1) inner man, mind, will, heart, soul, understanding

1a) inner part, midst

1a1) midst (of things)

1a2) heart (of man)

1a3) soul, heart (of man)

1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory

1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will)

1a6) conscience

1a7) heart (of moral character)

1a8) as seat of appetites

1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage

Aramaic equivalent: le.vav (לְבַב "heart" H3825)

Root √לבב: לבב לֵבַב לֵב לִבָּא לב לֵב לֵבָב labâbu libbu Syriac Ethiopic Arabic in unruhiger Bewegung sein לֵב earliest poetry, J and E chiefly, Eph doc. of Ju S K chiefly, Am Ho Zc 9-11 Is 15 use. לֵבָב first appears in Is and certain strata of E and Eph doc. of Ju S K, and is continued in Zp Na (prob.) D H Dt editors and some ψψ. לֵב לֵבָב Je Ez Jb preferbut use occasionally. לֵב Is 2, 3 La and exilic ψψ use. לבב Is 13-14:23 Je 50-51 Hg Zc 1-8 Jo Jon ψ 25, 90, 104, use. לֵב Mal Ob Zc 12-14 Memorials of Ezr and Ne Pr Ru Ct and many ψψ of Persian period use. לֵבָב Chr and Dn use. לֵב לֵבָב לֵב לֵב לֵבָב Semitic Studies in Memory of Dr. Kohut Ec Est and latest ψψ use. Exceptions will be noted and suspected passages indicated by ? underandwhich are treated apart. See Br. 'Study of the use ofandin the O. T.' in, Berlin, 1897. (mng. dub.; Dl Pr. 88ff. finds orig. mng. in As. ;—√ of,; cf. NH id. As. Aram. Eth.Ar. Sab. Sab. Denkm. p. 18, No. 1, i. 7);—the literary usage ofandis:

לֵבָב n.m inner man mind will heart things in the midst of the seas seldom of men the inner man in contrast with the outer the inner man soul , indef. the, comprehending mind, affections and will mind specific ref. to inclinations resolutions determinations of the will spec. ref. to. conscience spec. ref. to moral character spec. ref. to the man himself = seat of appetites spec. as seat of the emotions and passions spec. of seat of courage usu. of 251.