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Proverbs 16:9
“A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
לֵבlêb · labe
H3820 · Hebrew
H3820 · Hebrew
- Definition
- the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
- Derivation
- a form of H3824 (לֵבָב);
- KJV renderings
- [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.
- Grammar
- לֵ֣ב — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 596 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 6:5Genesis 6:6Genesis 8:21Genesis 8:21Genesis 17:17
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read לֵב here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.