Hebrew word study

לֵבlêb — the heart

Pronounced “labe”

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

Translated in the King James as: [phrase] 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.

Appears 588 times in Scripture

Origin: a form of H3824 (לֵבָב);

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Where it appears

Genesis — 13×

Genesis 6:5 Genesis 6:6 Genesis 8:21 Genesis 17:17 Genesis 18:5 Genesis 24:45 Genesis 27:41 Genesis 31:20 Genesis 34:3 Genesis 42:28 Genesis 45:26 Genesis 50:21+ 1 more in Genesis

Exodus — 46×

Exodus 4:14 Exodus 4:21 Exodus 7:3 Exodus 7:13 Exodus 7:14 Exodus 7:22 Exodus 7:23 Exodus 8:15 Exodus 8:19 Exodus 8:32 Exodus 9:7 Exodus 9:12 Exodus 9:14 Exodus 9:21 Exodus 9:34 Exodus 9:35 Exodus 10:1 Exodus 10:20 Exodus 10:27 Exodus 11:10 Exodus 14:4 Exodus 14:8 Exodus 14:17 Exodus 15:8 Exodus 25:2+ 21 more in Exodus

Numbers — 2×

Numbers 16:28 Numbers 24:13

Deuteronomy — 4×

Deuteronomy 4:11 Deuteronomy 28:65 Deuteronomy 29:4 Deuteronomy 29:19

Joshua — 2×

Joshua 11:20 Joshua 14:8

Judges — 14×

Judges 5:9 Judges 5:15 Judges 5:16 Judges 9:3 Judges 16:15 Judges 16:17 Judges 16:18 Judges 16:25 Judges 18:20 Judges 19:3 Judges 19:5 Judges 19:6 Judges 19:22+ 1 more in Judges

Ruth — 2×

Ruth 2:13 Ruth 3:7

1 Samuel — 16×

1 Sam 1:13 1 Sam 2:1 1 Sam 4:13 1 Sam 4:20 1 Sam 6:6 1 Sam 10:9 1 Sam 10:26 1 Sam 17:32 1 Sam 24:5 1 Sam 25:3 1 Sam 25:25 1 Sam 25:31 1 Sam 25:36 1 Sam 25:37 1 Sam 27:1 1 Sam 28:5

2 Samuel — 18×

2 Sam 6:16 2 Sam 7:21 2 Sam 7:27 2 Sam 13:20 2 Sam 13:28 2 Sam 13:33 2 Sam 14:1 2 Sam 15:6 2 Sam 15:13 2 Sam 17:10 2 Sam 18:3 2 Sam 18:14 2 Sam 19:7 2 Sam 19:19 2 Sam 24:10+ 3 more in 2 Samuel

1 Kings — 13×

1 Ki 3:9 1 Ki 3:12 1 Ki 4:29 1 Ki 8:23 1 Ki 8:47 1 Ki 8:66 1 Ki 9:3 1 Ki 10:24 1 Ki 11:3 1 Ki 12:26 1 Ki 12:27 1 Ki 18:37 1 Ki 21:7

2 Kings — 6×

2 Ki 5:26 2 Ki 6:11 2 Ki 9:24 2 Ki 12:4 2 Ki 14:10 2 Ki 23:3

1 Chronicles — 7×

1 Chr 12:33 1 Chr 12:38 1 Chr 15:29 1 Chr 16:10 1 Chr 17:19 1 Chr 28:9+ 1 more in 1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles — 16×

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

Ezra — 2×

Ezra 6:22 Ezra 7:27

Nehemiah — 6×

Nehemiah 2:2 Nehemiah 2:12 Nehemiah 4:6 Nehemiah 5:7 Nehemiah 6:8 Nehemiah 7:5

Esther — 4×

Esther 1:10 Esther 5:9 Esther 6:6 Esther 7:5

Job — 20×

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

Psalms — 100×

Psalms 4:7 Psalms 7:10 Psalms 9:1 Psalms 10:6 Psalms 10:11 Psalms 10:13 Psalms 10:17 Psalms 11:2 Psalms 12:2 Psalms 13:5 Psalms 14:1 Psalms 16:9 Psalms 17:3 Psalms 19:8 Psalms 19:14 Psalms 21:2 Psalms 22:14 Psalms 26:2 Psalms 27:3 Psalms 27:8 Psalms 27:14 Psalms 28:7 Psalms 31:12 Psalms 32:11 Psalms 33:11+ 75 more in Psalms

Proverbs — 92×

Proverbs 2:2 Proverbs 2:10 Proverbs 3:1 Proverbs 3:3 Proverbs 3:5 Proverbs 4:4 Proverbs 4:23 Proverbs 5:12 Proverbs 6:14 Proverbs 6:18 Proverbs 6:21 Proverbs 6:32 Proverbs 7:3 Proverbs 7:7 Proverbs 7:10 Proverbs 7:25 Proverbs 8:5 Proverbs 9:4 Proverbs 9:16 Proverbs 10:8 Proverbs 10:13 Proverbs 10:20 Proverbs 10:21 Proverbs 11:12 Proverbs 11:20+ 67 more in Proverbs

Ecclesiastes — 40×

Eccles 1:13 Eccles 1:16 Eccles 1:17 Eccles 2:1 Eccles 2:3 Eccles 2:10 Eccles 2:15 Eccles 2:20 Eccles 2:23 Eccles 3:11 Eccles 3:17 Eccles 3:18 Eccles 5:2 Eccles 5:20 Eccles 7:2 Eccles 7:3 Eccles 7:4 Eccles 7:7 Eccles 7:21 Eccles 7:22 Eccles 7:25 Eccles 7:26 Eccles 8:5 Eccles 8:9 Eccles 8:11+ 15 more in Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon — 3×

Song 3:11 Song 5:2 Song 8:6

Isaiah — 31×

Isaiah 6:10 Isaiah 15:5 Isaiah 24:7 Isaiah 29:13 Isaiah 32:6 Isaiah 33:18 Isaiah 35:4 Isaiah 38:3 Isaiah 40:2 Isaiah 41:22 Isaiah 42:25 Isaiah 44:18 Isaiah 44:19 Isaiah 44:20 Isaiah 46:8 Isaiah 46:12 Isaiah 47:7 Isaiah 47:10 Isaiah 51:7 Isaiah 57:1 Isaiah 57:11 Isaiah 57:15 Isaiah 57:17 Isaiah 59:13 Isaiah 61:1+ 6 more in Isaiah

Jeremiah — 58×

Jeremiah 3:10 Jeremiah 3:15 Jeremiah 3:16 Jeremiah 3:17 Jeremiah 4:9 Jeremiah 4:14 Jeremiah 4:18 Jeremiah 4:19 Jeremiah 5:21 Jeremiah 5:23 Jeremiah 7:24 Jeremiah 7:31 Jeremiah 8:18 Jeremiah 9:14 Jeremiah 9:26 Jeremiah 11:8 Jeremiah 11:20 Jeremiah 12:3 Jeremiah 12:11 Jeremiah 13:10 Jeremiah 14:14 Jeremiah 16:12 Jeremiah 17:1 Jeremiah 17:5 Jeremiah 17:9+ 33 more in Jeremiah

Lamentations — 9×

Lam 1:20 Lam 1:22 Lam 2:18 Lam 2:19 Lam 3:21 Lam 3:33 Lam 3:65 Lam 5:15 Lam 5:17

Ezekiel — 41×

Ezekiel 2:4 Ezekiel 3:7 Ezekiel 6:9 Ezekiel 11:19 Ezekiel 11:21 Ezekiel 13:2 Ezekiel 13:17 Ezekiel 13:22 Ezekiel 14:3 Ezekiel 14:4 Ezekiel 14:5 Ezekiel 14:7 Ezekiel 18:31 Ezekiel 20:16 Ezekiel 21:7 Ezekiel 21:15 Ezekiel 22:14 Ezekiel 27:4 Ezekiel 27:25 Ezekiel 27:26 Ezekiel 27:27 Ezekiel 28:2 Ezekiel 28:6 Ezekiel 28:8 Ezekiel 28:17+ 16 more in Ezekiel

Daniel — 1×

Daniel 1:8

Hosea — 9×

Hosea 2:14 Hosea 4:11 Hosea 7:6 Hosea 7:11 Hosea 7:14 Hosea 10:2 Hosea 11:8 Hosea 13:6 Hosea 13:8

Amos — 1×

Amos 2:16

Obadiah — 2×

Obadiah 1:3+ 1 more in Obadiah

Nahum — 1×

Nahum 2:10

Zephaniah — 1×

Zeph 3:14

Zechariah — 4×

Zech 7:12 Zech 10:7 Zech 12:5+ 1 more in Zechariah

Malachi — 4×

Malachi 2:2 Malachi 4:6+ 2 more in Malachi

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