Lavav לָבַב
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| לָבַב | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | lavav |
| Strong's number | H3823 (H3823A, H3823B) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to encourage |
| Occurrences | 5 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | 2 Samuel (2) |
Lavav (Hebrew לָבַב, Strong's H3823) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to encourage”. It occurs 5 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H3823A: to encourage
1) to ravish, become intelligent, get a mind
1a) (Niphal) to take heart, become enheartened, become intelligent
1b) (Piel) to ravish the heart, encourage, make heart beat faster
1a) (Niphal) to take heart, become enheartened, become intelligent
1b) (Piel) to ravish the heart, encourage, make heart beat faster
H3823B: to bake
(Piel) to make cakes, bake cakes, cook bread
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | heart (2), make (1), cakes (1), wise (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | made cakes (1), can no more become wise (1), you have captured my heart (1), you have stolen my heart (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Lavav, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 13:6So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.So Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”
- 2 Samuel 13:8So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.So Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some dough, kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked them.
Job
- Job 11:12For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
Song of Solomon
- Song of Solomon 4:9Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your neck.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).