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HebrewH0157Verb

אָהֵב

a.hav

172Occurrences
H0157Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

or אָהֵב ; a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
lover 1) to love 1a) (Qal) 1a1) human love for another, includes family, and sexual 1a2) human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom 1a3) human love for or to a4) act of being a friend 1a4a) lover (participle) 1a4b) friend (participle) 1a5) God's love toward man 1a5a) to individual men 1a5b) to people Israel 1a5c) to righteousness 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) lovely (participle) 1b2) loveable (participle) 1c) (Piel) 1c1) friends 1c2) lovers (fig. of adulterers) 2) to like Also means: a.hav (*אָהֵב *": friend" H0157H)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

אָהֵב appears 172 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Psalms
26
Proverbs
23
Deuteronomy
19
Genesis
13
Jeremiah
10
Isaiah
9
1 Samuel
8
Song of Solomon
7

Key Passages

1 Kings 10:9BSB

Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”

Deuteronomy 21:16BSB

when that man assigns his inheritance to his sons he must not appoint the son of the beloved wife as the firstborn over the son of the unloved wife.

Genesis 37:4BSB

When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.

Lamentations 1:2BSB

She weeps aloud in the night,with tears upon her cheeks.Among all her loversthere is no one to comfort her.All her friends have betrayed her;they have become her enemies.

Psalms 11:5BSB

The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked;His soul hates the lover of violence.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.