H3823: לָבַב
lâbab · pronounced law-bab' · “to encourage”
Definition
(in a good sense) transport (with love), or (in a bad sense) stultify; to make cakes
KJV translates it as: make cakes, ravish, be wise.
Word origin: a primitive root; properly, to be enclosed (as if with fat); by implication (as denominative from H3824 (לֵבָב)); to unheart; also as denominative from H3834 (לָבִיבָה) i.e.
Extended definition
1a) (Niphal) to take heart, become enheartened, become intelligent
1b) (Piel) to ravish the heart, encourage, make heart beat faster
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H3823 is translated
- my ×2
- let her make cakes ×1
- she made cakes ×1
- he will become intelligent ×1
Bible verses with H3823 (lâbab)
Lâbab appears in 4 verses.
- 2 Samuel 13:6
So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.
- 2 Samuel 13:8
So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.
- Job 11:12
For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
- Song of Solomon 4:9
Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.