What does טוּב · לֵבָב mean in the Bible?
טוּב · לֵבָב is a Hebrew phrase meaning "goodness, gladness, inner disposition of the heart".
Hebrew · H2898, H3824
טוּב לֵבָב
Good (as a noun), in the widest sense, especially goodness (superlative concretely, the best ), beauty , gladness , welfare · the heart (as the most interior organ);
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טוּב H2898 good (as a noun), in the widest sense, especially goodness (superlative concretely, the best ), beauty , gladness , welfare
Pronunciation betuv
Goodness as concrete wellbeing and prosperity; the tangible condition of flourishing, not abstract virtue
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לֵבָב H3824 the heart (as the most interior organ);
Pronunciation lēbāb
The seat of intellect, emotion, and will—Israel's innermost self where covenant loyalty and moral choice originate.
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What does טוּב לֵבָב (tuv levav) mean in the Bible?
טוּב · לֵבָב is a Hebrew phrase meaning "goodness, gladness, inner disposition of the heart".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H2898, H3824?
H2898, H3824 is connected to 284 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. goodness, gladness, inner disposition of the heart
Strong's H2898, H3824
Lexical occurrences 284 verses Source Gloss
goodness, gladness, inner disposition of the heart
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
טוּב לֵבָב is built from this root:
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