לְבַב
lᵉbab · H3825 · Aramaic · 7 occurrences
Meanings
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heart, mind, attention, courage
Literally: heart; hence: the seat of knowledge, human reasoning, planning, intelligence, skill, affection and hatred, desire and satisfaction, humility and pride, courage and fear, joy and grief
ExamplesDaniel 2:30 “But as for me, this secret has not been revealed to me for any wisdom residing in me more than in any other living person, but for the purpose of making the interpretation known to the king, and that you may understand the thoughts of your mind.
Daniel 4:16 “Let his mind change from that of a human And let an animal’s mind be given to him, And let seven periods of time pass over him.
Daniel 5:20 “But when his heart was arrogant and his spirit became so overbearing that he behaved presumptuously, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his dignity was taken away from him.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
7 occurrences in 4 groups
- הוּhis 3
- ךָyour 2
- חֵיוָאbeast 1
- אֱנָשׁhuman 1
What it doesIt is the subject
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- יְהַבdeliver 2
- רוּםextol 1
- שְׁוָהmake like 1
- שְׁנָאalter 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שְׁפַלabase 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רַעְיוֹןcogitation 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- καρδία kardía · G2588 · heart, inner self, mind
- καρδία is the standard Greek translation equivalent for Hebrew לְבַב/לֵב, denoting the heart as the seat of emotions, will, intellect, and inner life. This is the regular lexical correspondence used by LXX translators for the Aramaic לְבַב.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Think002004002013
- Daniel 7:4 recounts Daniel's vision, “the first was like a lion but had the wings of an eagle. I kept looking until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the ground and set up on two feet like a man; a human mind also was given to it.”
Word family 7 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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