לֵב
lêb
Modern Summary of Strong’s Concordance (1890)
The word "לֵב" (lêb) primarily refers to the heart, both as the physical organ and as a metaphor for emotions, will, intellect, or the central part of something. It is used broadly to describe inner feelings, thoughts, decision-making, and understanding. The term can also signify qualities like courage, kindness, or awareness, depending on the context.
the heart; the inner person, mind, and will
Etymologically, lêb traces to a form of (לֵבָב). In the King James Version, this word is translated as [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), and (hard-).
Its Greek parallels include ἀπό (apo), διάνοια (dianoia), καρδία (kardia), revealing shared conceptual ground across the biblical languages.
The semantic range of lêb — spanning meanings like care for, comfortably, consent — suggests a word whose full significance cannot be captured by a single English term.
Lexical data derived from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance. See full disclaimer
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ἀπό
apo
"off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
διάνοια
dianoia
deep thought, properly, the faculty (mind or its disposition), by implication, its exercise
καρδία
kardia
the heart, i.e. (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle
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καρδία
kardia
the heart, i.e. (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle
νοῦς
noys
the intellect, i.e. mind (divine or human; in thought, feeling, or will); by implication, meaning
ἀπό
apo
"off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
διάνοια
dianoia
deep thought, properly, the faculty (mind or its disposition), by implication, its exercise
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