Strong's Hebrew · H3823
H3823 lâbab
לָבַב
law-bab'
to encourage
Looking for Greek G3823 pálē? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H3823. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
lâbab appears 5 times in Scripture, in 2 Samuel, Job and Song of Solomon. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
properly, to be enclosed (as if with fat); by implication (as denominative from H3824 (לֵבָב)); to unheart; i.e. (in a good sense) transport (with love), or (in a bad sense) stultify; to make cakes
In the King James Version
make cakes, ravish, be wise.
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 5 times in Scripture
“So Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.””
“But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!”
“So Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some dough, kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked them.”
“You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your neck.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
