To join
לָוָהStrong’s H3867lavah (la-vah)
Appears in 22 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Lavah is the Hebrew word usually translated “join themselves”, “join himself” and “lend to”. It appears in 22 verses of the Old Testament.
“Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.”
Meaning
- To join, be joined(Qal) to join, be joined, attend · (Niphal) to join oneself to, be joined unto
- To borrow, lend(Qal) to borrow · (Hiphil) to cause to borrow, lend to
How it's translated
- and they will join themselves 4
- he will join himself 1
- you will lend to 1
- so they may join themselves 1
- and you will lend to 1
- you will borrow 1
- he will lend to you 1
- you will lend to him 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 4
- Isaiah 4
- Numbers 2
- Deuteronomy 2
- Proverbs 2
- Genesis 1
13 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 2:11In contextAnd many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
- Genesis 29:34And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi.
- Exodus 22:25If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
- Numbers 18:2And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.
- Numbers 18:4And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
- Deuteronomy 28:12The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
Hebrew dictionary
לָוָה lavah · to join
1) to join, be joined 1a) (Qal) to join, be joined, attend 1b) (Niphal) to join oneself to, be joined unto
לָוָה lavah · to borrow
1) to borrow, lend 1a) (Qal) to borrow 1b) (Hiphil) to cause to borrow, lend to
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “join” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
JOIN, verb transitive
[Latin jungo, jungere; jungo for jugo, jugum; Eng. yoke;
- To set or bring one thing in contiguity with another.“Woe to them that join house to house, that lay field to field” Isaiah 5:8
- To couple; to connect; to combine; as, to join ideas.
- To unite in league or marriage.“Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab” 2 Chronicles 18:1“What God hath joined together, let not man put asunder” Matthew 19:6
- To associate.“Go near and join thyself to this chariot” Acts 8:29
All definitions and other forms of “join”
- To unite in any act.
- To unite in concord.“But that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind, and in the same judgment” 1 Corinthians 1:10
JOIN, verb intransitive
To grow to; to adhere. The place where two bones of the body join is called a joint or articulation.
- To be contiguous, close or in contact; as when two houses join
- To unite with in marriage, league, confederacy, partnership or society.“Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations?” Ezra 9:14
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.