לָבַט
lavat · fall, be thrown down
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3832 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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lavat (לָבַט) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “fall, be thrown down”.
To fall, to be thrown down; to come to ruin.
How to say it
la·vat
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To lose one's footing and come down to ruin.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- will be thrown down ×2
- will come to ruin ×1
Where it appears
- Proverbs 10:8
The wise of heart receives commandments, but the fool of lips will be thrown down.
- Proverbs 10:10
He who winks the eye causes pain, and the fool of lips will be thrown down.
- Hosea 4:14
I will not call your daughters to account when they prostitute themselves, or your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery; for they themselves go aside with prostitutes and sacrifice with sacred prostitutes; and a people that does not understand will come to ruin.