Hebrew word · H3864
לוּב
vehaluvim
Libyan
Appears 4 times in 4 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·
What it means
§ Libyans = "empty-hearted (Da 11:43) or afflicted (Jer 46:9)
a people of northern Africa west of Egypt
Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
Where it appears
2 Chronicles · 2
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2 Chronicles 12:3 לוּבִ֥ים Libyans
with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.
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2 Chronicles 16:8 וְהַלּוּבִ֗ים and the Libyans
Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.
Here: Peoples west of Egypt. Chapter 14 does not mention them. They do appear in Shishak's Egyptian army in 12:3, so Hanani's summary pictures the invasion as a full African and Egyptian-style coalition.
Daniel · 1
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Daniel 11:43 וְלֻבִ֥ים and Libyans
He will gain control of the treasures of gold and silver and over all the riches of Egypt, and the Libyans and Cushites will also submit to him.
Here: The Lubim: peoples on Egypt's western flank, west of the Nile Delta. In the Bible they usually appear with Egypt as its allies or auxiliary troops.
Nahum · 1
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Nahum 3:9 וְלוּבִ֔ים and [the] Libyans
Cush and Egypt were her boundless strength; Put and Libya were her allies.
Here: The Libyan peoples west of Egypt, who often served in Egyptian armies (2 Chronicles 12:3; 16:8). Libyan chiefs had even ruled Egypt as pharaohs before the Kushites.
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