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Lexicon :: Strong's H160 - 'ahăḇâ

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אַהֲבָה
Transliteration
'ahăḇâ
Pronunciation
a-hav-aw
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 29c

Strong’s Definitions

אַהֲבָה ʼahăbâh, a-hab-aw; feminine of H158 and meaning the same:—love.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 40x

The KJV translates Strong's H160 in the following manner: love (40x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 40x
The KJV translates Strong's H160 in the following manner: love (40x).

  1. love

    1. human love for human object

      1. of man toward man

      2. of man toward himself

      3. between man and woman

      4. sexual desire

  2. God's love to His people

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַהֲבָה ʼahăbâh, a-hab-aw; feminine of H158 and meaning the same:—love.
STRONGS H160: Abbreviations
† אַהֲבָה noun feminine love (= Infinitive of אהב which see H157) — absolute א׳ Proverbs 10:12 + 18 times; construct אַהֲבַת Jeremiah 2:2 + 3 times; suffix אַהֲבָתִי Psalm 109:4; Psalm 109:5; אַהֲבָֽתְךָ 2 Samuel 1:26; אַהֲבָתוֺ Isaiah 63:9; Zephaniah 3:17; אַהֲבָתָהּ Proverbs 5:19; אַהֲבָתָם Ecclesiastes 9:6 — love, especially Wisdom Literature & late.
1. human (to human object) absolute Ecclesiastes 9:1, 6 (both || שִׂנְאָה) so Proverbs 10:12; Proverbs 15:17; compare Proverbs 27:5; see also Proverbs 17:9; of man toward man Psalm 109:4; Psalm 109:5; love for one's self (נַפְשׁוֺ) 1 Samuel 20:17; between man & woman Songs 2:4, 5; Songs 5:8; Songs 8:6, 7 (twice in verse); Proverbs 5:19 compare also 2 Samuel 1:26 (נָשִׁים א׳); personified Songs 2:7; Songs 3:5; Songs 7:7; Songs 8:4; compare figurative use Songs 3:10; of mere sexual desire 2 Samuel 13:15; figurative of Jerusalem's love to י׳ Jeremiah 2:2 (כְּלוּלֹתַיִח א׳), & of love of adulter. Jesus. Jeremiah 2:33.
2. God's love to his people Hosea 11:4 (עֲבֹתוֺת א׳) Jeremiah 31:3; Isaiah 63:9; Zephaniah 3:17.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

20:17

2 Samuel

1:26; 1:26; 13:15

Psalms

109:4; 109:4; 109:5; 109:5

Proverbs

5:19; 5:19; 10:12; 10:12; 15:17; 17:9; 27:5

Ecclesiastes

9:1; 9:6; 9:6

Song of Songs

2:4; 2:5; 2:7; 3:5; 3:10; 5:8; 7:7; 8:4; 8:6; 8:7

Isaiah

63:9; 63:9

Jeremiah

2:2; 2:2; 2:33; 31:3

Hosea

11:4

Zephaniah

3:17; 3:17

H160

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H160 matches the Hebrew אַהֲבָה ('ahăḇâ),
which occurs 40 times in 37 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:8 - but because Jehovah loveth you, and because he would keep the oath which he sware unto your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:3 - Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:17 - And Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:26 -
I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan:
Very pleasant hast thou been unto me:
Thy love to me was wonderful,
Passing the love of women.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:15 - Then Amnon hated her with exceeding great hatred; for the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:9 - Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because Jehovah loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do justice and righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:2 - of the nations concerning which Jehovah said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:11 - Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because Jehovah loveth his people, he hath made thee king over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:8 - Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on his throne, to be king for Jehovah thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do justice and righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:4 -
For my love they are my adversaries:
But I give myself unto prayer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:5 -
And they have rewarded me evil for good,
And hatred for my love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:19 -
As a loving hind and a pleasant doe,
Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times;
And be thou ravished always with her love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:12 -
Hatred stirreth up strifes;
But love covereth all transgressions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:17 -
Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is,
Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:9 -
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love;
But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:5 -
Better is open rebuke
Than love that is hidden.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:1 - For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:6 - As well their love, as their hatred and their envy, is perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion for ever in anything that is done under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:4 -
He brought me to the banqueting-house,
And his banner over me was love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:5 -
Stay ye me with raisins, refresh me with apples;
For I am sick from love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:7 -
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the roes, or by the hinds of the field,
That ye stir not up, nor awake my love,
Until he please.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:5 -
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the roes, or by the hinds of the field,
That ye stir not up, nor awake my love,
Until he please.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:10 -
He made the pillars thereof of silver,
The bottom thereof of gold, the seat of it of purple,
The midst thereof being paved with love,
From the daughters of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:8 -
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
If ye find my beloved,
That ye tell him, that I am sick from love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:6 -
How fair and how pleasant art thou,
O love, for delights!

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:4 -
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
That ye stir not up, nor awake my love,
Until he please.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:6 -
Set me as a seal upon thy heart,
As a seal upon thine arm:
For love is strong as death;
Jealousy is cruel as Sheol;
The flashes thereof are flashes of fire,
A very flame of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:7 -
Many waters cannot quench love,
Neither can floods drown it:
If a man would give all the substance of his house for love,
He would utterly be contemned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:9 - In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:2 - Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I remember for thee the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals; how thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:33 - How trimmest thou thy way to seek love! therefore even the wicked women hast thou taught thy ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:3 - Jehovah appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:1 - And Jehovah said unto me, Go again, love a woman beloved of her friend, and an adulteress, even as Jehovah loveth the children of Israel, though they turn unto other gods, and love cakes of raisins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:15 - All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them: because of the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of my house; I will love them no more; all their princes are revolters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:4 - I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love; and I was to them as they that lift up the yoke on their jaws; and I laid food before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:8 - He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:17 - Jehovah thy God is in the midst of thee, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over thee with singing.
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