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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
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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 2 / 4 (1Sa 18:20–Psa 119:48)

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:20 -

Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved H157 David. When they informed Saul, the thing was pleasing [fn]to him.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:22 - Then Saul commanded his servants, “Speak to David in secret, saying, ‘Behold, the king delights in you, and all his servants love H157 you; now then, become the king’s son-in-law.’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:28 - When Saul saw and realized that the LORD was with David, and that Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved H157 him,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:17 - And Jonathan made David vow again because of his love for him, because he loved H157 him as he loved H157 his own life.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:23 -

“Saul and Jonathan, beloved H157 and delightful in [fn]life,

And in their deaths they were not separated;

They were swifter than eagles,

They were mightier than lions.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:24 -

Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and went in to her and slept with her; and she gave birth to a son, and [fn]he named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved H157 him,

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:1 -

Now it was after this that Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister whose name was Tamar, and Amnon the son of David was in love H157 with her.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:4 - And he said to him, “Why are you, the king’s son, so depressed morning after morning? Will you not tell me?” So Amnon said to him, “I am in love H157 with Tamar, the sister of my brother Absalom.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:15 -

Then Amnon hated her with a very great hatred; indeed, the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved H157 her. And Amnon said to her, “Get up, go away!

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:6 - by loving H157 those who hate you, and by hating those who love H157 you. For you have revealed today that [fn]commanders and servants are nothing to you; for I know today that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead today, then it would be right [fn]as far as you are concerned.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:3 -

Now Solomon loved H157 the LORD, walking in the statutes of his father David, except that he was sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:1 -

[fn]Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram had [fn]always been a friend H157 of David.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:1 -

Now King Solomon loved H157 many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:21 - Rehoboam loved H157 Maacah the daughter of Absalom more than all his other wives and concubines. For he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:2 - And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love H157 those who hate the LORD, and [fn]by doing so bring wrath on yourself from the LORD?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:7 - “Did You not, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land from Your people Israel, and give it to the descendants of Your friend H157 Abraham forever?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:10 - He also built towers in the wilderness and carved out many cisterns, for he had much livestock, both in the [fn]lowland and in the plain. He also had plowmen and vinedressers in the hill country and the fertile fields, for he loved H157 the soil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:5 - I said, “Please, LORD God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps the covenant and faithfulness for those who love H157 Him and keep His commandments:
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:26 - “Did Solomon the king of Israel not sin regarding these things? Yet among the many nations there was no king like him, and he was loved H157 by his God, and God made him king over all Israel; yet the foreign women caused even him to sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:17 -

The king loved H157 Esther more than all the women, and she found favor and kindness with him more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal turban on her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:10 - Haman controlled himself, however, and went to his house. But he [fn]sent for his friends H157 and his wife Zeresh.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends H157 said to him, “Have a wooden gallows [fn]fifty cubits high made, and in the morning ask the king to have Mordecai hanged on it; then go joyfully with the king to the banquet.” And the [fn]advice pleased Haman, so he had the wooden gallows made.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:13 - And Haman informed Zeresh his wife and all his friends H157 of everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is [fn]of Jewish origin, you will not prevail over him, but will certainly fall before him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:19 -

“All [fn]my associates loathe me,

And those I love H157 have turned against me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:2 -

You sons of man, how long will my [fn]honor be treated as an insult?

How long will you love H157 what is worthless and strive for a lie? Selah

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:11 -

But rejoice, all who take refuge in You,

Sing for joy forever!

And [fn]may You shelter them,

That those who love H157 Your name may rejoice in You.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:5 -

The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked,

And His soul hates one who loves H157 violence.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:7 -

For the LORD is righteous, He loves H157 [fn]righteousness;

The upright will see His face.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:8 -

LORD, I love H157 the dwelling of Your house,

And the place [fn]where Your glory remains.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:23 -

Love H157 the LORD, all His godly ones!

The LORD watches over the faithful

But fully repays the one who acts arrogantly.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:5 -

He loves H157 righteousness and justice;

The earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:12 -

Who is the person who desires life

And loves H157 length of days, that he may see good?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:28 -

For the LORD loves H157 [fn]justice

And does not abandon His godly ones;

They are protected forever,

But the [fn]descendants of the wicked will be eliminated.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:11 -

My [fn]loved H157 ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;

And my kinsmen stand far away.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:16 -

May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;

May those who love H157 Your salvation continually say,

“The LORD be exalted!”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:7 -

You have loved H157 righteousness and hated wickedness;

Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You

With the oil of joy above Your companions.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:4 -

He chooses our inheritance for us,

The pride of Jacob whom He loves H157. Selah

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:3 -

You love H157 evil more than good,

Lies more than speaking what is right. Selah

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:4 -

You love H157 all words that devour,

You deceitful tongue.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:36 -

The [fn]descendants of His servants will inherit it,

And those who love H157 His name will live in it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:4 -

May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;

And may those who love H157 Your salvation say continually,

“May God be exalted!”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:68 -

But chose the tribe of Judah,

Mount Zion, which He loved H157.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:2 -

The LORD loves H157 the gates of Zion

More than all the other dwelling places of Jacob.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:18 -

You have removed lover H157 and friend far from me;

My acquaintances are in a hiding place.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:10 -

Hate evil, you who love H157 the LORD,

Who watches over the souls of His godly ones;

He saves them from the hand of the wicked.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 99:4 -

The [fn]strength of the King loves H157 [fn]justice;

You have established [fn]order;

You have executed [fn]justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:17 -

He also loved H157 cursing, so it came to him;

And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:1 -

I love H157 the LORD, because He hears

My voice and my pleas.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:47 -

I will delight in Your commandments,

Which I love H157.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:48 -

And I shall lift up my hands to Your commandments,

Which I love H157;

And I will meditate on Your statutes.


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