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Lexicon :: Strong's H157 - 'āhaḇ

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אָהַב
Transliteration
'āhaḇ
Pronunciation
aw-hav'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 29

Strong’s Definitions

אָהַב ʼâhab, aw-hab'; or אָהֵב ʼâhêb ; a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise):—(be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 208x

The KJV translates Strong's H157 in the following manner: love (169x), lover(s) (19x), friend(s) (12x), beloved (5x), liketh (1x), lovely (1x), loving (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 208x
The KJV translates Strong's H157 in the following manner: love (169x), lover(s) (19x), friend(s) (12x), beloved (5x), liketh (1x), lovely (1x), loving (1x).
  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 (fig. of adulterers)

  2. to like

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָהַב ʼâhab, aw-hab'; or אָהֵב ʼâhêb ; a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise):—(be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
STRONGS H157: Abbreviations
אָהֵב 216 verb love
Qal Perfect אָהֵ֑ב Genesis 27:9 + 7 times; אָשֵהבּ Genesis 27:14; אָהַב Genesis 37:3 + 3 times; אֲֵֽֽֽהבָךָ Deuteronomy 15:16; 3rd person feminine singular אָֽהֲבָה Songs 1:7 +, etc.; Imperfect (־הָ֑ב) יֶאֱהַב Proverbs 3:12 +; 1st person singular אֵהָ֑ב Proverbs 8:17 (compare Ew§ 192 d Ges§ 68. 1); וָֽאֹהַב Malachi 1:2; וָאֹהֲבֵהוּ Hosea 11:1; אֹהֲבֵם Hosea 14:5; וָאֹהֲבֵם Psalm 119:167; 2nd person masculine plural תְּאֵהֲבוּ Proverbs 1:22 (compare KöI p. 394 Ges§ 63 R 2); תֶּאֱהָ֑בוּ Zechariah 8:17; תָּאֱהָבוּן Psalm 4:3; Imperative אֱהַב־ Hosea 3:1; אֱהָבֶהָ Proverbs 4:6; אֶהֱבוּ Psalm 31:24; Amos 5:15; אֱהָ֑בוּ Zechariah 8:19; Infinitive construct אֱהֹב Ecclesiastes 3:8; אַהֲבָה Deuteronomy 10:12 +; אֲהֲבַת Micah 6:8 + etc.; compare also below n. אהבה below; Participle אֹהֵב (אוֺהֵב) Deuteronomy 10:18 + 26 times; feminine construct אֲהֻבַת Hosea 3:1 is probably active compare BaNB 174 ff; suffix אֹהֲבִי Isaiah 41:8 etc.; feminine אֹהֶ֫בֶת Genesis 25:28; אֹהַ֫בְתִּי Hosea 10:11 etc.; Passive participle אָהוּב Nehemiah 13:26; אֲהוּבָה Deuteronomy 21:15 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 21:16. — love (mostly with accusative, followed by לְ + object Leviticus 19:18, 34; 2 Chronicles 19:2 (late), followed by בְּ Ecclesiastes 5:9; absolute Ecclesiastes 3:8 & see below), (affection both pure & impure, divine & human); —
1. human love to human object; absolute, opposed to hate שָׂנֵא Ecclesiastes 3:8; of love to son Genesis 22:2; Genesis 25:28; Genesis 37:3, 4; Genesis 44:20 (JE) Proverbs 13:24; so also 2 Samuel 13:21 Greek Version of the LXX Ew Th We, compare Dr, of David's loving Amnon; never to parent, but mother-in-law Ruth 4:15; of man's love to woman; wife Genesis 24:67; Genesis 29:20, 30 (compare Genesis 29:18):32 (JE), also Deuteronomy 21:15 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 21:16; Judges 14:16; 1 Samuel 1:5; 2 Chronicles 11:21; Esther 2:17; Hosea 3:1; Ecclesiastes 9:9; but also Genesis 34:3 (J) Judges 16:4, 15; 2 Samuel 13:1, 4, 15 (where of carnal desire) 1 Kings 11:1 compare 1 Kings 11:2; Hosea 3:1; רֵעַ א׳ loving a paramour, see BaNB 176; woman's love to man 1 Samuel 18:20 (so 1 Samuel 18:28 MT, but read וְבִי כָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֹהֵב אֹתוֺ Greek Version of the LXX We Dr) Songs 1:3, 4, 7; Songs 3:1, 2, 3, 4 (5 times subject נַפְשִׁי); compare also figurative of adulterous Judah Jeremiah 2:25; Isaiah 57:8; Ezekiel 16:37; of love of slave to master Exodus 21:5 (JE) Deuteronomy 15:16; inferior to superior 1 Samuel 18:22 compare 1 Samuel 18:16; love to neighbour Leviticus 19:18 (וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֺ֑ךָ), particularly to stranger Leviticus 19:34 (both P), Deuteronomy 10:18, 19; love of friend to friend 1 Samuel 16:21; 1 Samuel 18:1, 3; 1 Samuel 20:17 (twice in verse); Job 19:19; Proverbs 17:1 compare 2 Samuel 19:7 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 19:2; see also Proverbs 9:8; Proverbs 16:13; compare Proverbs 15:12; see especially Participle below.
2. less often of appetite, object food, Genesis 27:7, 9, 14 (JE); drink Hosea 3:1; Proverbs 21:17; husbandry 2 Chronicles 26:10; compare figurative of Ephraim Hosea 10:11 followed by infinitive; length of life Psalm 34:13; of cupidity Hosea 9:1; 1 Samuel 1:23; Ecclesiastes 5:9 (twice in verse); of love of sleep Proverbs 20:13 compare figurative of sluggish watchmen (followed by infinitive) Isaiah 56:10; also with object abstract wisdom (personified), knowledge, righteousness, etc. Proverbs 4:6; Proverbs 8:17, 21; Proverbs 12:1; Proverbs 22:11; Proverbs 29:3; Amos 5:15; Micah 6:8 (infinitive || infinitives) Zechariah 8:19, compare Proverbs 19:8 קֹנֶה לֵב אֹהֵב נַפְשׁוֺ; object folly, evil, etc., Micah 3:2; Micah 4:3; Psalm 11:5; Psalm 52:5; Psalm 52:6; Psalm 109:17; Proverbs 1:22; Proverbs 8:36; Proverbs 17:19 (twice in verse), compare Proverbs 18:21; Zechariah 8:17, compare כֵּן א׳ Amos 4:5; Jeremiah 5:3, followed by Infinitive Hosea 12:8; Jeremiah 14:10, especially of idolatry Hosea 4:13 (where strike out הֵבוּ compare Kö1. p. 395) Jeremiah 8:2.
3. love to God Exodus 20:6 (JE) elsewhere Hexateuch only Deuteronomy 5:10; Deuteronomy 6:5; Deuteronomy 7:9 + 9 times Deuteronomy + Joshua 22:5; Joshua 23:11; also Judges 5:31; 1 Kings 3:3; Nehemiah 1:5; Daniel 9:4; especially in (late) Psalm 31:24; Psalm 116:1; Psalm 145:20, but usually followed by name, law, etc. of י׳ Psalm 5:12; Psalm 26:8; Psalm 40:17; Psalm 69:37; Psalm 70:5; Psalm 97:10; Psalm 119:47 + 11 times Psalm 119; compare Isaiah 56:6; compare also of love to Jerusalem Isaiah 66:10; Psalm 122:6.
4. especially Participle אֹהֵב =
(a) lover, Lamentations 1:2 (figurative of Jerusalem);
(b) friend Hiram of David 1 Kings 5:15, compare Jeremiah 20:4, 6; Esther 5:10, 14; Esther 6:13; Psalm 38:12 (|| רֵעַ) so Psalm 88:19 [Psalm 88:18], Proverbs 14:20; also Proverbs 18:24; Proverbs 27:6; Abraham of God Isaiah 41:8; 2 Chronicles 20:7.
5. of divine love...
Niph. Participle plural הַנֶּאֱהָבִים 2 Samuel 1:23 lovely, loveable of Saul & Jonath. (|| הַנְּעִימִם).
Pi. Participle plural suffix (־בָ֑י) מְאַהֲבַי Hosea 2:7 + 3 times; (־בָ֑יִח) מְאַהֲבַיִח Jeremiah 22:20 + 6 times; מְאַהֲבֶיהָ Hosea 2:9 + 4 times
1. friends Zechariah 13:6;
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

22:2; 24:67; 25:28; 25:28; 27:7; 27:9; 27:9; 27:14; 27:14; 29:18; 29:20; 29:30; 34:3; 37:3; 37:3; 37:4; 44:20

Exodus

20:6; 21:5

Leviticus

19:18; 19:18; 19:34; 19:34

Deuteronomy

4:37; 5:10; 6:5; 7:8; 7:9; 7:13; 10:12; 10:18; 10:18; 10:19; 15:16; 15:16; 21:15; 21:15; 21:16; 21:16; 23:6

Joshua

22:5; 23:11

Judges

5:31; 14:16; 16:4; 16:15

Ruth

4:15

1 Samuel

1:5; 1:23; 16:21; 18:1; 18:3; 18:16; 18:20; 18:22; 18:28; 20:17

2 Samuel

1:23; 12:24; 13:1; 13:4; 13:15; 13:21; 19:7

1 Kings

3:3; 5:15; 10:9; 11:1; 11:2

2 Chronicles

2:10; 9:8; 11:21; 19:2; 19:2; 20:7; 26:10

Nehemiah

1:5; 13:26; 13:26

Esther

2:17; 5:10; 5:14; 6:13

Job

19:19

Psalms

4:3; 5:12; 11:5; 11:7; 26:8; 31:24; 31:24; 33:5; 34:13; 37:28; 38:12; 40:17; 45:8; 47:5; 52:5; 52:6; 70:5; 78:68; 87:2; 88:18; 97:10; 99:4; 109:17; 116:1; 119; 119:47; 119:167; 122:6; 145:20; 146:8

Proverbs

1:22; 1:22; 3:12; 3:12; 4:6; 4:6; 8:17; 8:17; 8:21; 8:36; 9:8; 12:1; 13:24; 14:20; 15:9; 15:12; 16:13; 17:1; 17:19; 18:21; 18:24; 19:8; 20:13; 21:17; 22:11; 27:6; 29:3

Ecclesiastes

3:8; 3:8; 3:8; 5:9; 5:9; 9:9

Song of Songs

1:3; 1:4; 1:7; 1:7; 3:1; 3:2; 3:3; 3:4

Isaiah

41:8; 41:8; 43:4; 48:14; 56:6; 56:10; 57:8; 61:8; 66:10

Jeremiah

2:25; 5:3; 8:2; 14:10; 20:4; 20:6; 22:20; 22:20; 22:22; 30:14; 31:3

Lamentations

1:2; 1:19

Ezekiel

16:33; 16:36; 16:37; 16:37; 23:5; 23:9; 23:22

Daniel

9:4

Hosea

2:7; 2:7; 2:9; 2:9; 2:12; 2:14; 2:15; 3:1; 3:1; 3:1; 3:1; 3:1; 3:1; 4:13; 9:1; 9:15; 10:11; 10:11; 11:1; 11:1; 12:8; 14:5; 14:5

Amos

4:5; 5:15; 5:15

Micah

3:2; 4:3; 6:8; 6:8

Zechariah

8:17; 8:17; 8:19; 8:19; 13:6

Malachi

1:2; 1:2; 2:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H157 matches the Hebrew אָהַב ('āhaḇ),
which occurs 212 times in 196 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (Psa 119:97–Isa 48:14)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:97 - MEM. O how love I H157 thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:113 - SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. H157
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:119 - Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love H157 thy testimonies.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:127 - Therefore I love H157 thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:132 - Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love H157 thy name.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:140 - Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth H157 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:159 - Consider how I love H157 thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:163 - I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love. H157
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:165 - Great peace have they which love H157 thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:167 - My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love H157 them exceedingly.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:6 - Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love H157 thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:20 - The LORD preserveth all them that love H157 him: but all the wicked will he destroy.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:8 - The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth H157 the righteous:
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:22 - How long, ye simple ones, will ye love H157 simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:12 - For whom the LORD loveth H157 he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:6 - Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love H157 her, and she shall keep thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:17 - I love H157 them that love H157 me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:21 - That I may cause those that love H157 me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:36 - But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love H157 death.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:8 - Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love H157 thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:1 - Whoso loveth H157 instruction loveth H157 knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:24 - He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth H157 him chasteneth him betimes.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:20 - The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends. H157
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:9 - The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth H157 him that followeth after righteousness.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:12 - A scorner loveth H157 not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:13 - Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love H157 him that speaketh right.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:17 - A friend loveth H157 at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:19 - He loveth H157 transgression that loveth H157 strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:21 - Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love H157 it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:24 - A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend H157 that sticketh closer than a brother.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:8 - He that getteth wisdom loveth H157 his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:13 - Love H157 not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:17 - He that loveth H157 pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth H157 wine and oil shall not be rich.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:11 - He that loveth H157 pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:6 - Faithful are the wounds of a friend; H157 but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:3 - Whoso loveth H157 wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:8 - A time to love, H157 and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:10 - He that loveth H157 silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth H157 abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest H157 all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:3 - Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love H157 thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:4 - Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love H157 thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:7 - Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, H157 where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:1 - By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: H157 I sought him, but I found him not.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:2 - I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: H157 I sought him, but I found him not.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:3 - The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? H157
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:4 - It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: H157 I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23 - Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth H157 gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:8 - But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. H157
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:4 - Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved H157 thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:14 - All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved H157 him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.

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