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Lexicon :: Strong's H3867 - lāvâ

Aa
לָוָה
Transliteration
lāvâ
Pronunciation
law-vaw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1087,1088

Strong’s Definitions

לָוָה lâvâh, law-vaw'; a primitive root; properly, to twine, i.e. (by implication) to unite, to remain; also to borrow (as a form of obligation) or (causatively) to lend:—abide with, borrow(-er), cleave, join (self), lend(-er).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x

The KJV translates Strong's H3867 in the following manner: join (10x), lend (7x), borrow (3x), borrower (2x), abide (1x), cleave (1x), lender (1x), lender (with H376) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x
The KJV translates Strong's H3867 in the following manner: join (10x), lend (7x), borrow (3x), borrower (2x), abide (1x), cleave (1x), lender (1x), lender (with H376) (1x).

  1. to join, be joined

    1. (Qal) to join, be joined, attend

    2. (Niphal) to join oneself to, be joined unto

  2. to borrow, lend

    1. (Qal) to borrow

    2. (Hiphil) to cause to borrow, lend to

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָוָה lâvâh, law-vaw'; a primitive root; properly, to twine, i.e. (by implication) to unite, to remain; also to borrow (as a form of obligation) or (causatively) to lend:—abide with, borrow(-er), cleave, join (self), lend(-er).
STRONGS H3867: Abbreviations
† I. [לָוָה] join (intransitive), be joined (Late Hebrew Pi. לִוָּה (ליוה) transitive, Hithp. intransitive; Aramaic לַוִּי accompany; so bdb053005 BaES 12 compare Arabic bdb053006 be near); —
Qal (late) Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix יִלְוֶנּוּ Ecclesiastes 8:15, be joined to, attend (of mirth).
Niph. נִלְוָה Psalm 83:9; Isaiah 14:1; 3rd person masculine plural consecutive וְנִלְווּ Numbers 18:4 + 2 times, + Jeremiah 50:5 (GesLbg. Bö Köi. 588 Gf Gie; > Imperative Ki Ew§ 226 c Ol§ 264); Imperfect יִלָּוֶה Genesis 29:34; יִלָּווּ Numbers 18:2; Participle נִלְוָה Isaiah 56:3 (pointed as Perfect, read probably נִלְוֶה); plural נִלְוִים Esther 9:27; Isaiah 56:6; — join oneself or be joined unto, followed by עַל Numbers 18:2, 4 (מַטֵּה לֵנִי to Aaron, by word-play), Isaiah 14:1 (strangers to Israel), Daniel 11:34 (flatterers to the people), compare Esther 9:27; Isaiah 56:6 (to י׳ followed by אֶלֿ Isaiah 56:3 (to י׳), Zechariah 2:15 (to י׳), Jeremiah 50:5 (to י׳), Genesis 29:34 (J; husband to wife); followed byעִם Psalm 83:9 (Asshur with enemies of Israel).

† II. [לָוָה] verb borrow (Late Hebrew id.; compare Arabic bdb053101 delay payment of debt (compare BaES 12)); —
Qal Perfect1st person plural לָוִ֫ינוּ Nehemiah 5:4; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תִּלְוֶה Deuteronomy 28:12; Participle לֹוֶה Proverbs 22:7 + 2 times; — borrow, עֶבֶד לוֶֹה לְאִישׁ מַלְוֶה Proverbs 22:7 a borrower is slave to a man who lends; absolute Deuteronomy 28:12; Isaiah 24:2; Psalm 37:21; followed by כֶּסֶף Nehemiah 5:4.
Hiph. Perfect 2nd person masculine singular consecutive וְהִלְוִיתָה Deuteronomy 28:12; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix יַלְוְךָ Deuteronomy 28:44; 2nd person masculine singular תַּלְוֶה Exodus 22:24; suffix תַּלְוֶנּוּ Deuteronomy 28:44; Participle מַלְוֶה Psalm 37:26 + 3 times, construct מַלְוֵה Proverbs 19:17; — cause to borrow, i.e. lend to, with accusative of person + of thing Exodus 22:24 (E); with accusative of person Deuteronomy 28:12, 44 (twice in verse); absolute Psalm 37:26; Psalm 112:5 אִישׁ מַלְוֶה Proverbs 22:77 (see Qal above); as substantive Isaiah 24:2; מַלְוֵה י׳ Proverbs 19:17 a lender to י׳ is one shewing favour to the poor.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

29:34; 29:34

Exodus

22:24; 22:24

Numbers

18:2; 18:2; 18:4; 18:4

Deuteronomy

28:12; 28:12; 28:12; 28:12; 28:44; 28:44; 28:44

Nehemiah

5:4; 5:4

Esther

9:27; 9:27

Psalms

37:21; 37:26; 37:26; 83:9; 83:9; 112:5

Proverbs

19:17; 19:17; 22:7; 22:7

Ecclesiastes

8:15

Isaiah

14:1; 14:1; 24:2; 24:2; 56:3; 56:3; 56:6; 56:6

Jeremiah

50:5; 50:5

Daniel

11:34

H3867

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Strong's Number H3867 matches the Hebrew לָוָה (lāvâ),
which occurs 26 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:34 - And she conceived H2029 again H5750 and gave H3205 birth H3205 to a son H1121, and said H559, “Now H6258 this H6471 time H6471 my husband H376 will become H3867 [fn]attached H3867 to me, because H3588 I have borne H3205 him three H7969 sons H1121.” Therefore H5921 H3651 he was named H7121 H8034 Levi H3878.

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“If H518 you lend H3867 money H3701 to My people H5971, to the poor H6041 [fn]among H5973 you, you are not to [fn]act H1961 as a creditor H5383 to him; you shall not [fn]charge H7760 H5921 him interest H5392.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:2 - “But also H1571 bring H7126 your brothers H251 with you, the tribe H4294 of Levi H3878, the tribe H7626 of your father H1, so that they may join H3867 you and serve H8334 you, while you and your sons H1121 with you are before H6440 the tent H168 of the testimony H5715.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:4 - “They shall join H3867 you and perform H8104 the duties H4931 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150, for all H3605 the service H5656 of the tent H168; but [fn]an unauthorized H2114 person H2114 shall not come H7126 near H7126 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:12 - “The LORD H3068 will open H6605 for you His good H2896 storehouse H214, the heavens H8064, to give H5414 rain H4306 to your land H776 in its season H6256 and to bless H1288 every H3605 work H4639 of your hand H3027; and you will lend H3867 to many H7227 nations H1471, but you will not borrow H3867.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:44 - “He will lend H3867 to you, but you will not lend H3867 to him; he will be the head H7218, and you will be the tail H2180.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:4 - There H3426 also were H3426 those who H834 said H559, “We have borrowed H3867 money H3701 for the king’s H4428 tax H4060 on our fields H7704 and our vineyards H3754.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:27 - the Jews H3064 established H6965 and [fn]made H6901 a H6901 custom H6901 for themselves, their [fn]descendants H2233, and for all H3605 those who allied H3867 themselves with them, so that [fn]they would not fail H5674 to celebrate H6213 these H428 two H8147 days H3117 according to their [fn]regulation H3791 and according to their appointed H2163 time H2165 annually H3605 H8141.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:21 -

The wicked H7563 borrows H3867 and does not pay H7999 back H7999,

But the righteous H6662 is gracious H2603 and gives H5414.

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All H3605 day H3117 long he is gracious H2603 and lends H3867,

And his [fn]descendants H2233 are a blessing H1293.

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Assyria H804 also H1571 has joined H3867 them;

They have become H1961 [fn]a help H2220 to the children H1121 of Lot H3876. Selah H5542

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:5 -

It goes well H2896 for a person H376 who is gracious H2603 and lends H3867;

He will [fn]maintain H3557 his cause H1697 in judgment H4941.

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One who is gracious H2603 to a poor H1800 person H1800 lends H3867 to the LORD H3068,

And He will repay H7999 him for his [fn]good H1576 deed H1576.

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The rich H6223 rules H4910 over the poor H7326,

And the borrower H3867 becomes the lender’s H376 H3867 slave H5650.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:15 - So I commended H7623 pleasure H8057, for there H369 is H369 nothing H369 good H2896 for a person H120 under H8478 the sun H8121 except H3588 H518 to eat H398, drink H8354, and be H8055 joyful H8055, and this H1931 will stand H3867 by him in his labor H5999 throughout the days H3117 of his life H2416 which H834 God H430 has given H5414 him under H8478 the sun H8121.

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When H3588 the LORD H3068 has H7355 compassion H7355 on H7355 Jacob H3290 and again H5750 chooses H977 Israel H3478, and settles H5117 them on their own land H127, then strangers H1616 will join H3867 them and attach H5596 themselves to the house H1004 of Jacob H3290.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:2 - And the people H5971 will be like the priest H3548, the servant H5650 like his master H113, the female H8198 servant H8198 like her mistress H1404, the buyer H7069 like the seller H4376, the lender H3867 like the borrower H3867, the creditor H5383 like the debtor H5377.

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Let not the foreigner H1121 H5236 who has joined H3867 himself to the LORD H3068 say H559,

“The LORD H3068 will certainly H914 separate H914 me from His people H5971.”

Nor H408 let the eunuch H5631 say H559, “Behold H2005, I am a dry H3002 tree H6086.”

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“Also the foreigners H1121 H5236 who join H3867 themselves to the LORD H3068,

To attend H8334 to His service H8334 and to love H157 the name H8034 of the LORD H3068,

To be His servants H5650, every H3605 one H3605 who keeps H8104 the Sabbath H7676 so as not to profane H2490 it,

And holds H2388 firmly H2388 to My covenant H1285;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:5 - “They will ask H7592 for the way H1870 to Zion H6726, turning their faces H6440 [fn]in its direction H2008; [fn]they [fn]will come H935 so that they may join H3867 themselves to the LORD H3068 in an everlasting H5769 covenant H1285 that will not be forgotten H7911.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:34 - “Now when they fall H3782 they will be granted H5826 a little H4592 help H5828, and many H7227 will join H3867 with them in hypocrisy H2519.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:11 - “And many H7227 nations H1471 will join H3867 themselves to the LORD H3068 on that day H3117 and will become H1961 My people H5971. Then I will dwell H7931 in your midst H8432, and you will know H3045 that the LORD H3068 of armies H6635 has sent H7971 Me to you.
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