לָבַב
la.vav
“to encourage”
Definition
(in a good sense) transport (with love), or (in a bad sense) stultify; to make cakes
a primitive root; properly, to be enclosed (as if with fat); by implication (as denominative from H3824 (לֵבָב)); to unheart; also as denominative from H3834 (לָבִיבָה) i.e.
- 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
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Verb
H:V
Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
לָבַב appears 4 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.”
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.
But a witless man can no more become wisethan the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
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.
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