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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 of Jehovah's loving you, and because of His keeping the oath which He hath sworn to your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out by a strong hand, and doth ransom you from a house of servants, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:3 - And Jonathan maketh -- also David -- a covenant, because he loveth him as his own soul,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:17 - and Jonathan addeth to cause David to swear, because he loveth him, for with the love of his own soul he hath loved him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:26 - I am in distress for thee, my brother Jonathan, Very pleasant wast thou to me; Wonderful was thy love to me, Above the love of women!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:15 - And Amnon hateth her -- a very great hatred -- that greater is the hatred with which he hath hated her than the love with which he loved her, and Amnon saith to her, 'Rise, go.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:9 - Jehovah thy God is blessed who delighted in thee, to put thee on the throne of Israel; in Jehovah's loving Israel to the age He doth set thee for king, to do judgment and righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:2 - of the nations of which Jehovah said unto the sons of Israel, 'Ye do not go in to them, and they do not go in to you; surely they turn aside your heart after their gods;' to them hath Solomon cleaved for love.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:11 - And Huram king of Tyre saith in writing, and sendeth unto Solomon: 'In the love of Jehovah to His people He hath given thee king over them.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:8 - Let Jehovah thy God be blessed who hath delighted in thee, to put thee on His throne for king for Jehovah thy God; in the love of thy God to Israel, to establish it to the age, He hath put thee over them for king, to do judgment and righteousness.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:4 - For my love they oppose me, and I -- prayer!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:5

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:19 - A hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:12 - Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:17 - Better is an allowance of green herbs and love there, Than a fatted ox, and hatred with it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:9 - Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:5 - Better is open reproof than hidden love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:1 - But all this I have laid unto my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred doth man know, the whole is before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:6 - Their love also, their hatred also, their envy also, hath already perished, and they have no more a portion to the age in all that hath been done under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:4 - He hath brought me in unto a house of wine, And his banner over me is love,

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:5 - Sustain me with grape-cakes, Support me with citrons, for I am sick with love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:7 - I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please!

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:5 - I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please!

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:10 - Its pillars he made of silver, Its bottom of gold, its seat of purple, Its midst lined with love, By the daughters of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:8 - I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved -- What do ye tell him? that I am sick with love!

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:6 - How fair and how pleasant hast thou been, O love, in delights.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:4 - I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, How ye stir up, And how ye wake the love till she please!

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:6 - Set me as a seal on thy heart, as a seal on thine arm, For strong as death is love, Sharp as Sheol is jealousy, Its burnings are burnings of fire, a flame of Jah!

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:7 - Many waters are not able to quench the love, And floods do not wash it away. If one give all the wealth of his house for love, Treading down -- they tread upon it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:9 - In all their distress He is no adversary, And the messenger of His presence saved them, In His love and in His pity He redeemed them, And He doth lift them up, And beareth them all the days of old.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:2 - 'Go, and thou hast called in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus said Jehovah: I have remembered for thee The kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, Thy going after Me in a wilderness, in a land not sown.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:33 - What -- dost thou make pleasing thy ways to seek love? Therefore even the wicked thou hast taught thy ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:3 - From afar Jehovah hath appeared to me, With love age-during I have loved thee, Therefore I have drawn thee with kindness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:1 - And Jehovah saith unto me: 'Again, go, love a woman, loved of a friend, and an adulteress, like the loved of Jehovah, the sons of Israel, and they are turning unto other gods, and are lovers of grape-cakes.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:15 - All their evil is in Gilgal, Surely there I have hated them, Because of the evil of their doings, Out of My house I do drive them, I add not to love them, all their heads are apostates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:4 - With cords of man I do draw them, With thick cords of love, And I am to them as a raiser up of a yoke on their jaws, And I incline unto him -- I feed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:8 - He hath declared to thee, O man, what is good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except -- to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:17 - Jehovah thy God is in thy midst, A mighty one doth save, He rejoiceth over thee with joy, He doth work in His love, He joyeth over thee with singing.'
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