lev H3820

לֵב (lev) means “heart” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

לֵב Hebrew · H3820 595 tagged occurrences in 551 verses

Pronunciation guide: labe Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H3820A

לֵב · lev · heart

1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding 1a) inner part, midst 1a1) midst (of things) 1a2) heart (of man) 1a3) soul, heart (of man) 1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory 1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will) 1a6) conscience 1a7) heart (of moral character) 1a8) as seat of appetites 1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage

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TBESH · H3820B

לֵב · lev · Leb

§ Leb- = "heart of" (probably a cryptic name for Babylon by Atbash)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a form of H3824 (לֵבָב); the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

KJV glosses: [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom] themselves, [idiom] unawares, understanding, [idiom] well, willingly, wisdom.

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How translators render H3820

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
heart	74
my heart	53
his heart	24
their hearts	21
your heart	19
the heart	17
in heart	16
hearts	12
in his heart	11
the hearts	11
judgment	10
my mind	9
in the heart	7
of heart	7
of his heart	7
mind	6
and my heart	5
of your heart	5
our hearts	5
their heart	5
to himself	5
a heart	4
in my heart	4
in their hearts	4
let your heart	4
of the heart	4
to myself	4
and mind	3
but the heart	3
his mind	3
in your heart	3
of my heart	3
to heart	3
whose heart	3
a mind	2
and according to your own heart	2
and his heart	2
and let your heart	2
and the hearts	2
and your heart	2
but my heart	2
conscience	2
from your heart	2
her heart	2
in her heart	2
in your hearts	2
into the heart	2
is in his heart	2
kindly	2
let the hearts	2
like the heart	2
my own heart	2
of their hearts	2
of their own minds	2
out of their own imagination	2
to the heart	2
understanding	2
vvv	2
whose hearts	2
you	2
your mind	2
a calebite	1
and a double heart	1
and after serious	1
and closed their minds	1
and heart	1
and my mind	1
and the heart	1
and the lord	1
and their hearts	1
and understanding	1
and with wholehearted	1
and your mind	1
anything of my own accord	1
are in the heart	1
as that	1
as the heart	1
attention	1
but his heart	1
but let your heart	1
but their hearts	1
comfort to	1
fill his heart	1
for the heart	1
from the heart	1
from their hearts	1
from their own minds	1
from their understanding	1
has made my heart	1
has your heart	1
he	1
himself	1
his chest	1
his opinions	1
his sense	1
i have kept my heart	1
if my heart	1
in both heart	1
in himself	1
in my chest	1
in the hearts	1
in the hearts of men	1
in your own mind	1
intention	1
into the depths	1
is in the hearts	1
it	1
made the hearts	1
make the hearts	1
makes the heart	1
may my heart	1
men	1
my own doing	1
my spirit	1
myself	1
of conscience	1
of his hearts	1
of his own heart	1
of judgment	1
of leb-kamai	1
of my own heart	1
of reason	1
of the hearts	1
of their own hearts	1
of understanding	1
on his own	1
out of mind	1
over their hearts	1
people	1
so that my heart	1
so the hearts	1
spirits	1
tenderly	1
the courage	1
the hearts of the people	1
their courage	1
their minds	1
their own hearts	1
their senses	1
theirs	1
them	1
themselves	1
therefore my heart	1
those whose hearts	1
through the heart	1
to my heart	1
turned his heart	1
was in my heart	1
when your heart	1
whenever my heart	1
while their hearts	1
who with one purpose	1
wholeheartedly	1
will your courage	1
willingly	1
wisdom	1
with one mind	1
with the heart	1
yet his heart	1
your heart upon them	1
yourself	1
yourselves	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
heart	78
my heart	29
the heart	27
in his heart	25
his heart	17
thine heart	17
in heart	16
of heart	14
their heart	12
and the heart	10
of his heart	10
in the heart	9
mine heart	9
hearted	7
in mine heart	7
in the midst	7
of thine heart	6
and his heart	5
and my heart	5
in my heart	5
of my heart	5
of understanding	5
and mine heart	4
and thine heart	4
of their heart	4
the hearts	4
their hearts	4
to heart	4
understanding	4
well	4
whole heart	4
whose heart	4
and their heart	3
but the heart	3
comfortably	3
for their heart	3
in their heart	3
of the heart	3
of their own heart	3
of wisdom	3
therefore my heart	3
upon thine heart	3
with my whole heart	3
and let not thine heart	2
and let thine heart	2
as the heart	2
but my heart	2
friendly	2
her all his heart	2
him in her heart	2
in their hearts	2
in whose heart	2
into the midst	2
kindly	2
let not thine heart	2
let the heart	2
not my heart	2
of his own heart	2
of mine own mind	2
our heart	2
sake and according to thine own heart	2
them an heart	2
therefore the heart	2
to his heart	2
to mind	2
to thy heart	2
upon his heart	2
wisdom	2
you an heart	2
according to mine heart	1
after the heart	1
against me my heart	1
all the merryhearted	1
also my heart	1
also thine own heart	1
an heart	1
and every heart	1
and hardhearted	1
and he that regarded	1
and in the hearts	1
and it came to pass when their hearts	1
and jacobs heart	1
and let thy heart	1
and make my heart	1
and repent	1
and stiffhearted	1
and their hearts	1
and whose heart	1
and without understanding	1
as they were making their hearts	1
at his heart	1
be as the heart	1
because thine heart	1
but let thine heart	1
but that his heart	1
can thine heart	1
considered	1
courageous	1
every one whose heart	1
for his heart	1
for my heart	1
for our heart	1
for this our heart	1
from the heart	1
from thy heart	1
had a mind	1
hast thou considered	1
he to thee but his heart	1
hearted man	1
hearts	1
him his hearts	1
him with the whole heart	1
his wisdom	1
i have made my heart	1
i in my heart	1
i pray thee regard	1
if mine heart	1
if thine heart	1
in her heart	1
in his own heart	1
in their own heart	1
in thine heart	1
into his mind	1
into mind	1
into mine heart	1
into my mind	1
into their own heart	1
into thine heart	1
it in their hearts	1
it into my heart	1
it into my mind	1
it to his heart	1
let my heart	1
make the heart	1
maketh my heart	1
maketh the heart	1
me all his heart	1
me thine heart	1
no heart	1
no heed	1
not his heart	1
not mine heart	1
not neither did she regard	1
not of double	1
not their heart	1
not thy mind	1
not to heart	1
not your heart	1
of mine heart	1
of our heart	1
out of mind	1
out of their heart	1
out of their own heart	1
out of their own hearts	1
regard	1
shall be as the heart	1
shall the heart	1
so the heart	1
that his heart	1
that we may consider	1
the brokenhearted	1
the stouthearted	1
thee in the midst	1
thee when thine heart	1
thee with all their heart	1
thee with all their hearts	1
thee with my whole heart	1
them out of thine own heart	1
them through the heart	1
then shall the heart	1
therefore mine heart	1
they will not care	1
thy heart	1
to my mind	1
to thee with all their heart	1
unawares	1
unto all yea also the heart	1
unto him for his heart	1
unto me let thine heart	1
unto me with her whole heart	1
unto me with their heart	1
unto me with their whole heart	1
unto me ye stouthearted	1
unto the midst	1
unto thee when my heart	1
unto their own hearts	1
unto thine heart	1
was in mine heart	1
was minded	1
when the heart	1
whose hearts	1
why doth thine heart	1
will they care	1
willingly	1
with a double	1
with all the heart	1
with all thine heart	1
with his heart	1
with me made the heart	1
with mine own heart	1
with myself	1
with one consent	1
within me my heart	1
without heart	1
ye comfortably	1
ye have made the heart	1
ye well	1
yea his heart	1
yea in heart	1
yea my heart	1
your heart	1
your hearts	1

Verses containing H3820

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Jeremiah 7:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.
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Jeremiah 8:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.
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Jeremiah 9:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”
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Source alternate reference: 9.13
Jeremiah 9:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”
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Source alternate reference: 9.25
Jeremiah 11:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.”
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Jeremiah 11:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
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Jeremiah 12:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage.
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Jeremiah 12:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They have made it a desolation; desolate before Me, it mourns. All the land is laid waste, but no man takes it to heart.
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Jeremiah 13:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all.
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Jeremiah 14:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.
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Jeremiah 16:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And you have done more evil than your fathers. See how each of you follows the stubbornness of his evil heart instead of obeying Me.
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Jeremiah 17:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.
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Jeremiah 17:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
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Jeremiah 17:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
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Jeremiah 17:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
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Jeremiah 18:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But they will reply, ‘It is hopeless. We will follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.’”
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Jeremiah 19:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind.
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Jeremiah 20:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.
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Jeremiah 20:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
O LORD of Hosts, who examines the righteous, who sees the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
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Jeremiah 22:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”
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Jeremiah 23:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, and all my bones tremble. I have become like a drunkard, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD, because of His holy words.
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Jeremiah 23:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.
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Jeremiah 23:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’
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Jeremiah 23:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.
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Jeremiah 23:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences
How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?
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Jeremiah 24:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.
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Jeremiah 30:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Their leader will be one of their own, and their ruler will arise from their midst. And I will bring him near, and he will approach Me, for who would dare on his own to approach Me?” declares the LORD.
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Jeremiah 30:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this.
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Jeremiah 31:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Set up the road markers, put up the signposts. Keep the highway in mind, the road you have traveled. Return, O Virgin Israel, return to these cities of yours.
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Jeremiah 31:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
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Jeremiah 32:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.
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Jeremiah 32:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
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Jeremiah 32:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.
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Jeremiah 44:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“As for the incense you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem—you, your fathers, your kings, your officials, and the people of the land—did the LORD not remember and bring this to mind?
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Jeremiah 48:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his proud arrogance and haughtiness of heart.
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Jeremiah 48:36 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished.
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Jeremiah 48:41 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Kirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
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Jeremiah 49:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.
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Jeremiah 49:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s mighty men will be like the heart of a woman in labor.
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Jeremiah 51:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will stir up against Babylon and against the people of Leb-kamai the spirit of a destroyer.
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Lamentations 1:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.
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Lamentations 1:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Let all their wickedness come before You, and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and my heart is faint.
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Lamentations 2:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. O wall of the Daughter of Zion, let your tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief, and your eyes no rest.
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Lamentations 2:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.
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Lamentations 3:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:
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Lamentations 3:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.
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Lamentations 3:65 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Put a veil of anguish over their hearts; may Your curse be upon them!
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Lamentations 5:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.
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Lamentations 5:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
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Ezekiel 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’
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