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.
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
Where it occurs
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- Ecclesiastes 2:22לִבּ֑וֹFor what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?
- Ecclesiastes 2:23לִבּ֑וֹ · his mindIndeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.
- Ecclesiastes 3:11בְּלִבָּ֔ם · in the hearts [of men]He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
- Ecclesiastes 3:17בְּלִבִּ֔י · in my heartI said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”
- Ecclesiastes 3:18בְּלִבִּ֔י · to myselfI said to myself, “As for the sons of men, God tests them so that they may see for themselves that they are but beasts.”
- Ecclesiastes 5:2וְלִבְּךָ֧ · in your heartDo not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.
- Ecclesiastes 5:20לִבּֽוֹ׃ · of his heartFor a man seldom considers the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.
- Ecclesiastes 7:2לִבּֽוֹ׃ · heartIt is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.
- Ecclesiastes 7:3לֵֽב׃ · for the heartSorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.
- Ecclesiastes 7:4 (2×)לֵ֤ב · The heart; וְלֵ֥ב · but the heartThe heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.
- Ecclesiastes 7:7לֵ֖ב · the heartSurely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
- Ecclesiastes 7:21לִבֶּ֑ךָ · attentionDo not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.
- Ecclesiastes 7:22לִבֶּ֑ךָ · in your heartFor you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.
- Ecclesiastes 7:25וְלִבִּי֙ · my mindI directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.
- Ecclesiastes 7:26לִבָּ֖הּ · whose heartAnd I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
- Ecclesiastes 8:5לֵ֥ב · heartWhoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.
- Ecclesiastes 8:9לִבִּ֔י · my mindAll this I have seen, applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man lords it over another to his own detriment.
- Ecclesiastes 8:11לֵ֧ב · the heartsWhen the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
- Ecclesiastes 8:16לִבִּי֙ · my mindWhen I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the task that one performs on the earth—though his eyes do not see sleep in the day or even in the night—
- Ecclesiastes 9:1לִבִּי֙ · heartSo I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.
- Ecclesiastes 9:3לֵ֣ב · the heartsThis is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
- Ecclesiastes 9:7בְלֶב־ · heartGo, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
- Ecclesiastes 10:2 (2×)לֵ֤ב · heart; וְלֵ֥ב · but the heartA wise man’s heart inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.
- Ecclesiastes 10:3לִבּ֣וֹ · his senseEven as the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking, and he shows everyone that he is a fool.
- Ecclesiastes 11:9 (2×)לִבְּךָ֙ · and let your heart; לִבְּךָ֔ · of your heartRejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
- Ecclesiastes 11:10מִלִּבֶּ֔ךָ · from your heartSo banish sorrow from your heart, and cast off pain from your body, for youth and vigor are fleeting.
- Song of Solomon 3:11לִבּֽוֹ׃ס · of his heart’sCome out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding—the day of his heart’s rejoicing.
- Song of Solomon 5:2וְלִבִּ֣י · but my heartI sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
- Song of Solomon 8:6לִבֶּ֗ךָ · your heartSet me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.
- Isaiah 6:10לֵב־ · {Make} the heartsMake the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
- Isaiah 15:5לִבִּי֙ · My heartMy heart cries out over Moab; her fugitives flee as far as Zoar, as far as Eglath-shelishiyah. With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith; they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.
- Isaiah 24:7לֵֽב׃The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.
- Isaiah 29:13וְלִבּ֖וֹ · but their heartsTherefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
- Isaiah 32:6וְלִבּ֖וֹ · his mindFor a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.
- Isaiah 33:18לִבְּךָ֖ · Your mindYour mind will ponder the former terror: “Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?”
- Isaiah 35:4לֵ֔ב · heartsSay to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”
- Isaiah 38:3וּבְלֵ֣ב · and with wholehearted…saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
- Isaiah 40:2לֵ֤ב“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”
- Isaiah 41:22לִבֵּ֙נוּ֙ · them“Let them come and tell us what will happen. Tell the former things, so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome. Or announce to us what is coming.
- Isaiah 42:25לֵֽב׃פ · heartSo He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.
- Isaiah 44:18לִבֹּתָֽם׃ · and [closed] their mindsThey do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
- Isaiah 44:19לִבּ֗וֹ · his heartAnd no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”
- Isaiah 44:20לֵ֥ב · heartHe feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
- Isaiah 46:8לֵֽב׃ · heartRemember this and be brave; take it to heart, you transgressors!
- Isaiah 46:12לֵ֑ב · peopleListen to Me, you stubborn people, far removed from righteousness:
- Isaiah 47:7לִבֵּ֔ךְ · heartYou said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.
- Isaiah 47:10בְלִבֵּ֔ךְ · yourselfYou were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’