Labab means “make cakes” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G3823 — pale in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H3823 לָבַב (labab) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. labab (law-bab') v. 1. (properly) to be enclosed (as if with fat) 2. (by implication) (as denominative from H3824) to unheart, i.e. (in a good sense) transport (with love), or (in a bad sense) stultify It has 4 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include make and cakes. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
labab (law-bab') v. 1. (properly) to be enclosed (as if with fat) 2. (by implication) (as denominative from H3824) to unheart, i.e. (in a good sense) transport (with love), or (in a bad sense) stultify 3. (as denominative from H3834) to make cakes [a primitive root] KJV: make cakes, ravish, be wise. See also: H3824, H3834
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3823. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to encourage
Usage: 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
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render labab, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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4 indexed usages in 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.
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.
For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
First 4 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3823.
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.
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.
For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
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.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3823, grouped by book.
Labab (Strong's H3823) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "make cakes". labab (law-bab') v. 1. (properly) to be enclosed (as if with fat) 2. (by implication) (as denominative from H3824) to unheart, i.e. (in a good sense) transport (with love), or (in a bad sense) stultify
This page currently indexes 4 linked usages for Strong's H3823 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3823 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as make and cakes. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.