Lev לֵב

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Lev
לֵב
Transliterationlev
Strong's numberH3820 (H3820A, H3820B)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glossheart
Occurrences595 in 551 verses
Most frequent inPsalms (97)

Lev (Hebrew לֵב, Strong's H3820) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “heart”. It occurs 595 times in 551 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H3820A: heart

1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding
1a) inner part, midst
1a1) midst (of things)
1a2) heart (of man)
1a3) soul, heart (of man)
1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory
1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)
1a6) conscience
1a7) heart (of moral character)
1a8) as seat of appetites
1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage

H3820B: Leb

§ Leb- = "heart of"
(probably a cryptic name for Babylon by Atbash)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVheart (483), hearts (21), mind (12), midst (11), understanding (10), hearted (7), wisdom (6), comfortably (4), well (4), kindly (2), friendly (2), double heart (2), and 11 other renderings
BSBheart (144), my heart (69), his heart (45), your heart (33), hearts (32), their hearts (29), mind (11), judgment (11), my mind (10), himself (7), let your heart (7), their heart (5), and 83 other renderings

Topics

Verses

Lev occurs in 551 verses, listed here by reference.

Genesis (12): 6:5, 6:6, 8:21, 17:17, 18:5, 24:45, 27:41, 31:20, 34:3, 42:28, 45:26, 50:21

Exodus (41): 4:14, 4:21, 7:3, 7:13, 7:14, 7:22, 7:23, 8:15, 8:19, 8:32, 9:7, 9:12, 9:14, 9:21, 9:34, 9:35, 10:1, 10:20, 10:27, 11:10, 14:4, 14:8, 14:17, 15:8, 25:2, 28:3, 28:29, 28:30, 31:6, 35:5, 35:10, 35:21, 35:22, 35:25, 35:26, 35:29, 35:34, 35:35, 36:1, 36:2, 36:8

Numbers (4): 16:28, 24:13, 32:7, 32:9

Deuteronomy (4): 4:11, 28:65, 29:4, 29:19

Joshua (2): 11:20, 14:8

Judges (13): 5:9, 5:15, 5:16, 9:3, 16:15, 16:17, 16:18, 16:25, 18:20, 19:3, 19:5, 19:6, 19:22

Ruth (2): 2:13, 3:7

1 Samuel (16): 1:13, 2:1, 4:13, 4:20, 6:6, 9:20, 10:9, 10:26, 17:32, 24:5, 25:25, 25:31, 25:36, 25:37, 27:1, 28:5

2 Samuel (15): 6:16, 7:21, 7:27, 13:20, 13:28, 13:33, 14:1, 15:6, 15:13, 17:10, 18:3, 18:14, 19:7, 19:19, 24:10

1 Kings (14): 3:9, 3:12, 4:29, 8:23, 8:47, 8:66, 9:3, 10:24, 11:3, 12:26, 12:27, 12:33, 18:37, 21:7

2 Kings (6): 5:26, 6:11, 9:24, 12:4, 14:10, 23:3

1 Chronicles (7): 12:33, 12:38, 15:29, 16:10, 17:19, 28:9, 29:9

2 Chronicles (16): 6:14, 6:38, 7:10, 7:11, 7:16, 9:23, 12:14, 17:6, 24:4, 25:19, 26:16, 29:31, 30:12, 30:22, 32:25, 32:26

Ezra (2): 6:22, 7:27

Nehemiah (6): 2:2, 2:12, 4:6, 5:7, 6:8, 7:5

Esther (4): 1:10, 5:9, 6:6, 7:5

Job (20): 1:8, 2:3, 7:17, 8:10, 11:13, 12:24, 15:12, 17:4, 23:16, 29:13, 31:7, 31:9, 31:27, 33:3, 34:14, 36:5, 36:13, 37:1, 37:24, 41:24

Psalms (97): 4:7, 7:10, 9:1, 10:6, 10:11, 10:13, 10:17, 11:2, 12:2, 13:5, 14:1, 16:9, 17:3, 19:8, 19:14, 21:2, 22:14, 26:2, 27:3, 27:8, 27:14, 28:7, 31:12, 32:11, 33:11, 33:15, 33:21, 34:18, 35:25, 36:1, 36:10, 37:4, 37:15, 37:31, 38:8, 38:10, 39:3, 40:10, 40:12, 41:6, 44:18, 44:21, 45:1, 45:5, 46:2, 48:13, 49:3, 51:10, 51:17, 53:1, 55:4, 55:21, 57:7, 58:2, 61:2, 62:10, 64:6, 64:10, 66:18, 69:20, 74:8, 76:5, 78:8, 78:37, 81:12, 83:5, 84:2, 94:15, 97:11, 102:4, 105:3, 105:25, 107:12, 108:1, 109:22, 112:7, 112:8, 119:2, 119:10, 119:11, 119:32, 119:34, 119:36, 119:58, 119:69, 119:70, 119:80, 119:111, 119:112, 119:145, 119:161, 131:1, 138:1, 140:2, 141:4, 143:4, 147:3

Proverbs (91): 2:2, 2:10, 3:1, 3:3, 3:5, 4:4, 4:23, 5:12, 6:14, 6:18, 6:21, 6:32, 7:3, 7:7, 7:10, 7:25, 8:5, 9:4, 9:16, 10:8, 10:13, 10:20, 10:21, 11:12, 11:20, 11:29, 12:8, 12:11, 12:20, 12:23, 12:25, 13:12, 14:10, 14:13, 14:14, 14:30, 14:33, 15:7, 15:13, 15:14, 15:15, 15:21, 15:28, 15:30, 15:32, 16:1, 16:5, 16:9, 16:21, 16:23, 17:16, 17:18, 17:20, 17:22, 18:2, 18:12, 18:15, 19:3, 19:8, 19:21, 20:5, 20:9, 21:1, 21:4, 22:11, 22:15, 22:17, 23:7, 23:12, 23:15, 23:17, 23:19, 23:26, 23:33, 23:34, 24:2, 24:17, 24:30, 24:32, 25:3, 25:20, 26:23, 26:25, 27:9, 27:11, 27:19, 27:23, 28:14, 28:26, 30:19, 31:11

Ecclesiastes (34): 1:13, 1:16, 1:17, 2:1, 2:3, 2:10, 2:15, 2:20, 2:22, 2:23, 3:11, 3:17, 3:18, 5:2, 5:20, 7:2, 7:3, 7:4, 7:7, 7:21, 7:22, 7:25, 7:26, 8:5, 8:9, 8:11, 8:16, 9:1, 9:3, 9:7, 10:2, 10:3, 11:9, 11:10

Song of Solomon (3): 3:11, 5:2, 8:6

Isaiah (30): 6:10, 15:5, 24:7, 29:13, 32:6, 33:18, 35:4, 38:3, 40:2, 41:22, 42:25, 44:18, 44:19, 44:20, 46:8, 46:12, 47:7, 47:10, 51:7, 57:1, 57:11, 57:15, 57:17, 59:13, 61:1, 63:4, 63:17, 65:14, 65:17, 66:14

Jeremiah (51): 3:10, 3:15, 3:16, 3:17, 4:9, 4:14, 4:18, 4:19, 5:21, 5:23, 7:24, 7:31, 8:18, 9:14, 9:26, 11:8, 11:20, 12:3, 12:11, 13:10, 14:14, 16:12, 17:1, 17:5, 17:9, 17:10, 18:12, 19:5, 20:9, 20:12, 22:17, 23:9, 23:16, 23:17, 23:20, 23:26, 24:7, 30:21, 30:24, 31:21, 31:33, 32:35, 32:39, 32:41, 44:21, 48:29, 48:36, 48:41, 49:16, 49:22, 51:1

Lamentations (9): 1:20, 1:22, 2:18, 2:19, 3:21, 3:33, 3:65, 5:15, 5:17

Ezekiel (32): 2:4, 3:7, 6:9, 11:19, 11:21, 13:2, 13:17, 13:22, 14:3, 14:4, 14:5, 14:7, 18:31, 20:16, 21:7, 21:15, 22:14, 27:4, 27:25, 27:26, 27:27, 28:2, 28:6, 28:8, 28:17, 32:9, 33:31, 36:26, 40:4, 44:5, 44:7, 44:9

Daniel (2): 1:8, 10:12

Hosea (9): 2:14, 4:11, 7:6, 7:11, 7:14, 10:2, 11:8, 13:6, 13:8

Amos (1): 2:16

Obadiah (1): 1:3

Nahum (1): 2:10

Zephaniah (1): 3:14

Zechariah (3): 7:12, 10:7, 12:5

Malachi (2): 2:2, 4:6

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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