To encourage
לָבַבStrong’s H3823lavav (la-vav)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Lavav is the Hebrew word usually translated “have stolen heart my”, “let her make cakes” and “made cakes”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- To ravish, become intelligent, get a mind(Niphal) to take heart, become enheartened, become intelligent · (Piel) to ravish the heart, encourage, make heart beat faster
- (Piel) to make cakes, bake cakes, cook bread
How it's translated
- you have stolen heart my 2
- and let her make cakes 1
- and she made cakes 1
- he will become intelligent 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Samuel 2
- Job 1
- Song of Solomon 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Samuel 13:8So 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 11:12For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
- Song of Solomon 4:9Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
Hebrew dictionary
לָבַב lavav · to encourage
1) to ravish, become intelligent, get a mind 1a) (Niphal) to take heart, become enheartened, become intelligent 1b) (Piel) to ravish the heart, encourage, make heart beat faster
לִבֵּב libbev · to bake
(Piel) to make cakes, bake cakes, cook bread
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “encourage” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ENCOUR'AGE, verb transitive
enkur'rage. To give courage to; to give or increase confidence of success; to inspire with courage, spirit, or strength of mind; to embolden; to animate; to incite; to inspirit.
- “But charge Joshua, and encourage him” Deuteronomy 3:28
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.