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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...
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;


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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 3 / 4 (Psa 119:97–Isa 48:14)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:97 - MEM. O how H4100 love I H157 thy law! H8451 it H1931 is my meditation H7881 all H3605 the day. H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:113 - SAMECH. I hate H8130 vain thoughts: H5588 but thy law H8451 do I love. H157
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:119 - Thou puttest away H7673 all H3605 the wicked H7563 of the earth H776 like dross: H5509 therefore H3651 I love H157 thy testimonies. H5713
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:127 - Therefore H5921 H3651 I love H157 thy commandments H4687 above gold; H2091 yea, above fine gold. H6337
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:132 - Look thou H6437 upon me, H413 and be merciful unto me, H2603 as thou usest to do H4941 unto those that love H157 thy name. H8034
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:140 - Thy word H565 is very H3966 pure: H6884 therefore thy servant H5650 loveth it. H157
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:159 - Consider H7200 how H3588 I love H157 thy precepts: H6490 quicken me, H2421 O LORD, H3068 according to thy lovingkindness. H2617
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:163 - I hate H8130 and abhor H8581 lying: H8267 but thy law H8451 do I love. H157
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:165 - Great H7227 peace H7965 have they which love H157 thy law: H8451 and nothing H369 shall offend H4383 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:167 - My soul H5315 hath kept H8104 thy testimonies; H5713 and I love them H157 exceedingly. H3966
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:6 - Pray H7592 for the peace H7965 of Jerusalem: H3389 they shall prosper H7951 that love thee. H157
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:20 - The LORD H3068 preserveth H8104 all H3605 them that love him: H157 but H853 all H3605 the wicked H7563 will he destroy. H8045
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:8 - The LORD H3068 openeth H6491 the eyes of the blind: H5787 the LORD H3068 raiseth H2210 them that are bowed down: H3721 the LORD H3068 loveth H157 the righteous: H6662
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:22 - How long, H5704 H4970 ye simple ones, H6612 will ye love H157 simplicity? H6612 and the scorners H3887 delight H2530 in their scorning, H3944 and fools H3684 hate H8130 knowledge? H1847
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:12 - For H3588 whom H834 the LORD H3068 loveth H157 he correcteth; H3198 even as a father H1 the son H1121 in whom he delighteth. H7521
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:6 - Forsake her H5800 not, H408 and she shall preserve thee: H8104 love her, H157 and she shall keep thee. H5341
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:17 - I H589 love H157 them that love me; H157 and those that seek me early H7836 shall find me. H4672
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:21 - That I may cause H5157 those that love me H157 to inherit H5157 substance; H3426 and H214 I will fill H4390 their treasures. H214
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:36 - But he that sinneth against me H2398 wrongeth H2554 his own soul: H5315 all H3605 they that hate me H8130 love H157 death. H4194
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:8 - Reprove H3198 not H408 a scorner, H3887 lest H6435 he hate thee: H8130 rebuke H3198 a wise man, H2450 and he will love thee. H157
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:1 - Whoso loveth H157 instruction H4148 loveth H157 knowledge: H1847 but he that hateth H8130 reproof H8433 is brutish. H1198
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:24 - He that spareth H2820 his rod H7626 hateth H8130 his son: H1121 but he that loveth him H157 chasteneth H4148 him betimes. H7836
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:20 - The poor H7326 is hated H8130 even H1571 of his own neighbour: H7453 but H157 the rich H6223 hath many H7227 friends.  H157
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:9 - The way H1870 of the wicked H7563 is an abomination H8441 unto the LORD: H3068 but H7291 he loveth H157 him that followeth H7291 after righteousness. H6666
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:12 - A scorner H3887 loveth H157 not H3808 one that reproveth H3198 him: neither H3808 will he go H3212 unto H413 the wise. H2450
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:13 - Righteous H6664 lips H8193 are the delight H7522 of kings; H4428 and H1696 they love H157 him that speaketh H1696 right. H3477
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:17 - A friend H7453 loveth H157 at all H3605 times, H6256 and a brother H251 is born H3205 for adversity. H6869
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:19 - He loveth H157 transgression H6588 that loveth H157 strife: H4683 and he that exalteth H1361 his gate H6607 seeketh H1245 destruction. H7667
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:21 - Death H4194 and life H2416 are in the power H3027 of the tongue: H3956 and they that love it H157 shall eat H398 the fruit thereof. H6529
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:24 - A man H376 that hath friends H7453 must shew himself friendly: H7489 and there is H3426 a friend H157 that sticketh closer H1695 than a brother. H251
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:8 - He that getteth H7069 wisdom H3820 loveth H157 his own soul: H5315 he that keepeth H8104 understanding H8394 shall find H4672 good. H2896
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:13 - Love H157 not H408 sleep, H8142 lest H6435 thou come to poverty; H3423 open H6491 thine eyes, H5869 and thou shalt be satisfied H7646 with bread. H3899
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:17 - He that loveth H157 pleasure H8057 shall be a H376 poor H4270 man: H376 he that loveth H157 wine H3196 and oil H8081 shall H6238 not H3808 be rich. H6238
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:11 - He that loveth H157 pureness H2889 of heart, H3820 for the grace H2580 of his lips H8193 the king H4428 shall be his friend. H7453
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:6 - Faithful H539 are the wounds H6482 of a friend; H157 but H6280 the kisses H5390 of an enemy H8130 are deceitful. H6280
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:3 - Whoso H376 loveth H157 wisdom H2451 rejoiceth H8055 his father: H1 but he that keepeth company H7462 with harlots H2181 spendeth H6 his substance. H1952
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:8 - A time H6256 to love, H157 and a time H6256 to hate; H8130 a time H6256 of war, H4421 and a time H6256 of peace. H7965
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:10 - He that loveth H157 silver H3701 shall H7646 not H3808 be satisfied H7646 with silver; H3701 nor H3808 he that loveth H157 abundance H1995 with increase: H8393 this H2088 is also H1571 vanity. H1892
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - Live H2416 joyfully H7200 with H5973 the wife H802 whom H834 thou lovest H157 all H3605 the days H3117 of the life H2416 of thy vanity, H1892 which H834 he hath given H5414 thee under H8478 the sun, H8121 all H3605 the days H3117 of thy vanity: H1892 for H3588 that H1931 is thy portion H2506 in this life, H2416 and in thy labour H5999 which H834 thou H859 takest H6001 under H8478 the sun. H8121
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:3 - Because of the savour H7381 of thy H8081 good H2896 ointments H8081 thy name H8034 is as ointment H8081 poured forth, H7324 therefore H5921 H3651 do H157 the virgins H5959 love thee.  H157
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:4 - Draw me, H4900 we will run H7323 after thee: H310 the king H4428 hath brought me H935 into his chambers: H2315 we will be glad H1523 and rejoice H8055 in thee, we will remember H2142 thy love H1730 more than wine: H3196 the upright H4339 love thee. H157
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:7 - Tell H5046 me, O thou H5046 whom H157 my soul H5315 loveth,  H157 where H349 thou feedest, H7462 where H349 thou makest H7257 thy flock to rest H7257 at noon: H6672 for why H4100 should I be H1961 as one that turneth aside H5844 by H5921 the flocks H5739 of thy companions? H2270
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:1 - By night H3915 on H5921 my bed H4904 I sought H1245 him whom H157 my soul H5315 loveth:  H157 I sought him, H1245 but H3808 I found him H4672 not. H3808
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:2 - I will rise H6965 now, H4994 and go about H5437 the city H5892 in the streets, H7784 and in the broad ways H7339 I will seek H1245 him whom H157 my soul H5315 loveth:  H157 I sought him, H1245 but H3808 I found him H4672 not. H3808
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:3 - The watchmen H8104 that go about H5437 the city H5892 found me: H4672 to whom I said, Saw ye H7200 him whom H157 my soul H5315 loveth?  H157
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:4 - It was but a little H4592 that I passed H5674 from them, H1992 but H5704 I found H4672 him whom H157 my soul H5315 loveth:  H157 I held him, H270 and H3808 would H7503 not H3808 let him go, H7503 until H5704 I had brought him H935 into H413 my mother's H517 house, H1004 and into H413 the chamber H2315 of her that conceived me. H2029
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23 - Thy princes H8269 are rebellious, H5637 and companions H2270 of thieves: H1590 every one H3605 loveth H157 gifts, H7810 and followeth after H7291 rewards: H8021 they judge H8199 not H3808 the fatherless, H3490 neither H3808 doth H935 the cause H7379 of the widow H490 come H935 unto them. H413
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:8 - But thou, H859 Israel, H3478 art my servant, H5650 Jacob H3290 whom H834 I have chosen, H977 the seed H2233 of Abraham H85 my friend. H157
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:4 - Since H834 thou wast precious H3365 in my sight, H5869 thou hast been honourable, H3513 and I H589 have loved thee: H157 therefore will I give H5414 men H120 for thee, H8478 and people H3816 for H8478 thy life. H5315
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:14 - All ye, H3605 assemble yourselves, H6908 and hear; H8085 which H4310 among them hath declared H5046 these H428 things? The LORD H3068 hath loved him: H157 he will do H6213 his pleasure H2656 on Babylon, H894 and his arm H2220 shall be on the Chaldeans. H3778

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