לֵב (lev) means “heart” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: labe Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
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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לֵב · lev · Leb
§ Leb- = "heart of" (probably a cryptic name for Babylon by Atbash)
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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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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| 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 |
| 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 |
Page 2 of 12. 551 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
“So Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person are to carry out everything commanded by the LORD, who has given them skill and ability to know how to perform all the work of constructing the sanctuary.”
Read word by wordThen Moses summoned Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person whom the LORD had gifted—everyone whose heart stirred him to come and do the work.
Read word by wordAll the skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains for the tabernacle. They were made of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into them.
Read word by wordThen Moses said, “This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things, for it was not my own doing:
Read word by wordthat even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the LORD? I must speak whatever the LORD says.
Read word by wordWhy are you discouraging the Israelites from crossing into the land that the LORD has given them?
Read word by wordFor when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.
Read word by wordYou came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
Read word by wordAmong those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.
Read word by wordYet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 29.3
because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 29.18
For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Read word by wordAlthough my brothers who went with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear, I remained loyal to the LORD my God.
Read word by wordMy heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!
Read word by wordThe princes of Issachar were with Deborah, and Issachar was with Barak, rushing into the valley at his heels. In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.
Read word by wordWhy did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.
Read word by wordAnd when his mother’s brothers spoke all these words about him in the presence of all the leaders of Shechem, their hearts were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.”
Read word by word“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!”
Read word by wordSamson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”
Read word by wordWhen Delilah realized that he had revealed to her all that was in his heart, she sent this message to the lords of the Philistines: “Come up once more, for he has revealed to me all that is in his heart.” Then the lords of the Philistines came to her, bringing the money in their hands.
Read word by wordAnd while their hearts were merry, they said, “Call for Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison to entertain them. And they stationed him between the pillars.
Read word by wordSo the priest was glad and took the ephod, the household idols, and the graven image, and went with the people.
Read word by wordher husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, taking his servant and a pair of donkeys. So the girl brought him into her father’s house, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.
Read word by wordOn the fourth day, they got up early in the morning and prepared to depart, but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, “Refresh your heart with a morsel of bread, and then you can go.”
Read word by wordSo they sat down and the two of them ate and drank together. Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Please agree to stay overnight and let your heart be merry.”
Read word by wordWhile they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!”
Read word by word“My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.”
Read word by wordAfter Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then Ruth went in secretly, uncovered his feet, and lay down.
Read word by wordHannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk
Read word by wordAt that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD; my horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.
Read word by wordWhen he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.
Read word by wordAs she was dying, the women attending to her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!” But she did not respond or pay any heed.
Read word by wordWhy harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people out so they could go on their way?
Read word by wordAs for the donkeys you lost three days ago, do not worry about them, for they have been found. And upon whom is all the desire of Israel, if not upon you and all your father’s house?”
Read word by wordAs Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul’s heart, and all the signs came to pass that day.
Read word by wordSaul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.
Read word by wordAnd David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail on account of this Philistine. Your servant will go and fight him!”
Read word by wordAfterward, David’s conscience was stricken because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 24.6
My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
Read word by wordthen my lord will have no remorse or guilt of conscience over needless bloodshed and revenge. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, may you remember your servant.”
Read word by wordWhen Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
Read word by wordIn the morning when Nabal was sober, his wife told him about these events, and his heart failed within him, and he became like a stone.
Read word by wordDavid, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
Read word by wordWhen Saul saw the Philistine army, he was afraid and trembled violently.
Read word by wordAs the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
Read word by wordFor the sake of Your word and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed it to Your servant.
Read word by wordFor You, O LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant when You said, ‘I will build a house for you.’ Therefore Your servant has found the courage to offer this prayer to You.
Read word by wordHer brother Absalom said to her, “Has your brother Amnon been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister. He is your brother. Do not take this thing to heart.” So Tamar lived as a desolate woman in the house of her brother Absalom.
Read word by wordNow Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”
Read word by wordSo now, my lord the king, do not take to heart the report that all the sons of the king are dead. Only Amnon is dead.”
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