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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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Strong's Number H160 matches the Hebrew אַהֲבָה ('ahăḇâ),
which occurs 39 times in 36 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:8 - But because the Lord loved you, and as keeping the oath which he sware to your fathers, the Lord brought you out with a strong hand, and the Lord redeemed thee from the house of bondage, out of the hand of Pharao king of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:17 - And Jonathan swore yet again to David, because he loved the soul of him that loved him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:26 - I am grieved for thee, my brother Jonathan; thou wast very lovely to me; thy love to me was wonderful beyond the love of women.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:15 - Then Amnon hated her with very great hatred; for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her, for the last wickedness was greater than the first: and Amnon said to her, Rise, and begone.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:9 - Blessed be the Lord thy God, who has taken pleasure in thee, to set thee upon the throne of Israel, because the Lord loved Israel to establish him for ever; and he has made thee king over them, to execute judgment with justice, and in their causes.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:2 - of the nations concerning whom the Lord forbade the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall not go in to them, and they shall not come in to you, lest they turn away your hearts after their idols: Solomon clave to these in love.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:11 - (LXX 2:10) And Chiram king of Tyre answered in writing, and sent to Solomon, saying, Because the Lord loved his people, he made thee king over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:8 - Blessed be the Lord thy God, who took pleasure in thee, to set thee upon his throne for a king, to the Lord thy God: forasmuch as the Lord thy God loved Israel to establish them for ever, therefore he has set thee over them for a king to execute judgment and justice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:4 - (LXX 108:4) [fn]Instead of loving me, they falsely accused me: but I continued to pray.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:5 - (LXX 108:5) And they rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:19 - Let thy loving hart and thy graceful colt company with thee, and let her be considered thine own, and be with thee at all times; for ravished with her love thou shalt be greatly increased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:12 - Hatred stirs up strife; but affection covers all that do not love strife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:17 - Better is an entertainment of herbs with friendliness and kindness, than a feast of calves, with enmity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:9 - He that conceals injuries seeks love; but he that hates to hide them separates friends and [fn]kindred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:5 - Open reproofs are better than secret love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:1 - I saw that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: yea, there is no man that knows either love or hatred, though all are before their face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:6 - Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, have now perished; yea, there is no portion for them any more for ever in all that is done under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:4 - Bring me into the wine house; set love before me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:5 - Strengthen me with perfumes, stay me with apples: for I am wounded with love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:7 - I have charged you, ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the powers and by the virtues of the field, that ye do not rouse or wake my love, until he please.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:5 - I have charged you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the powers and by the virtues of the field, that ye rouse not nor awake my love, until he please.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:10 - He made the pillars of it silver, the bottom of it gold, the covering of it scarlet, in the midst of it a pavement of love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:8 - I have charged you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the powers and the virtues of the field: if ye should find my kinsman, what are ye to say to him? That I am wounded with love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:6 - (LXX 7:7) How beautiful art thou, and how sweet art thou, my love!

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:4 - I have charged you, ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the virtues of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 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 the grave, her shafts are shafts of fire, even the flames thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:7 - Much water will not be able to quench love, and rivers shall not drown it; if a man would give all his substance for love, men would utterly despise it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:9 - out of all their affliction: not an ambassador, nor a messenger, but himself saved them, because he loved them and spared them: he himself redeemed them, and took them up, and lifted them up [fn]all the days of old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:2 - And he said, Thus saith the Lord, I remember the kindness of thy youth, and the love of thine espousals, in following the Holy One of Israel, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:33 - What fair device wilt thou yet employ in thy ways, so as to seek love? it shall not be so; moreover thou hast done wickedly in corrupting thy ways;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:3 - (LXX 38:3) The Lord appeared to him from afar, saying, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore have I drawn thee in compassion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:1 - And the Lord said to me, Go yet, and love a woman that loves evil things, and an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, and they have respect to strange gods, and love cakes of dried grapes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:15 - All their wickedness is in Galgal: for there I hated them: because of the wickedness of their practices, I will cast them out of my house, I will not love them any more: all their princes are disobedient.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:4 - When men were destroyed, I drew them with the bands of my love: and I will be to them as a man smiting another on his cheek: and I will have respect to him, I will prevail with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:17 - The Lord thy God is in thee; the Mighty One shall save thee: he shall bring joy upon thee, and shall refresh thee with his love; and he shall rejoice over thee with delight as in a day of feasting.
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