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Lexicon :: Strong's H3823 - lāḇaḇ

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לָבַב
Transliteration
lāḇaḇ
Pronunciation
law-bab'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1071,1071d

Strong’s Definitions

לָבַב lâbab, law-bab'; a primitive root; properly, to be enclosed (as if with fat); by implication (as denominative from H3824); to unheart; i.e. (in a good sense) transport (with love), or (in a bad sense) stultify; to make cakes:—make cakes, ravish, be wise.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H3823 in the following manner: ravished my heart (2x), make (1x), made cakes (1x), be wise (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H3823 in the following manner: ravished my heart (2x), make (1x), made cakes (1x), be wise (1x).

  1. to ravish, become intelligent, get a mind

    1. (Niphal) to take heart, become enheartened, become intelligent

    2. (Piel) to ravish the heart, encourage, make heart beat faster

  2. (Piel) to make cakes, bake cakes, cook bread

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָבַב lâbab, law-bab'; a primitive root; properly, to be enclosed (as if with fat); by implication (as denominative from H3824); to unheart; i.e. (in a good sense) transport (with love), or (in a bad sense) stultify; to make cakes:—make cakes, ravish, be wise.
STRONGS H3823: Abbreviations
† I. [לבב] verb denominative
Niph. Imperfect יִלָּבֵב get a mind; יִוָּלֵד אָדָם פֶּרא וְעַיִר יִלָּבֵב נָבוּב וְאִיש shall an empty man get a mind or a wild ass's colt be born a man (?) Job 11:12.
Pi. encourage; Perfect לִבַּבְתִּנִי בְּאַחַד֯ מֵעֵינַיִךְ֗֗֗לִבַּבִתִּנִי Songs 4:9 (twice in verse) thou hast encouraged me, thou hast encouraged me with one of thine eyes Ew Gi Gr RV m (AV RV Ges Hi De Öttli (compare Songs 5:6) ravished my heart, — Pi. priv. Ges§ 52 h).

† II. [לבב] verb denominative
Pi. make cakes. Imperfect תְּלַבֵּב 2 Samuel 13:6, Samuel 13:8.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

13:6; 13:8

Job

11:12

Song of Songs

4:9; 5:6

H3823

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3823 matches the Hebrew לָבַב (lāḇaḇ),
which occurs 5 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:6 - Then Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill; and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please let Tamar my sister come and make a couple of cakes for me in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:8 - So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and he was lying down. Then she took flour and kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:12 - For an empty-headed man will be wise,
When a wild donkey’s colt is born a man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:9 - You have ravished my heart,
My sister, my spouse;
You have ravished my heart
With one look of your eyes,
With one link of your necklace.
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