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la.vah H3867

לָוָה (la.vah) means “to join” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

לָוָה Hebrew · H3867 26 tagged occurrences in 22 verses

Pronunciation guide: law-vaw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H3867A

לָוָה · la.vah · to join

1) to join, be joined 1a) (Qal) to join, be joined, attend 1b) (Niphal) to join oneself to, be joined unto

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TBESH · H3867B

לָוָה · la.vah · to borrow

1) to borrow, lend 1a) (Qal) to borrow 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to borrow, lend to

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; properly, to twine, i.e. (by implication) to unite, to remain; also to borrow (as a form of obligation) or (caus.) to lend

KJV glosses: abide with, borrow(-er), cleave, join (self), lend(-er).

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How translators render H3867

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
borrow 2
who join 2
will join 2
and borrower 1
and join 1
and lends freely 1
and quick to lend 1
and the borrower 1
has joined 1
is a loan 1
lend to him 1
lender 1
that they may join 1
they are to join 1
to the lender 1
we have borrowed 1
who has joined himself 1
will accompany him 1
will become attached 1
will join them 1
will lend to you 1
you lend 1
you will lend 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
and lendeth 2
shall be joined 2
also is joined 1
and let us join 1
and the borrower 1
and they shall be joined 1
and thou shalt lend 1
and thou shalt not borrow 1
and upon all such as joined 1
as with the lender 1
be joined 1
borroweth 1
for that shall abide 1
he shall lend 1
if thou lend 1
lendeth 1
shall cleave 1
so with the borrower 1
that hath joined 1
that join 1
thou with thee that they may be joined 1
to the lender 1
to thee and thou shalt not lend 1
we have borrowed 1

Verses containing H3867

Page 1 of 1. 22 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Genesis 29:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.

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  2. Exodus 22:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.

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    Source alternate reference: 22.24

  3. Numbers 18:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But bring with you also your brothers from the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you and assist you and your sons before the Tent of the Testimony.

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  4. Numbers 18:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They are to join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; but no outsider may come near you.

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  5. Deuteronomy 28:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.

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  6. Deuteronomy 28:44 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.

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  7. Nehemiah 5:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.

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  8. Esther 9:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the Jews bound themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should not fail to celebrate these two days at the appointed time each and every year, according to their regulation.

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  9. Psalms 37:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.

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  10. Psalms 37:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing.

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  11. Psalms 83:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah

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    Source alternate reference: 83.9

  12. Psalms 112:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.

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  13. Proverbs 19:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.

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  14. Proverbs 22:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

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  15. Ecclesiastes 8:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

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  16. Isaiah 14:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.

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  17. Isaiah 24:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.

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  18. Isaiah 56:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”

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  19. Isaiah 56:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants—all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant—

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  20. Jeremiah 50:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.

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  21. Daniel 11:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now when they fall, they will be granted a little help, but many will join them insincerely.

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  22. Zechariah 2:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.

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    Source alternate reference: 2.15

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