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 Kö
I 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 Ba
NB 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 
 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 Ba
NB 176; woman's love to man 
1 Samuel 18:20 (
so 1 Samuel 18:28 MT, but read 
וְבִי כָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֹהֵב אֹתוֺ 
 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 Kö
1. p. 395) 
Jeremiah 8:2.
 
    4. especially Participle אֹהֵב =
    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 
    
    
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