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Hebrew-Aramaic
H157

Original: אהב אהב
Transliteration: ahab aheb ('âhab 'âhêb)
Phonetic: aw-hab'
BDB Definition:
  1. to love
    1. (Qal)
      1. human love for another, includes family, and sexual
      2. human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom
      3. human love for or to God
      4. act of being a friend
        1. lover (participle)
        2. friend (participle)
      5. God's love toward man
        1. to individual men
        2. to people Israel
        3. to righteousness
    2. (Niphal)
      1. lovely (participle)
      2. loveable (participle)
    3. (Piel)
      1. friends
      2. lovers (figuratively of adulterers)
  2. to like
Origin: a primitive root
TWOT entry: 29
Part(s) of speech: Verb
Strong's Definition: A primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise): - (be-) love (-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Occurrences in the (KJV) King James Version:
66
My Lovers (2x)
69
70
O Love (1x)
71
72
73
74
76
78
80
That Love (1x)
81
82
85
86
87
Thee: Love (1x)
88
89
91
94
96
97
99
Thy Friend (1x)
100
101
Thy Lovers (1x)
104
To Love (6x)
107
112
114
115
117
118
119
Will Love (1x)
120
124
125
127
128
Yet, Love (1x)
129
All Occurrences
Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.(f) (g) (h)
And said, I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.(i) (j)
Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.(b)
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.(c)
And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.(e)
O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.(j)
The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
Lord , I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.(a)
O love the Lord , all ye his saints: for the Lord preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord .(a)
What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.(d) (e)
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified.
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.(b)
The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
Ye that love the Lord , hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
I love the Lord , because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

All of the original Hebrew and Aramaic words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. In some cases more than one form of the word — such as the masculine and feminine forms of a noun — may be listed.

Each entry is a Hebrew word, unless it is designated as Aramaic. Immediately after each word is given its equivalent in English letters, according to a system of transliteration. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT), by R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke. This section makes an association between the unique number used by TWOT with the Strong's number.

Thayers Information

All of the original Greek words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. The Strong's numbering system arranges most Greek words by their alphabetical order. This renders reference easy without recourse to the Greek characters. In some cases more than one form of the word - such as the masculine, feminine, and neuter forms of a noun - may be listed.

Immediately after each word is given its exact equivalent in English letters, according to the system of transliteration laid down in the scheme here following. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Thayer's Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in the ten-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), edited by Gerhard Kittel. Both volume and page numbers cite where the word may be found.

The presence of an asterisk indicates that the corresponding entry in the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament may appear in a different form than that displayed in Thayers' Greek Definitions.

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Dictionaries of Hebrew and Greek Words taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D., 1890.


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