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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 5:1]1, 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;


1. Edited by BLB [An error was made in the original document incorrectly quoting 1 Kings 5:15]

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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; 5:1; 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 210 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 H4100 I love H157 Your law! H8451
It is my meditation H7881 all H3605 the day. H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:113 - Samekh.
I hate H8130 those who H5588 are double-minded, H5588
But I love H157 Your law. H8451
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:119 - You have [fn]removed H7673 all H3605 the wicked H7563 of the earth H776 like dross; H5509
Therefore H3651 I love H157 Your testimonies. H5713
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:127 - Therefore H5921 H3651 I love H157 Your commandments H4687
Above H4480 gold, H2091 yes, above H4480 fine H6337 gold. H6337
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:132 - Turn H6437 to me and be gracious H2603 to me,
After Your manner H4941 [fn]with those who love H157 Your name. H8034
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:140 - Your [fn]word H565 is very H3966 [fn]pure, H6884
Therefore Your servant H5650 loves H157 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:159 - Consider H7200 how H3588 I love H157 Your precepts; H6490
Revive H2421 me, O LORD, H3068 according to Your lovingkindness. H2617
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:163 - I hate H8130 and despise H8581 falsehood, H8267
But I love H157 Your law. H8451
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:165 - Those who love H157 Your law H8451 have great H7227 peace, H7965
And [fn]nothing H369 causes them to stumble. H4383
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:167 - My soul H5315 keeps H8104 Your testimonies, H5713
And I love H157 them exceedingly. H3966
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:6 - Pray H7592 for the peace H7965 of Jerusalem: H3389
“May they prosper H7951 who love H157 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:20 - The LORD H3068 keeps H8104 all H3605 who love H157 Him,
But all H3605 the wicked H7563 He will destroy. H8045
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:8 - The LORD H3068 opens H6491 the eyes of the blind; H5787
The LORD H3068 raises H2210 up those who are bowed H3721 down; H3721
The LORD H3068 loves H157 the righteous; H6662
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:22 - “How H4970 long, H5704 H4970 O [fn]naive H6612 ones, H6612 will you love H157 [fn]being simple-minded? H6612
And scoffers H3887 delight H2530 themselves in scoffing H3944
And fools H3684 hate H8130 knowledge? H1847
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:12 - For whom H834 the LORD H3068 loves H157 He reproves, H3198
Even as a father H1 corrects the son H1121 in whom he delights. H7521
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:6 - “Do not forsake H5800 her, and she will guard H8104 you;
Love H157 her, and she will watch H5341 over you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:17 - “I love H157 those who love H157 me;
And those who diligently H7836 seek H7836 me will find H4672 me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:21 - To endow H5157 those who love H157 me with wealth, H3426
That I may fill H4390 their treasuries. H214
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:36 - “But he who [fn]sins H2398 against me injures H2554 himself; H5315
All H3605 those who hate H8130 me love H157 death.” H4194
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:8 - Do not reprove H3198 a scoffer, H3887 or H6435 he will hate H8130 you,
Reprove H3198 a wise H2450 man H2450 and he will love H157 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:1 - Whoever loves H157 [fn]discipline H4148 loves H157 knowledge, H1847
But he who hates H8130 reproof H8433 is stupid. H1198
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:24 - He who withholds H2820 his [fn]rod H7626 hates H8130 his son, H1121
But he who loves H157 him [fn]disciplines H4148 him diligently. H7836
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:20 - The poor H7326 is hated H8130 even H1571 by his neighbor, H7453
But those who love H157 the rich H6223 are many. H7227
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:9 - The way H1870 of the wicked H7563 is an abomination H8441 to the LORD, H3068
But He loves H157 one who pursues H7291 righteousness. H6666
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:12 - A scoffer H3887 does not love H157 one who reproves H3198 him,
He will not go H1980 to the wise. H2450
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:13 - Righteous H6664 lips H8193 are the delight H7522 of kings, H4428
And he who speaks H1696 right H3477 is loved. H157
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:17 - A friend H7453 loves H157 at all H3605 times, H6256
And a brother H251 is born H3205 for adversity. H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:19 - He who loves H157 transgression H6588 loves H157 strife; H4683
He who raises H1361 his door H6607 seeks H1245 destruction. H7667
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:21 - Death H4194 and life H2416 are in the [fn]power H3027 of the tongue, H3956
And those who love H157 it will eat H398 its fruit. H6529
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:24 - A man H376 of too many friends H7453 comes to [fn]ruin, H7489
But there H3426 is a [fn]friend H157 who H1695 sticks H1695 closer H1692 than H4480 a brother. H251
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:8 - He who gets H7069 [fn]wisdom H3820 loves H157 his own soul; H5315
He who keeps H8104 understanding H8394 will find H4672 good. H2896
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:13 - Do not love H157 sleep, H8142 or H6435 you will become H3423 poor; H3423
Open H6491 your eyes, H5869 and you will be satisfied H7646 with [fn]food. H3899
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:17 - He who loves H157 pleasure H8057 will become a poor H4270 man; H376
He who loves H157 wine H3196 and oil H8081 will not become H6238 rich. H6238
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:11 - He who loves H157 purity H2889 of heart H3820
And [fn]whose speech H8193 is gracious, H2580 the king H4428 is his friend. H7453
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:6 - Faithful H539 are the wounds H6482 of a friend, H157
But [fn]deceitful H6280 are the kisses H5390 of an enemy. H8130
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:3 - A man H376 who loves H157 wisdom H2451 makes H8055 his father H1 glad, H8055
But he who keeps H7462 company H7462 with harlots H2181 wastes H6 his wealth. H1952
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:8 - A time H6256 to love H157 and a time H6256 to hate; H8130
A time H6256 for war H4421 and a time H6256 for peace. H7965
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:10 - He who loves H157 money H3701 will not be satisfied H7646 with money, H3701 nor H3808 he who H4310 loves H157 abundance H1995 with its income. H8393 This H2088 too H1571 is [fn]vanity. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - Enjoy H7200 life H2416 with the woman H802 whom H834 you love H157 all H3605 the days H3117 of your [fn]fleeting H1892 life H2416 which H834 He has given H5414 to you under H8478 the sun H8121[fn]; for this H1931 is your reward H2506 in life H2416 and in your toil H5999 in which H834 you have labored H6001 under H8478 the sun. H8121
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:3 - “Your oils H8081 have a pleasing H2896 fragrance, H7381
Your name H8034 is like [fn]purified H7324 oil; H8081
Therefore H5921 H3651 the [fn]maidens H5959 love H157 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:4 - “Draw H4900 me after H310 you and let us run H7323 together!
The king H4428 has brought H935 me into his chambers.” H2315
[fn]We will rejoice H1523 in you and be glad; H8055
We will [fn]extol H2142 your love H1730 more H4480 than H4480 wine. H3196
Rightly H4339 do they love H157 you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:7 - “Tell H5046 me, O you whom H7945 my soul H5315 loves, H157
Where H351 do you pasture H7462 your flock,
Where H351 do you make it lie H7257 down H7257 at noon? H6672
For why H4100 should I be like one who [fn]veils H5844 herself
Beside H5921 the flocks H5739 of your companions?” H2270
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:1 - [fn]On my bed H4904 night H3915 after night I sought H1245 him
Whom H7945 my soul H5315 loves; H157
I sought H1245 him but did not find H4672 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:2 - [fn]I must arise H6965 now H4994 and [fn]go H5437 about H5437 the city; H5892
In the streets H7784 and in the squares H7339
[fn]I must seek H1245 him whom H7945 my soul H5315 loves.’ H157
I sought H1245 him but did not find H4672 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:3 - “The watchmen H8104 who make H5437 the rounds H5437 in the city H5892 found H4672 me,
And I said, ‘Have you seen H7200 him whom H7945 my soul H5315 loves?’ H157
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:4 - “Scarcely H4592 had I [fn]left H5674 them
When H5704 H7945 I found H4672 him whom H7945 my soul H5315 loves; H157
I held H270 on to him and would not let H7503 him go H7503
Until H5704 I had brought H935 him to my mother’s H517 house, H1004
And into the room H2315 of her who conceived H2029 me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23 - Your rulers H8269 are rebels H5637
And companions H2270 of thieves; H1590
Everyone H3605 loves H157 a bribe H7810
And chases H7291 after rewards. H8021
They do not [fn]defend H8199 the [fn]orphan, H3490
Nor H3808 does the widow’s H490 plea H7379 come H935 before H413 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:8 - “But you, Israel, H3478 My servant, H5650
Jacob H3290 whom H834 I have chosen, H977
Descendant H2233 of Abraham H85 My friend, H157
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:4 - “Since H4480 H834 you are precious H3365 in My sight, H5869
Since you are honored H3513 and I love H157 you,
I will give H5414 other men H120 in your place H8478 and other peoples H3816 in exchange H8478 for your life. H5315
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:14 - “Assemble, H6908 all H3605 of you, and listen! H8085
Who H4310 among them has declared H5046 these H428 things? H428
The LORD H3068 loves H157 him; he will carry H6213 out His good H2656 pleasure H2656 on Babylon, H894
And His arm H2220 will be against the Chaldeans. H3778

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