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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 9:6love, 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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:8 - but because Yahweh loved you and kept the oath which He swore to your fathers, Yahweh brought you out with a strong hand and redeemed you from the house of [fn]slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:3 - Then Jonathan cut a covenant with David because he loved him as his own soul.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:17 - And Jonathan made David swear again because of his love H160 for him, because he loved him as he loved his own soul.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:26 -

“I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan;

You have been very pleasant to me.

Your love H160 to me was more wonderful

Than the love H160 of women.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:15 -

Then Amnon hated her with a very great hatred; for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love H160 with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, “Get up, go away!”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:9 - “Blessed be Yahweh your God who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel; because Yahweh loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, to do justice and righteousness.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:2 - from the nations concerning which Yahweh had said to the sons of Israel, “You shall not [fn]go along with them, nor shall they [fn]go along with you, for they will surely turn your heart away after their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:11 -

Then Huram king of Tyre said in a letter [fn]sent to Solomon: “Because Yahweh loves His people, He has given you to be king over them.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:8 - “Blessed be Yahweh your God who delighted in you, to set you on His throne as king for Yahweh your God; because your God loved Israel to cause them to stand forever, therefore He gave you as king over them, to do justice and righteousness.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:4 -

In return for my love H160 they accuse me;

But I am in prayer.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:5 -

Thus they have set upon me evil for good

And hatred for my love H160.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:19 -

As a loving hind and a graceful doe,

Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;

Be [fn]intoxicated always with her love H160.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:12 -

Hatred stirs up strife,

But love H160 covers all transgressions.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:17 -

Better is a [fn]dish of [fn]vegetables where there is love H160

Than a fattened ox and hatred in it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:9 -

He who covers a transgression seeks love H160,

But he who repeats a matter separates close companions.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:5 -

Better is reproof that is revealed

Than love H160 that is hidden.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:1 -

For I have given all this to my heart and explain [fn]it that righteous men, wise men, and their service are in the hand of God. Man does not know whether it will be love H160 or hatred; anything may be before him.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:6 - Indeed their love H160, their hate, and their zeal have already perished, and they will never again have a portion in all that is done under the sun.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:4 -

“He has brought me to his [fn]house of banqueting,

And his banner over me is love H160.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:5 -

“Sustain me with raisin cakes,

Refresh me with [fn]apples,

Because I am lovesick H160.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:7 -

[fn]I call you to solemnly swear, O daughters of Jerusalem,

By the gazelles or by the hinds of the field,

That you do not arouse or awaken my love H160

Until [fn]she pleases.”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:5 -

[fn]I call you to solemnly swear, O daughters of Jerusalem,

By the gazelles or by the hinds of the field,

That you do not arouse or awaken my love H160

Until [fn]she pleases.”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:10 -

“He made its posts of silver,

Its [fn]back of gold

And its seat of purple fabric,

With its interior inlaid with love H160

By the daughters of Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:8 -

“I call you to solemnly swear, O daughters of Jerusalem,

If you find my beloved,

What will you tell him?

Tell him that I am sick with love H160.”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:6 -

“How beautiful and how pleasant you are,

[fn]My love H160, with all your pleasures!

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:4 -

[fn]I call you to solemnly swear, O daughters of Jerusalem,

[fn]Why should you arouse or awaken my love H160

Until [fn]she pleases?”

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:6 -

“Put me like a [fn]seal over your heart,

Like a seal on your arm.

For love H160 is as strong as death,

[fn]Jealousy is as severe as Sheol;

Its flashes are flashes of fire,

[fn]The very flame of [fn]Yah.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:7 -

“Many waters cannot quench love H160,

Nor will rivers overflow it;

If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love H160,

It would be utterly despised.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:9 -

In all their distress [fn]He was distressed,

And the angel of His presence saved them;

In His love H160 and in His mercy He redeemed them,

And He lifted them and carried them all the ancient days.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:2 - “Go and call out in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh,

“I remember concerning you the lovingkindness of your youth,

The love H160 of your betrothals,

Your walking after Me in the wilderness,

Through a land not sown.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:33 -

“How well you prepare your way

To seek love H160!

Therefore even [fn]the wicked women

You have taught your ways.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:3 -

Yahweh appeared to [fn]him from afar, saying,

“I have loved you with an everlasting love H160;

Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:1 -

Then Yahweh said to me, “Go again, love a [fn]woman who is loved by her companion and is an adulteress, even as Yahweh loves the sons of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.”

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:15 -

All their evil is at Gilgal;

Indeed, I came to hate them there!

Because of the evil of their deeds

I will drive them out of My house!

I will love them no more;

All their princes are rebels.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:4 -

I led them with cords of a man, with bonds of love H160,

And I became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws;

And I bent down and fed them.

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:17 -

“Yahweh your God is in your midst,

A mighty one who will save.

He will be joyful over you with gladness;

He will [fn]be quiet in His love H160;

He will rejoice over you with joyful singing.

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