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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
Dictionary Aids

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

How I love H157 Your Law!

It is my meditation all the day.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:113 -

Samekh

I hate those who are double-minded,

But I love H157 Your Law.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:119 -

You have [fn]removed all the wicked of the earth like [fn]impurities;

Therefore I love H157 Your testimonies.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:127 -

Therefore I love H157 Your commandments

Above gold, yes, above pure gold.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:132 -

Turn to me and be gracious to me,

As is right for those who love H157 Your name.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:140 -

Your word is very [fn]pure,

Therefore Your servant loves H157 it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:159 -

Consider how I love H157 Your precepts;

Revive me, LORD, according to Your faithfulness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:163 -

I hate and loathe falsehood,

But I love H157 Your Law.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:165 -

Those who love H157 Your Law have great peace,

And [fn]nothing causes them to stumble.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:167 -

My soul keeps Your testimonies,

And I love H157 them exceedingly.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:6 -

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:

“May they prosper who love H157 you.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:20 -

The LORD watches over all who love H157 Him,

But He will destroy all the wicked.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:8 -

The LORD opens the eyes of those who are blind;

The LORD raises up those who are bowed down;

The LORD loves H157 the righteous.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:22 -

“How long, you naive ones, will you love H157 simplistic thinking?

And how long will scoffers delight themselves in scoffing

And fools hate knowledge?

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:12 -

For whom the LORD loves H157 He disciplines,

Just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:6 -

“Do not abandon her, and she will guard you;

Love H157 her, and she will watch over you.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:17 -

“I love H157 those who love H157 me;

And those who diligently seek me will find me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:21 -

To endow those who love H157 me with wealth,

That I may fill their treasuries.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:36 -

“But one who [fn]sins against me injures himself;

All those who hate me love H157 death.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:8 -

Do not rebuke a scoffer, or he will hate you;

Rebuke a wise person and he will love H157 you.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:1 -

One who loves H157 [fn]discipline loves H157 knowledge,

But one who hates rebuke is stupid.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:24 -

He who withholds his [fn]rod hates his son,

But he who loves H157 him [fn]disciplines him diligently.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:20 -

The poor is hated even by his neighbor,

But those who love H157 the rich are many.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:9 -

The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD,

But He loves H157 the one who pursues righteousness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:12 -

A scoffer does not love H157 one who rebukes him;

He will not go to the wise.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:13 -

Righteous lips are the delight of kings,

And one who speaks right is loved H157.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:17 -

A friend loves H157 at all times,

And a brother is born for adversity.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:19 -

One who loves H157 wrongdoing loves H157 strife;

One who makes his doorway high seeks destruction.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:21 -

Death and life are in the [fn]power of the tongue,

And those who love H157 it will eat its fruit.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:24 -

A person of too many friends comes to [fn]ruin,

But there is a friend H157 who sticks closer than a brother.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:8 -

One who gets [fn]wisdom loves H157 his own soul;

One who keeps understanding will find good.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:13 -

Do not love H157 sleep, or you will become poor;

Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with [fn]food.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:17 -

One who loves H157 pleasure will become a poor person;

One who loves H157 wine and oil will not become rich.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:11 -

One who loves H157 purity of heart

And [fn]whose speech is gracious, the king is his friend.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:6 -

Faithful are the wounds of a friend H157,

But [fn]deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:3 -

A man who loves H157 wisdom makes his father glad,

But he who involves himself with prostitutes wastes his wealth.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:8 -

A time to love H157 and a time to hate;

A time for war and a time for peace.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:10 -

One who loves H157 money will not be satisfied with money, nor one who loves H157 abundance with its income. This too is futility.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - [fn]Enjoy life with the wife whom you love H157 all the days of your futile life which He has given you under the sun, [fn]all the days of your futility; for this is your reward in life and in your work which you have labored under the sun.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:3 -

“Your oils have a pleasing fragrance,

Your name is like [fn]purified oil;

Therefore the [fn]young women love H157 you.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:4 -

“Draw me after you and let’s run together!

The king has brought me into his chambers.”

The Chorus

“We will rejoice in you and be joyful;

We will praise your love more than wine.

Rightly do they love H157 you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:7 -

“Tell me, you whom my soul loves H157,

Where do you pasture your flock,

Where do you have it lie down at noon?

For why should I be like one who [fn]veils herself

Beside the flocks of your companions?”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:1 -

“On my bed night after night I sought him

Whom my soul loves H157;

I sought him but did not find him.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:2 -

[fn]I must arise now and [fn]go around in the city;

In the streets and in the public squares

[fn]I must seek him whom my soul loves H157.’

I sought him but did not find him.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:3 -

“The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me,

And I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soul loves H157?’

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:4 -

“Hardly had I [fn]left them

When I found him whom my soul loves H157;

I held on to him and would not let him go

Until I had brought him to my mother’s house,

And into the room of her who conceived me.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23 -

Your rulers are rebels

And companions of thieves;

Everyone loves H157 a bribe

And chases after gifts.

They do not obtain justice for the [fn]orphan,

Nor does the widow’s case come before them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:8 -

“But you, Israel, My servant,

Jacob whom I have chosen,

Descendant of Abraham My friend H157,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:4 -

“Since you are precious in My sight,

Since you are honored and I love H157 you,

I will give other people in your place and other nations in exchange for your life.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:14 -

“Assemble, all of you, and listen!

Who among them has declared these things?

The LORD loves H157 him; he will carry out His good pleasure against Babylon,

And His arm will be against the Chaldeans.


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