Word Study · Strong's H3864 · Hebrew
לוּבִי
Lubi
loo-bee'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Lûwbîy
“a Libyan or inhabitant of interior Africa (only in plural)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a Libyan or inhabitant of interior Africa (only in plural)
Rendered in the KJV as
Lubim(-s), Libyans.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- וְהַלּוּבִ֗ים1
- וְלֻבִ֥ים1
- וְלוּבִ֔ים1
- לוּבִ֥ים1
How it is rendered · 4
- and [the] Libyans1
- and Libyans1
- and the Libyans1
- Libyans1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- conjunction (“and”) + gentilic noun (a people)2
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)1
- gentilic noun (a people)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Ngmpa · 2
- HC/Td/Ngmpa · 1
- HNgmpa · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
2 Chronicles carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 12:3לוּבִ֥יםluvimgentilic noun (a people)with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.here: Libyans
- 2 Chronicles 16:8וְהַלּוּבִ֗יםvehaluvimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)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: and the Libyans