Biblical Persons & Places
Leb-kamai
Leb-kamai
A location only mentioned at Jer.51.1;
Combined with -kamai (לֵב קָמָי). Leb-kamai is a code word for "Kasdim" ie "Chaldean", another name for Babylonian. Decoding is by Atbash", where the first letter A = the last letter T, the 2nd B is the 2nd to last Sh etc.
Strong's Definition
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Derivation: a form of H3824 (לֵבָב);
KJV Usage: [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom] themselves, [idiom] unawares, understanding, [idiom] well, willingly, wisdom.
TWOT Reference: 1071a
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) inner man, mind, will, heart, 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
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
לֵב
lêb
BDB Definition:
1) inner man, mind, will, heart, 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
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a form of H3824
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1071a
Total KJV Occurrences: 595
Bible Occurrences (548)
4:7
7:10
9:1
10:6
10:11
10:13
10:17
11:2
12:2
13:5
14:1
16:9
17:3
19:8
19:14
21:2
22:14
26:2
27:3
27:8
27:14
28:7
31:12
32:11
33:11
33:15
33:21
34:18
35:25
36:1
36:10
37:4
37:15
37:31
38:8
38:10
39:3
40:10
40:12
41:6
44:18
44:21
45:1
45:5
46:2
48:13
49:3
51:10
51:17
53:1
55:4
55:21
57:7
58:2
61:2
62:10
64:6
64:10
66:18
69:20
74:8
76:5
78:8
78:37
81:12
83:5
84:2
94:15
97:11
102:4
105:3
105:25
107:12
108:1
109:22
112:7
112:8
119:2
119:10
119:11
119:32
119:34
119:36
119:58
119:69
119:70
119:80
119:111
119:112
119:145
119:161
131:1
138:1
140:2
141:4
143:4
147:3
2:2
2:10
3:1
3:3
3:5
4:4
4:23
5:12
6:14
6:18
6:21
6:32
7:3
7:7
7:10
7:25
8:5
9:4
9:16
10:8
10:13
10:20
10:21
11:12
11:20
11:29
12:8
12:11
12:20
12:23
12:25
13:12
14:10
14:13
14:14
14:30
14:33
15:7
15:13
15:14
15:15
15:21
15:28
15:30
15:32
16:1
16:5
16:9
16:21
16:23
17:16
17:18
17:20
17:22
18:2
18:12
18:15
19:3
19:8
19:21
20:5
20:9
21:1
21:4
22:11
22:15
22:17
23:7
23:12
23:15
23:17
23:19
23:26
23:33
23:34
24:2
24:17
24:30
24:32
25:3
25:20
26:23
26:25
27:9
27:11
27:19
27:23
28:14
28:26
30:19
31:11
