Original Word: לֵב
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: leb
Pronunciation: layb
Phonetic Spelling: (labe)
KJV: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom
NASB: heart, hearts, mind, sense, understanding, himself, myself
Word Origin: [a form of H3824 (לֵבָב - heart)]
1. the heart
2. also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect
3. likewise for the centre of anything
A form of lebab; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything -- + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
see HEBREW lebab
I. seldom of things, בְּלֶביָֿם in the midst of the sea Exodus 15:8; Proverbs 23:34; Proverbs 30:19; בְּלֵב יַמִּים Psalm 46:3; Ezekiel 27:4,25,26,27; Ezekiel 28:2,8 בלב האלה 2 Samuel 18:14; בְּלֵב אֹיְבֵי in the midst of the enemies of Psalm 45:2 (see BrMP on the passage; AV RV and others in the heart of).
II. elsewhere of men:
1 the inner man in contrast with outer לבי ובשׂרי ירננו my heart and my flesh cry out Psalm 84:3; "" מעים Psalm 22:15; Jeremiah 4:19, the inner for outer מעים Jeremiah 49:22; as within the breast על לב Exodus 28:3,29,30 (twice in verse) (P); מלב 2 Kings 9:24; בלב Psalm 37:15; 2 Samuel 18:14; סְגוֺד לִבָּם Hosea 13:8; antithesis with בָּשָׂר Proverbs 14:30; Ecclesiastes 2:3; head Isaiah 1:5, face Ezekiel 14:3,4,7; arm Songs 8:6; hands Ezekiel 22:14; bones Psalm 102:5; eyes 1 Kings 9:3 (= 2 Chronicles 7:16) Jeremiah 22:17; ear Proverbs 22:17; Proverbs 23:12; mouth Psalm 55:22; lips Isaiah 29:13; אֲנִי יְשֵׁינָה וְלִבִּי עֵר I slept but my heart waked Songs 5:2.
2 the inner man, indefinite, soul, comprehending mind, affections and will, with occasional emphasis of one or the other by means of certain verbs: בכל לב 1 Kings 8:23 (= 2 Chronicles 6:14) Psalm 9:2; Psalm 119:2; Psalm 119:10; Psalm 119:34; Psalm 119:58; Psalm 119:69; Psalm 119:145; Psalm 138:1; Proverbs 3:5; Jeremiah 3:10; Jeremiah 24:7; עם לב2Chronicles 24:4 (see לבב
2); כלב 2 Samuel 7:21 (= 1 Chronicles 17:19) Jeremiah 3:15; תַּעֲלֻמוֺת לֵב secrets of the heart Psalm 44:22; לֵב מְלָכִים אֵין חֵקֶר the heart of kings is unsearchable Proverbs 25:4; הַיֹּצֵר יַחַד לִבָּם Psalm 33:15 etc.
3 specific reference to mind:
a. מִלֵּב of one's own mind Numbers 16:28; Numbers 24:13 (JE) 1 Kings 12:33; Nehemiah 6:8; Ezekiel 13:2,17; חֲסַר לֵב destitute of mind Proverbs 6:32; Proverbs 7:7; Proverbs 9:4,16; Proverbs 10:13,21; Proverbs 11:12; Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 15:21; Proverbs 17:18; Proverbs 24:30; לִבּוֺ חָסֵר Ecclesiastes 10:3; אֵין לֵב Jeremiah 5:21; Hosea 7:11; לב אין Proverbs 17:16; קנה לב get a mind Proverbs 15:32; Proverbs 19:8; כֹּחַ לב power of mind Job 36:5; רֹחַב לב breadth of mind 1 Kings 5:9, גנב לב 2 Samuel 15:6; Genesis 31:20 (E? see לבב 3a).
b. knowledge, with ידע Deuteronomy 29:3; Proverbs 14:10; Proverbs 22:17; Ecclesiastes 1:17; Ecclesiastes 7:22,25; Ecclesiastes 8:5,16; Jeremiah 24:7; ראה Psalm 66:18; Ecclesiastes 1:16; חָכַם לב mind is wise Proverbs 23:15; לֵב חָכָם wise mind 1 Kings 3:12; Proverbs 16:23; Ecclesiastes 8:5; חֲכַם לֵב Exodus 31:6; Exodus 35:10; Exodus 36:1,2,8 (P) Proverbs 10:8; Proverbs 11:29; Proverbs 16:21; חַכְמֵי לֵב Exodus 28:3 (P) Job 37:24; חכמת לב Exodus 35:25,35 (P); לב חכמים Ecclesiastes 7:4; Ecclesiastes 10:2; לב כסילים Proverbs 12:23; Proverbs 15:7; Ecclesiastes 7:4; Ecclesiastes 10:2; with חכמה Exodus 36:2 (P) 1 Kings 10:24 (= 2 Chronicles 9:23) Proverbs 2:10; Proverbs 17:16; Ecclesiastes 2:3; לֵב נָבוֺן intelligent mind Proverbs 14:33; Proverbs 15:14; Proverbs 18:15; with הבין Proverbs 8:5; תְּבוּנָה Proverbs 2:2; שָׂ֑כֶל Job 17:4 etc.
c. thinking, reflection, with חשׁב Psalm 140:3; Proverbs 16:9; מחשׁבות Genesis 6:5 (J) Psalm 33:11; Proverbs 6:18; Proverbs 19:21 compare Genesis 8:21 (J); הגה muse, study Proverbs 15:28; Proverbs 24:2; Isaiah 33:18; Isaiah 59:13; הגיון Psalm 19:15; הָגוּת Psalm 49:4; שׂם לב set the mind, consider Isaiah 41:22; Ezekiel 44:5, with לְ 1 Samuel 9:20; 2 Samuel 13:20; Ezekiel 40:4; Ezekiel 44:5; אֶל Exodus 9:21 (J) 1 Samuel 24:25; 2 Samuel 18:3 (twice in verse); Job 2:3; Job 34:14; עַל Job 1:8; שׁת לב Psalm 62:10; Proverbs 22:17; Proverbs 24:32, with לְ Exodus 7:23 (JE) 1 Samuel 4:20; Psalm 48:14; Proverbs 27:23; Jeremiah 31:21, אֶל Job 7:17.
d. memory השׁיב אל לב call to mind Isaiah 44:19; Lamentations 3:21; על לב Isaiah 46:8; עלה על לב come into mind (occur to one) Isaiah 65:17; Jeremiah 3:16; Jeremiah 7:31; Jeremiah 19:5; Jeremiah 32:35 (compare Acts 7:23), so בא על לב2Chronicles 7:11; שׂם על לב lay to heart Isaiah 42:25; Isaiah 47:7; Isaiah 57:1,11; Jeremiah 12:11; Malachi 2:2 (twice in verse); Daniel 1:8; אל לב 2 Samuel 13:33; 2 Samuel 19:20 כתב על לב Jeremiah 31:33; קשׁר על לב Proverbs 6:21; לוּחַ לֵב tablet of the memory Proverbs 3:3; Proverbs 7:3; Jeremiah 17:1; נִשְׁכַּחְתִּי כְּמֵת מִלֵּב I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind Psalm 31:13.
4 specific reference to inclinations, resolutions and determinations of the will; הכין לב set the mind2Chronicles 12:14; Psalm 10:17; Psalm 78:8; Job 11:13; נכון לב Psalm 57:8 (twice in verse) ( = Psalm 108:2) Psalm 78:37; Psalm 112:7; נתן לב לְ Ecclesiastes 1:13,17; Ecclesiastes 7:21; Ecclesiastes 8:9,16; Proverbs 23:26; Daniel 10:12; נתן אל לב Ecclesiastes 7:2; Ecclesiastes 9:1; Nehemiah 2:12; Nehemiah 7:5 (the 'heart' here not being the subject's), בלב Exodus 35:34 (P) Ezra 7:27; Ecclesiastes 3:11; אֲשֶׁרנְֿשָׂאוֺ לִבּוֺ whose heart stirred him up Exodus 35:21; Exodus 36:2; compare Exodus 35:26 (all P); נְדִיב לֵב willing of mind Exodus 35:5,22 (P) 2 Chronicles 29:31 compare Exodus 25:2; Exodus 35:29 (P); נטה לב אחריּ inclined to follow Judges 9:3; Psalm 119:112; הטה לב 1 Kings 11:3; Psalm 119:36; Psalm 141:4 compare 2 Samuel 15:13: — גְּדֹלִים חִקְקֵילֵֿב great resolves of heart Judges 5:15 etc.
5 specific reference to conscience, וַיַּךְ לֵב דָּוִד אֹתוֺ and David's heart (conscience) smote him 1 Samuel 24:6; מִכְשׁוֺל לֵב offence of conscience 1 Samuel 25:31.
6 specific reference to moral character, God tries the heart Psalm 17:3; Jeremiah 12:3; sees the heart and reins Jeremiah 20:12, tries them Psalm 7:10; Jeremiah 11:20, refines them Psalm 26:2; searches the heart and tries the reins Jeremiah 17:10.
a. ישֶׁרלִֿבִּי Job 33:3; יִשְׁרֵי לֵב Psalm 7:11; Psalm 11:2; Psalm 32:11; Psalm 36:11; Psalm 64:11 (all with דָּוִד in title), Psalm 94:15; Psalm 97:11; לֵב שָׁלֵם 1 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Chronicles 29:9; Isaiah 38:3 (all originally לבב, see לבב 6a); נִשְׁבְּרֵילֵֿב broken of heart Psalm 34:19; Isaiah 61:1; לֵבנִֿשְׁבָּר Psalm 51:19; שְׁבוּרֵי לֵב Psalm 147:3; לֵב נִדְכָּאִים Isaiah 57:15; לֵב טָהוֺר clean heart Psalm 51:12; לֵב חָדָשׁ new heart Ezekiel 18:21; Ezekiel 36:26 (probably also Ezekiel 11:19 for אֶחָד see Co) etc.
b. לֵב רָע evil heart Proverbs 26:23; חַנְפֵילֵֿב godless in heart Job 36:13; עקּשׁ(י) לב perverse in heart Proverbs 11:20; Proverbs 17:20; תַּרְמִת לִבָּם deceit of their heart Jeremiah 14:14; Jeremiah 23:26; בלב ולב with a double heart Psalm 12:3 etc.
c. seat of pride Proverbs 21:4; Jeremiah 48:29; Jeremiah 49:16; Hosea 13:6; Obadiah 3 גְּבַהּלֵֿב Proverbs 16:5; גֹּבַהּ לב2Chronicles 32:26; גָּבַהּ לֵב2Chronicles 26:16; 32:25; Psalm 131:1; Proverbs 18:12; Ezekiel 28:2,17.
d. the heart is uncircumcised Jeremiah 9:25; Ezekiel 44:7 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 44:9 and hardened: חזּק לב Exodus 4:21; Exodus 10:20,27 (E), Exodus 9:12; Exodus 11:10; Exodus 14:4,8,17 (P), Joshua 11:20 (D2 ?); יֶחֱזַק לֵב Exodus 7:13,22; Exodus 8:15; Exodus 9:35 (P); חִזְקֵילֵֿב Ezekiel 2:4; הקשׁה לב Exodus 7:3 (P) Proverbs 28:14; קְשֵׁילֵֿב Ezekiel 3:7; הכביד לב Exodus 8:11; Exodus 8:28; Exodus 9:34; Exodus 10:1 (J); כָּבֵד לב Exodus 7:14; Exodus 9:7 (J); כּכּד לב 1 Samuel 6:6; הַשְׁמֵן לֵבהָֿעָם הַזֶה make the heart of this people fat Isaiah 6:10 (?); שְׁרִ(י)רוּת לֵב Deuteronomy 29:18; Psalm 81:13 after Jeremiah 3:17; Jeremiah 7:24; Jeremiah 9:13; Jeremiah 11:8; Jeremiah 13:10; Jeremiah 16:12; Jeremiah 18:12; Jeremiah 23:17; לב האבן the heart of stone Ezekiel 11:19; Ezekiel 36:26 etc.
7 for the man himself, אמר בלב Genesis 17:17 (P), Genesis 27:41 (JE), 1 Kings 12:26; Esther 6:6; Psalm 10:6; Psalm 10:11; Psalm 10:13; Psalm 14:1 ( = Psalm 53:2) Psalm 35:25; Psalm 74:8; Ecclesiastes 2:1,15; Ecclesiastes 3:17,18; Isaiah 47:10; Obadiah 3; Zechariah 12:5; אֶללֿב Genesis 8:21 (J) 1 Samuel 27:1; דבּר בלב Ecclesiastes 2:15; אֶללֿב Genesis 24:45 (J); עַל לב 1 Samuel 1:13 (?); עִם לב Ecclesiastes 1:16; נְאֻםמֶּֿשַׁע לָרָשָׁע בְּקֶרֶב לִבִּי Psalm 36:2.
8 as seat of appetites, סְעַד לב stay the heart (with bread) Genesis 18:5 (J) Judges 19:5.
9 as seat of the emotions and passions:
a. of joy and gladness, in various combinations of טוב, Judges 16:25; Judges 18:20; Judges 19:6,22; Ruth 3:7; 1 Samuel 25:36; 2 Samuel 13:28; 1 Kings 8:66 ( = 2 Chronicles 7:10) 2 Chronicles 21:7; Esther 1:10; Esther 5:9; Proverbs 15:15; Ecclesiastes 7:3; Ecclesiastes 9:7; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Isaiah 65:14; various combinations of שׂמח, Exodus 4:14 (J) 1 Chronicles 16:10 ( = Psalm 105:3) Psalm 4:8; Psalm 16:9; Psalm 19:9; Psalm 33:21; Proverbs 15:13,30; Proverbs 17:22; Proverbs 27:9,11; Ecclesiastes 2:10 (twice in verse); Ecclesiastes 5:19; Songs 3:11; Isaiah 24:7; Zechariah 10:7; שׂישׂ Psalm 119:111; Isaiah 66:14; Lamentations 5:15; עלץ 1 Samuel 2:1; עלז Psalm 28:7; Zephaniah 3:14; רנן Job 29:13; גיל Psalm 13:6; Psalm 24:17; Zechariah 10:7; of desire, Psalm 21:3; Psalm 37:4; דבּר עַל לֵב speak unto the heart (kindly) Genesis 34:3; Genesis 50:21 (JE) Judges 19:3; 2 Samuel 19:8; 2Chronicles 30:22; Isaiah 40:2; Hosea 2:16; Ruth 2:13.
b. of trouble 2 Kings 6:11; Isaiah 65:14, sorrow Nehemiah 2:2; Proverbs 14:3, pain Psalm 55:5. vexation Ecclesiastes 11:10, trembling Deuteronomy 28:65 (?) 1 Samuel 28:3, faintness Lamentations 5:17; it is wounded Psalm 109:22 dies within one out of fear 1 Samuel 25:37 etc.; לב נמס the heart melteth (in fear) 2 Samuel 17:10; Psalm 22:15; Ezekiel 21:12; Nahum 2:11.
10 seat of courage: יַאֲמֵץ לִבֶּ֑ךָ let thine heart take courage Psalm 27:14; אַמִּיץ לִבּוֺ Amos 2:16; אַבִּירֵי לֵב stout-hearted Psalm 76:6; Isaiah 46:12; לִבּוֺ יָצוּק כְּמוֺאֶֿבֶן his heart as firm as a stone Job 41:16; לִבוֺ כְּלֵב הָאַרְיֵה his heart as the heart of the lion 2 Samuel 17:10.
[לֵב] noun [masculine] id. (Biblical Hebrew id.; so ŋ7 Syriac; Egyptian Aramaic, Lzb301 = Cooke76A 6); — suffix לִבִּי Daniel 7:28.
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לֵב, rendered "heart," occurs nearly six hundred times and gathers into one word the inner life of humankind—thought, emotion, will, conscience, and spiritual perception. Scripture never treats the heart as a mere physical organ; it is the invisible control center from which life’s issues proceed (Proverbs 4:23).
Seat of Thought and Understanding
While modern language locates thought in the brain, the Old Testament ascribes intelligence to the heart. "Every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time" (Genesis 6:5). Solomon prays, "Give Your servant an understanding heart to govern Your people" (1 Kings 3:9), and the psalmist speaks of meditating "with my heart" (Psalm 77:6). Thus cognition, reflection, and memory reside in the heart.
Center of Emotions and Affections
Joy: "My heart rejoices, my body also rests secure" (Psalm 16:9).
Sorrow: "How long shall I harbor sorrow in my heart, day after day?" (Psalm 13:2).
Courage and fear likewise originate here: "Take courage, and let your heart be strong, all you who wait upon the LORD" (Psalm 31:24); "Their hearts melted and became like water" (Joshua 7:5).
Will and Decision Making
The heart determines moral choices. "A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps" (Proverbs 16:9). Craftsmen for the tabernacle came "everyone whose heart stirred him" (Exodus 35:21). Pharaoh repeatedly "hardened his heart," illustrating deliberate resistance (Exodus 8:15).
Moral and Spiritual Condition
Scripture assesses righteousness or wickedness by the heart’s state:
• Holy devotion: "Serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind" (1 Chronicles 28:9).
• Corruption: "The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure" (Jeremiah 17:9).
• Integrity: "David shepherded them with integrity of heart" (Psalm 78:72).
Relational Dynamics with God
Covenant faithfulness demands undivided hearts. The Shema commands, "Love the LORD your God with all your heart" (Deuteronomy 6:5). Repentance is "returning to the LORD with all your heart" (Joel 2:12). The LORD alone can test and cleanse this inner realm: "The LORD searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts" (1 Chronicles 28:9).
Corporate and Collective Usage
לֵב may signify group disposition. After the spies’ report, "the heart of the people melted with fear" (Deuteronomy 1:28). God "turned their hearts to hate His people" in Egypt (Psalm 105:25). National revival is likewise heart-oriented: "Josiah turned to the LORD with all his heart" (2 Kings 23:25).
Prophetic and Eschatological Themes
Prophets promise inner renewal: "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you" (Ezekiel 36:26). Restoration includes circumcision of heart (Deuteronomy 30:6) and a unified heart to fear God for eternity (Jeremiah 32:39). These promises undergird New Covenant expectations.
Messianic Fulfillment
Messiah embodies perfect heart obedience: "I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart" (Psalm 40:8). The Servant’s ministry extends renewal to His people, answering the plea, "Create in me a clean heart, O God" (Psalm 51:10).
Wisdom Literature Emphasis
Proverbs treats the heart as the fountain of ethical life:
• Discernment: "The discerning heart seeks knowledge" (Proverbs 15:14).
• Humility: "Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud" (Proverbs 18:12).
• Cheerfulness: "A cheerful heart is good medicine" (Proverbs 17:22).
Ecclesiastes chronicles the quest for meaning "in my heart," ending with the exhortation to fear God (Ecclesiastes 12:13).
Liturgical and Devotional Context
Psalms supply language for heart worship—thanksgiving (Psalm 9:1), contrition (Psalm 34:18), and unwavering confidence (Psalm 112:7). True praise arises from an undivided heart (Psalm 86:12).
Historical Development within Israel
From the universal judgment of Genesis 6:5 to the exile’s diagnosis of hardened hearts (Isaiah 6:10), Scripture traces Israel’s history by cardiac health. Reform movements under Samuel, David, Hezekiah, and Josiah each stress the heart, illustrating leadership that directs the nation back to covenant fidelity.
Practical Ministry Application
Pastoral care must probe the heart, not merely behaviors. Teaching aims for heart transformation (Deuteronomy 32:46). Counseling addresses fear, bitterness, and idolatry resident within. Corporate worship seeks hearts drawn near, rejecting mere lip service (Isaiah 29:13). Discipleship cultivates habits—meditation on Scripture, confession, gratitude—that shape the inner person.
New Covenant Trajectory
The Old Testament’s diagnosis of the heart’s deceit and the prophetic promise of renewal converge in the Gospel, where God’s law is written on hearts (Jeremiah 31:33). The trajectory moves from stone tablets to fleshly tablets of the heart, culminating in a people loving God fully and forever.
Genesis 6:6
HEB: וַיִּתְעַצֵּ֖ב אֶל־ לִבּֽוֹ׃
NAS: and He was grieved in His heart.
KJV: and it grieved him at his heart.
INT: was grieved at his heart
Genesis 8:21
HEB: יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־ לִבּ֗וֹ לֹֽא־ אֹ֠סִף
NAS: said to Himself, I will never
KJV: in his heart, I will not again
INT: and the LORD in to Himself not again
Genesis 8:21
HEB: כִּ֠י יֵ֣צֶר לֵ֧ב הָאָדָ֛ם רַ֖ע
NAS: of man's heart is evil
KJV: of man's heart [is] evil
INT: for the intent heart of man's is evil
Genesis 17:17
HEB: וַיִּצְחָ֑ק וַיֹּ֣אמֶר בְּלִבּ֗וֹ הַלְּבֶ֤ן מֵאָֽה־
NAS: and said in his heart, Will a child be born
KJV: and said in his heart, Shall [a child] be born
INT: and laughed and said his heart to a man hundred
Genesis 18:5
HEB: לֶ֜חֶם וְסַעֲד֤וּ לִבְּכֶם֙ אַחַ֣ר תַּעֲבֹ֔רוּ
NAS: that you may refresh yourselves; after
KJV: and comfort ye your hearts; after that
INT: of bread you may refresh yourselves after you may go
Genesis 24:45
HEB: לְדַבֵּ֣ר אֶל־ לִבִּ֗י וְהִנֵּ֨ה רִבְקָ֤ה
NAS: speaking in my heart, behold,
KJV: speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah
INT: speaking in my heart behold Rebekah
Genesis 27:41
HEB: וַיֹּ֨אמֶר עֵשָׂ֜ו בְּלִבּ֗וֹ יִקְרְבוּ֙ יְמֵי֙
NAS: said to himself, The days
KJV: said in his heart, The days
INT: said and Esau to himself are near the days
Genesis 31:20
HEB: יַעֲקֹ֔ב אֶת־ לֵ֥ב לָבָ֖ן הָאֲרַמִּ֑י
KJV: stole away unawares to Laban
INT: deceived and Jacob unawares Laban the Aramean
Genesis 34:3
HEB: וַיְדַבֵּ֖ר עַל־ לֵ֥ב הַֽנַּעֲרָֽ׃
NAS: the girl and spoke tenderly to her.
KJV: and spake kindly unto the damsel.
INT: and spoke and tenderly the girl
Genesis 42:28
HEB: בְאַמְתַּחְתִּ֑י וַיֵּצֵ֣א לִבָּ֗ם וַיֶּֽחֶרְד֞וּ אִ֤ישׁ
NAS: in my sack. And their hearts sank,
KJV: [it is] even in my sack: and their heart failed
INT: my sack sank and their hearts and they trembling to one
Genesis 45:26
HEB: מִצְרָ֑יִם וַיָּ֣פָג לִבּ֔וֹ כִּ֥י לֹא־
KJV: of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted,
INT: of Egypt was stunned heart and indeed did not
Genesis 50:21
HEB: וַיְדַבֵּ֖ר עַל־ לִבָּֽם׃
NAS: them and spoke kindly to them.
KJV: them, and spake kindly unto them.
INT: and spoke and kindly
Exodus 4:14
HEB: וְרָאֲךָ֖ וְשָׂמַ֥ח בְּלִבּֽוֹ׃
NAS: you, he will be glad in his heart.
KJV: thee, he will be glad in his heart.
INT: sees glad his heart
Exodus 4:21
HEB: אֲחַזֵּ֣ק אֶת־ לִבּ֔וֹ וְלֹ֥א יְשַׁלַּ֖ח
NAS: but I will harden his heart so that he will not let
KJV: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people
INT: I will harden his heart he will not let
Exodus 7:3
HEB: אַקְשֶׁ֖ה אֶת־ לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֑ה וְהִרְבֵּיתִ֧י
NAS: Pharaoh's heart that I may multiply
KJV: Pharaoh's heart, and multiply
INT: I will harden heart Pharaoh's may multiply
Exodus 7:13
HEB: וַיֶּחֱזַק֙ לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֔ה וְלֹ֥א
NAS: Yet Pharaoh's heart was hardened,
KJV: Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened
INT: was hardened heart Pharaoh's did not
Exodus 7:14
HEB: מֹשֶׁ֔ה כָּבֵ֖ד לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֑ה מֵאֵ֖ן
NAS: Pharaoh's heart is stubborn;
KJV: Pharaoh's heart [is] hardened,
INT: Moses is stubborn heart Pharaoh's refuses
Exodus 7:22
HEB: בְּלָטֵיהֶ֑ם וַיֶּחֱזַ֤ק לֵב־ פַּרְעֹה֙ וְלֹא־
NAS: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened,
KJV: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened,
INT: their secret was hardened heart and Pharaoh's did not
Exodus 7:23
HEB: וְלֹא־ שָׁ֥ת לִבּ֖וֹ גַּם־ לָזֹֽאת׃
KJV: neither did he set his heart to this
INT: no set his heart even to this
Exodus 8:15
HEB: וְהַכְבֵּד֙ אֶת־ לִבּ֔וֹ וְלֹ֥א שָׁמַ֖ע
NAS: he hardened his heart and did not listen
KJV: he hardened his heart, and hearkened
INT: relief hardened his heart and did not listen
Exodus 8:19
HEB: הִ֑וא וַיֶּחֱזַ֤ק לֵב־ פַּרְעֹה֙ וְלֹֽא־
NAS: But Pharaoh's heart was hardened,
KJV: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened,
INT: This was hardened heart Pharaoh's did not
Exodus 8:32
HEB: פַּרְעֹה֙ אֶת־ לִבּ֔וֹ גַּ֖ם בַּפַּ֣עַם
NAS: hardened his heart this
KJV: hardened his heart at this time
INT: hardened Pharaoh his heart also time
Exodus 9:7
HEB: אֶחָ֑ד וַיִּכְבַּד֙ לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֔ה וְלֹ֥א
NAS: dead. But the heart of Pharaoh
KJV: dead. And the heart of Pharaoh
INT: one was hardened the heart of Pharaoh did not
Exodus 9:12
HEB: יְהוָה֙ אֶת־ לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֔ה וְלֹ֥א
NAS: Pharaoh's heart, and he did not listen
KJV: hardened the heart of Pharaoh,
INT: hardened and the LORD heart Pharaoh's did not
593 Occurrences
Strong's Hebrew 3820
593 Occurrences
bə·leḇ- — 22 Occ.
bə·lib·bāh — 2 Occ.
bə·lib·bām — 5 Occ.
bə·lib·bî — 6 Occ.
bə·lib·bōw — 19 Occ.
ḵā·lib·bî — 1 Occ.
hal·lêḇ — 1 Occ.
kə·lêḇ — 5 Occ.
kə·lib·bî — 1 Occ.
lêḇ — 201 Occ.
lib·bāh — 6 Occ.
lib·bām — 42 Occ.
lib·bān — 1 Occ.
lib·bêḵ — 8 Occ.
lib·bə·ḵā — 45 Occ.
lib·bə·ḵem — 3 Occ.
lib·bê·nū — 6 Occ.
lib·bî — 78 Occ.
lib·bōw — 68 Occ.
lib·bām — 2 Occ.
lib·bōw- — 2 Occ.
mil·lêḇ — 2 Occ.
mil·lib·bām — 1 Occ.
mil·lib·bə·ḵā — 2 Occ.
mil·lib·bə·hen — 1 Occ.
mil·lib·bî — 2 Occ.
mil·lib·bōw — 2 Occ.
ū·ḵə·lib·bə·ḵā — 2 Occ.
ū·mil·lib·bām — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇə·lêḇ — 2 Occ.
wā·lêḇ — 4 Occ.
wə·lêḇ — 18 Occ.
ḇə·lib·bām — 3 Occ.
ḇə·lib·bêḵ — 1 Occ.
wə·lib·bə·ḵā — 6 Occ.
wə·lib·bî — 16 Occ.
wə·lib·bōw — 3 Occ.
ḇə·lib·bām — 3 Occ.