Lexicon :: Strong's H160 - 'ahăḇâ

“I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;

You have been a good friend to me.

Your [fn]love toward me was more wonderful

Than the love of women.

Then Amnon became extremely hateful toward her, for his hatred toward her was greater than the love which he had for her. And Amnon said to her, “Get up and get out!”

Then Hiram, king of Tyre replied in a letter sent to Solomon: “Because the LORD loves His people, He has made you king over them.”

In return for my love, they attack me,

But I am in prayer.

Let her be as a loving hind and graceful doe,

Let her breasts refresh and satisfy you at all times;

Always be [fn]exhilarated and delight in her love.

Hatred stirs up strife,

But love covers and overwhelms all transgressions [forgiving and overlooking another’s faults].

Better is a dinner of vegetables and herbs where love is present

Than a fattened ox served with hatred.

He who covers and forgives an offense seeks love,

But he who repeats or gossips about a matter separates intimate friends.

Better is an open reprimand [of loving correction]

Than love that is hidden.

For I have taken all this to heart, exploring and examining it all, how the righteous (those in right standing with God) and the wise and their deeds are in the hands of God. No man knows whether it will be love or hatred; anything awaits him.

“He has brought me to his banqueting place,

And his banner over me is love [waving overhead to protect and comfort me].

(The Bridegroom)

“I command that you take an oath, O daughters of Jerusalem,

By the gazelles or by the does of the field [which run free],

That you do not rouse nor awaken my love

Until she pleases.”

(The Bridegroom)

“I command that you take an oath, O daughters of Jerusalem,

By the gazelles or by the does of the field,

That you do not rouse nor awaken my love

Until she pleases.”

“He made its posts of silver,

Its back of gold,

Its seat of purple cloth,

The interior lovingly and intricately wrought

By the daughters of Jerusalem.

“I command that you take an oath, O daughters of Jerusalem,

If you find my beloved,

As to what you tell him—

[Say that] I am sick from love [sick from being without him].”

“How beautiful and how delightful you are,

My love, with all your delights!

(The Bridegroom)

“I command you to take an oath, O daughters of Jerusalem,

That you do not rouse nor awaken my love

Until she pleases.”

“Put me like a seal on your heart,

Like a seal on your arm;

For love is as strong as death,

Jealousy is as severe and cruel as Sheol (the place of the dead).

Its flashes are flashes of fire,

[A most vehement flame] the very flame of the [fn]LORD!

In all their distress He was distressed,

And the [fn]angel of His presence saved them,

In His love and in His compassion He redeemed them;

And He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

“I remember [earnestly] the lovingkindness and devotion of [fn]your youth,

Your time of betrothal [like that of a bride during the early years in Egypt and again at Sinai],

When you followed Me in the wilderness,

Through a land not sown.

“How well you prepare your path

To seek and obtain [adulterous] love!

Even the most wicked of women

Have learned [indecent] ways from you.

The LORD appeared to me ([fn]Israel) from ages past, saying,

“I have loved you with an everlasting love;

Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you and continued My faithfulness to you.

Then the LORD said to me, “Go again, love a woman ([fn]Gomer) who is beloved by her husband and yet is an adulteress, even as the LORD loves the [fn]children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love the raisin cakes [used in the feasts in pagan worship].”

All their wickedness [says the LORD] is focused in Gilgal;

Indeed, I came to hate them there!

Because of the wickedness of their [idolatrous] practices

I will drive them out of My house (the land of Israel)!

I will love them no longer;

All their princes are rebels.

I led them gently with cords of a man, with bonds of love [guiding them],

And I was to them as one who lifts up and eases the yoke [of the law] over their jaws;

And I bent down to them and fed them.

He has told you, O man, what is good;

And what does the LORD require of you

Except to be just, and to love [and to diligently practice] kindness (compassion),

And to walk humbly with your God [setting aside any overblown sense of importance or self-righteousness]?

“The LORD your God is in your midst,

A Warrior who saves.

He will rejoice over you with joy;

He will be quiet in His love [making no mention of your past sins],

He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.