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Lexicon :: Strong's H157 - 'āhaḇ

Aa
אָהַב
Transliteration
'āhaḇ
Pronunciation
aw-hav'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

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 5:1]1, 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...
(a) to individual men Deuteronomy 4:37; 2 Samuel 12:24; Proverbs 3:12; Proverbs 15:9; Psalm 146:8; Nehemiah 13:26;
(b) to people Israel, etc. Deuteronomy 7:8, 13; Deuteronomy 23:6; Hosea 3:1; Hosea 9:15; Hosea 11:1; Hosea 14:5; 1 Kings 10:9; 2 Chronicles 2:10; 2 Chronicles 9:8; Isaiah 43:4; Isaiah 48:14; Jeremiah 31:3; Malachi 1:2 (3 times in verse); Psalm 47:5; to Jerusalem Psalm 78:68; Psalm 87:2;
(c) to righteousness, etc. Psalm 11:7; Psalm 33:5; Psalm 37:28; Psalm 45:8; Psalm 99:4; Isaiah 61:8; Malachi 2:11.
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;
2. lovers in figure of adulterous Israel Hosea 2:7; Hosea 2:9; Hosea 2:12; Hosea 2:14; Hosea 2:15; Ezekiel 23:5, 9; Judah Jeremiah 22:20, 22; Jeremiah 30:14; Lamentations 1:19; Ezekiel 16:33, 36, 37; Ezekiel 23:22.

1. Edited by BLB [An error was made in the original document incorrectly quoting 1 Kings 5:15]

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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; 5:1; 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

H157

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Strong's Number H157 matches the Hebrew אָהַב ('āhaḇ),
which occurs 212 times in 196 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 22:2–1Sa 18:16)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:18 - Now Jacob H3290 loved H157 Rachel H7354, so he said H559, “I will serve H5647 you seven H7651 years H8141 for your younger H6996 daughter H1323 Rachel H7354.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:30 - So Jacob had H935 relations H935 with H935 Rachel H7354 also H1571, and indeed H1571 he loved H157 Rachel H7354 more H4480 than H4480 Leah H3812, and he served H5647 with [fn]Laban for another H312 seven H7651 years H8141.

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“And now H6258, Israel H3478, what H4100 does the LORD H3068 your God H430 require H7592 of you, but to [fn]fear H3372 the LORD H3068 your God H430, to walk H1980 in all H3605 His ways H1870 and love H157 Him, and to serve H5647 the LORD H3068 your God H430 with all H3605 your heart H3824 and with all H3605 your soul H5315,

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“And it shall come H1961 about H1961, if H518 you listen H8085 obediently H8085 to my commandments H4687 which H834 I am commanding H6680 you today H3117, to love H157 the LORD H3068 your God H430 and to serve H5647 Him with all H3605 your heart H3824 and all H3605 your soul H5315,

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“If H3588 a man H376 has H1961 two H8147 wives H802, the one H259 loved H157 and the other H259 [fn]unloved H8130, and both the loved H157 and the [fn]unloved H8130 have borne H3205 him sons H1121, and the firstborn H1060 son H1121 belongs to the [fn]unloved H8146,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:16 - then it shall be on the day H3117 that he wills H5157 what H834 he owns H1961 as H5157 an H5157 inheritance H5157 to his sons H1121, he is not allowed H3201 to treat H1069 the son H1121 of the loved H157 wife as H1069 the H1069 firstborn H1069, [fn]at the expense H5921 H6440 of the son H1121 of the [fn]unloved H8130, who actually is the firstborn H1060 son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:5 - “Nevertheless, the LORD H3068 your God H430 was unwilling H3808 H14 to listen H8085 to Balaam H1109, but the LORD H3068 your God H430 turned H2015 the curse H7045 into a blessing H1293 for you because H3588 the LORD H3068 your God H430 loves H157 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:6

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“Moreover, the LORD H3068 your God H430 will circumcise H4135 your heart H3824 and the hearts H3824 of your [fn]descendants H2233, to love H157 the LORD H3068 your God H430 with all H3605 your heart H3824 and all H3605 your soul H5315, so H4616 that H4616 you may live H2416.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:16 - in that I am commanding H6680 you today H3117 to love H157 the LORD H3068 your God H430, to walk H1980 in His ways H1870 and to keep H8104 His commandments H4687, His statutes H2708, and His judgments H4941, so that you may live H2421 and become H7235 numerous H7235, and that the LORD H3068 your God H430 may bless H1288 you in the land H776 where H834 H8033 you are entering H935 to take H3423 possession H3423 of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:20 - by loving H157 the LORD H3068 your God H430, by obeying H8085 His voice H6963, and by holding H1692 close H1692 to Him; for [fn]this H1931 is your life H2416 and the length H753 of your days H3117, [fn]so that you may live H3427 in the land H127 which H834 the LORD H3068 swore H7650 to your fathers H1, to Abraham H85, Isaac H3327, and Jacob H3290, to give H5414 them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:5 - “Only H7534 be H8104 very H3966 careful H8104 to [fn]follow H6213 the commandment H4687 and the Law H8451 which H834 Moses H4872 the servant H5650 of the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 you, to love H157 the LORD H3068 your God H430 and walk H1980 in all H3605 His ways H1870, and keep H8104 His commandments H4687 and cling H1692 to Him, and serve H5647 Him with all H3605 your heart H3824 and with all H3605 your soul H5315.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:11 - “So take H8104 great H3966 care H8104 for yourselves H5315 that you love H157 the LORD H3068 your God H430.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:31

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“May all H3605 Your enemies H340 perish H6 in H3651 this H3651 way H3651, LORD H3068;

But may those who love H157 Him be like the rising H3318 of the sun H8121 in its might H1369.”

And the land H776 was H8252 at H8252 rest H8252 for forty H705 years H8141.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:16 - So Samson’s H8123 wife H802 wept H1058 in front H5921 of him and said H559, “You only H7534 hate H8130 me, and you do not love H157 me; you have proposed H2330 a riddle H2420 to the sons H1121 of my people H5971, and have not told H5046 it to me.” And he said H559 to her, “Behold H2009, I have not told H5046 it to my father H1 or mother H517; so should I tell H5046 you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:4

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After H310 this H3651 it came H1961 about H1961 that he was in love H157 with a woman H802 in the Valley H5158 of Sorek H7796, whose name H8034 was Delilah H1807.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:15

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Then she said H559 to him, “How H349 can you say H559, ‘I love H157 you,’ when your heart H3820 is not with me? You have toyed H8524 with me these H2088 three H7969 times H6471 and have not told H5046 me where H4100 your great H1419 strength H3581 is.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:15 - “May he also be to you one who restores H7725 life H5315 and sustains H3557 your old H7872 age H7872; for your daughter-in-law H3618, who H834 loves H157 you [fn]and is better H2896 to you than H4480 seven H7651 sons H1121, has given H3205 birth H3205 to him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:5 - but to Hannah H2584 he would give H5414 a double H639 portion H4490, because H3588 he loved H157 Hannah H2584, but the LORD H3068 had closed H5462 her womb H7358.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:21 - Then David H1732 came H935 to Saul H7586 and [fn]attended H5975 H6440 him; and Saul greatly H3966 loved H157 him, and he became H1961 his armor H3627 bearer H5375.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:1

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Now it came H1961 about H1961, when he had finished H3615 speaking H1696 to Saul H7586, that [fn]Jonathan H3083 committed H7194 himself H5315 to David H1732, and Jonathan H3083 loved H157 him as himself H5315.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:16 - But all H3605 Israel H3478 and Judah H3063 loved H157 David H1732, for he would go H3318 out H3318 to battle and [fn]return H935 [fn]before H6440 them.

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