# H3820 לֵב

לֵב (lêb), Strong’s H3820: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything KJV: [phrase] care for, comfortably…

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*lêb* — the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

KJV: [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous)…

Occurs 595 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- לֵב 599 n.m. (f.) inner man, mind, will, heart
- I seldom of things in the midst of the sea
- II elsewhere of men
- 1 the inner man in contrast with the outer
- 2 the inner man, indef., soul, comprehending mind, affections and will
- 3 specific reference to mind
- 4 spec. ref. to inclinations, resolutions and determinations of the will
- 5 spec. ref. to conscience
- 6 [various]
- 7 for the man himself
- 8 as seat of appetites
- 9 as seat of emotions and passions
- 10 seat of courage
- לֵב קָמָי
- לֵב קָמָי prob. late Atbash Je 51:1.

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 6:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/6?v=5) — The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s…
- [Genesis 6:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/6?v=6) — The LORD was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.
- [Genesis 8:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/8?v=21) — The LORD smelled the pleasant aroma. The LORD said in his heart, “I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s…
- [Genesis 17:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/17?v=17) — Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a child be born to him who is one hundred…
- [Genesis 18:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=5) — I will get a piece of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to…
- [Genesis 24:45](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=45) — Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her pitcher on her shoulder. She went down to…
- [Genesis 27:41](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/27?v=41) — Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, “The days of…
- [Genesis 31:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/31?v=20) — Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he didn’t tell him that he was running away.
- [Genesis 34:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/34?v=3) — His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady.
- [Genesis 42:28](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=28) — He said to his brothers, “My money is restored! Behold, it is in my sack!” Their hearts failed them, and they turned…