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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 211 times in 195 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (Psa 119:97–Isa 48:14)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:97 -

Mem

Oh 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 [fn]remove all the wicked of the earth like dross;

Therefore I love H157 Your testimonies.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:127 -

Therefore I love H157 Your commandments

Above gold, even above fine gold.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:132 -

Turn to me and be gracious to me,

According to Your judgment [fn]for those who love H157 Your name.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:140 -

Your [fn]word is exceedingly refined,

Therefore Your slave loves H157 it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:159 -

See how I love H157 Your precepts;

O Yahweh, revive me according to Your lovingkindness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:163 -

I hate and abhor lying,

But I love H157 Your law.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:165 -

Those who love H157 Your law have much 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 -

Shin

Yahweh keeps all who love H157 Him,

But all the wicked He will destroy.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:8 -

Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind;

Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down;

Yahweh loves H157 the righteous;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:22 -

“How long, O simple ones, will you love H157 simplicity?

And scoffers delight in scoffing

And [fn]fools hate knowledge?

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:12 -

For whom Yahweh loves H157 He reproves,

Even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:6 -

“Do not forsake her, and she will keep you;

Love H157 her, and she will guard you.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:17 -

“I love H157 those who love H157 me;

And those who earnestly seek me will find me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:21 -

To give those who love H157 me an inheritance of wealth,

That I may fill their treasuries.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:36 -

“But he who [fn]sins against me does violence to his own soul;

All those who hate me love H157 death.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:8 -

Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you,

Reprove a wise man and he will love H157 you.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:1 -

Whoever loves H157 [fn]discipline loves H157 knowledge,

But he who hates reproof is senseless.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:24 -

He who holds back 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 Yahweh,

But He loves H157 one who pursues righteousness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:12 -

A scoffer does not love H157 one who reproves him,

He will not go to the wise.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:13 -

Righteous lips are the delight of kings,

And he who speaks uprightly 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 -

He who loves H157 transgression loves H157 quarreling;

He 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 man of too many friends comes to [fn]ruin,

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

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:8 -

He who acquires a heart of wisdom loves H157 his own soul;

He who keeps discernment will find good.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:13 -

Do not love H157 sleep, lest you become poor;

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

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:17 -

He who loves H157 [fn]pleasure will become a poor man;

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

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:11 -

He who loves H157 purity of heart

And grace on his lips, 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 befriends harlots destroys 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 -

He who loves H157 money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves H157 abundance with its produce. This too is [fn]vanity.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - See life with the woman whom you love H157 all the days of your vain life, which He has given to you under the sun—all the days of your vanity; for this is your portion in life and in your labor in 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]maidens love H157 you.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:4 -

“Draw me after you and let us run together!

The king has brought me into his chambers.”

[fn]We will rejoice in you and be glad;

We will [fn]extol your love more than wine.

Rightly do they love H157 you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:7 -

“Tell me, O you whom my soul loves H157,

Where do you shepherd your flock,

Where do you make 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 -

[fn]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 about the city;

In the streets and in the 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 go about the city found me,

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

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:4 -

“Scarcely had I passed them by

When I found him whom my soul loves H157;

I seized him and would not let him go

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

And into the chamber of her who conceived me.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23 -

Your rulers are rebels

And companions of thieves;

Everyone loves H157 a bribe

And pursues rewards.

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

Nor does the widow’s plea come before them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:8 -

“But you, Israel, My servant,

Jacob whom I have chosen,

Seed 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 men in your place and other peoples in exchange for your life.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:14 -

“Assemble, all of you, and hear!

Who among them has declared these things?

Yahweh loves H157 him; he will carry out His good pleasure on Babylon,

And His arm will be against the Chaldeans.


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