · with the heart; כְּלֵ֥ב
    Then even the most valiant soldier with the heart of a lion will melt with fear, because all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man who has valiant men with him.
  13. 2 Samuel 18:3 (2×)לֵ֗ב; לֵ֔ב
    But the people pleaded, “You must not go out! For if we have to flee, they will not care about us. Even if half of us die, they will not care. But you are worth ten thousand of us. It is better now if you support us from the city.”
  14. 2 Samuel 18:14 (2×)בְּלֵ֣ב · through the heart; בְּלֵ֥ב
    But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.
  15. 2 Samuel 19:7לֵ֣ב · comfort to
    Now therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”
  16. 2 Samuel 19:19לִבּֽוֹ׃ · heart
    …and said, “My lord, do not hold me guilty, and do not remember your servant’s wrongdoing on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. May the king not take it to heart.
  17. 2 Samuel 24:10לֵב־ · conscience
    After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
  18. 1 Kings 3:9לֵ֤ב · heart
    Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
  19. 1 Kings 3:12לֵ֚ב · heart
    …behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been another like you, nor will there ever be.
  20. 1 Kings 4:29לֵ֔ב · and understanding
    And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.
  21. 1 Kings 8:23לִבָּֽם׃ · their hearts
    …and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
  22. 1 Kings 8:47לִבָּ֔ם · their senses
    …and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’
  23. 1 Kings 8:66לֵ֔ב · in heart
    On the fifteenth day Solomon sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things that the LORD had done for His servant David and for His people Israel.
  24. 1 Kings 9:3וְלִבִּ֛י · and My heart
    And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
  25. 1 Kings 10:24בְּלִבּֽוֹ׃ · in his heart
    The whole world sought an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom that God had put in his heart.
  26. 1 Kings 11:3לִבּֽוֹ׃ · turned his heart
    He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.
  27. 1 Kings 12:26בְּלִבּ֑וֹ · in his heart
    Jeroboam said in his heart, “Now the kingdom might revert to the house of David.
  28. 1 Kings 12:27לֵ֣ב · [their] hearts
    If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, their hearts will return to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah; then they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.”
  29. 1 Kings 18:37לִבָּ֖ם · their hearts
    Answer me, O LORD! Answer me, so that this people will know that You, the LORD, are God, and that You have turned their hearts back again.”
  30. 1 Kings 21:7לִבֶּ֔ךָ
    But his wife Jezebel said to him, “Do you not reign over Israel? Get up, eat some food, and be cheerful, for I will get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
  31. 2 Kings 5:26לִבִּ֣י · my spirit
    But Elisha questioned him, “Did not my spirit go with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to accept money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, menservants and maidservants?
  32. 2 Kings 6:11לֵ֣ב
    For this reason the king of Aram became enraged and called his servants to demand of them, “Tell me, which one of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”
  33. 2 Kings 9:24מִלִּבּ֑וֹ · his heart
    Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.
  34. 2 Kings 12:4לֶב־
    Then Joash said to the priests, “Collect all the money brought as sacred gifts into the house of the LORD—the census money, the money from vows, and the money brought voluntarily into the house of the LORD.
  35. 2 Kings 14:10לִבֶּ֑ךָ · and your heart
    You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become proud. Glory in that and stay at home. Why should you stir up trouble so that you fall—you and Judah with you?”
  36. 2 Kings 23:3לֵ֣ב · [his] heart
    So the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.
  37. 1 Chronicles 12:33 (2×)לֵ֥ב · who with one purpose; וָלֵֽב׃ס
    From Zebulun: 50,000 fit for service, trained for battle with all kinds of weapons of war, who with one purpose were devoted to David.
  38. 1 Chronicles 12:38לֵ֥ב · mind
    All these men of war, arrayed for battle, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest of the Israelites were of one mind to make David king.
  39. 1 Chronicles 15:29בְּלִבָּֽהּ׃פ · in her heart
    As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.
  40. 1 Chronicles 16:10לֵ֖ב · let the hearts
    Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
  41. 1 Chronicles 17:19וּֽכְלִבְּךָ֔ · and according to Your own heart
    O LORD. For the sake of Your servant and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and made known all these great promises.
  42. 1 Chronicles 28:9בְּלֵ֤ב · wholeheartedly
    As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
  43. 1 Chronicles 29:9בְּלֵ֣ב
    And the people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given to the LORD freely and wholeheartedly. And King David also rejoiced greatly.
  44. 2 Chronicles 6:14לִבָּֽם׃ · their hearts
    …and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven or on earth, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
  45. 2 Chronicles 6:38לִבָּם֙ · their heart
    …and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,
  46. 2 Chronicles 7:10לֵ֔ב · of heart
    On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the good things that the LORD had done for David, for Solomon, and for His people Israel.