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Lexicon :: Strong's H160 - 'ahăḇâ

Aa
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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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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 39 times in 36 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:8 - But because of his love for you, and in order to keep his oath to your fathers, the Lord took you out with the strength of his hand, making you free from the prison-house and from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:3 - Then Jonathan and David made an agreement together, because of Jonathan's love for David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:17 - And Jonathan again took an oath to David, because of his love for him: for David was as dear to him as his very soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:26 - I am full of grief for you, my brother Jonathan: very dear have you been to me: your love for me was a wonder, greater than the love of women.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:15 - Then Amnon was full of hate for her, hating her with a hate greater than his earlier love for her. And he said to her, Get up and be gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:9 - May the Lord your God be praised, whose pleasure it was to put you on the seat of the kingdom of Israel; because the Lord's love for Israel is eternal, he has made you king, to be their judge in righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:2 - The nations of which the Lord had said to the children of Israel, You are not to take wives from them and they are not to take wives from you; or they will certainly make you go after their gods: to these Solomon was united in love.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:11 - Then Huram, king of Tyre, sent Solomon an answer in writing, saying, Because of his love for his people the Lord has made you king over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:8 - Praise be to the Lord your God whose pleasure it was to put you on the seat of his kingdom to be king for the Lord your God: because, in his love for Israel, it was the purpose of your God to make them strong for ever, he made you king over them, to be their judge in righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:4 - For my love they give me back hate; but I have given myself to prayer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:5 - They have put on me evil for good; hate in exchange for my love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:19 - As a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture; let your passion at all times be moved by her love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:12 - Hate is a cause of violent acts, but all errors are covered up by love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:17 - Better is a simple meal where love is, than a fat ox and hate with it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:9 - He who keeps a sin covered is looking for love; but he who keeps on talking of a thing makes division between friends.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:5 - Better is open protest than love kept secret.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:1 - All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:6 - Their love and their hate and their envy are now ended; and they have no longer a part for ever in anything which is done under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:4 - He took me to the house of wine, and his flag over me was love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:5 - Make me strong with wine-cakes, let me be comforted with apples; I am overcome with love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:7 - I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes of the field, do not let love be moved till it is ready.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:5 - I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes of the field, let not love be moved till it is ready.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:10 - He made its pillars of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple, the middle of it of ebony.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:8 - I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you see my loved one, what will you say to him? That I am overcome with love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:6 - How beautiful and how sweet you are, O love, for delight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:4 - I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not let love be moved till it is ready.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:6 - Put me as a sign on your heart, as a sign on your arm; love is strong as death, and wrath bitter as the underworld: its coals are coals of fire; violent are its flames.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:7 - Much water may not put out love, or the deep waters overcome it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would be judged a price not great enough.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:9 - It was no sent one or angel, but he himself who was their saviour: in his love and in his pity he took up their cause, and he took them in his arms, caring for them all through the years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:2 - Go and say in the ears of Jerusalem, The Lord says, I still keep the memory of your kind heart when you were young, and your love when you became my bride; how you went after me in the waste of sand, in an unplanted land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:33 - With what care are your ways ordered when you are looking for love! so ... your ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:3 - From far away he saw the Lord: my love for you is an eternal love: so with mercy I have made you come with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:1 - And the Lord said to me, Give your love again to a woman who has a lover and is false to her husband, even as the Lord has love for the children of Israel, though they are turned to other gods and are lovers of grape-cakes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:15 - All their evil-doing is in Gilgal; there I had hate for them; because of their evil-doing I will send them out of my house; they will no longer be dear to me; all their rulers are uncontrolled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:4 - I made them come after me with the cords of a man, with the bands of love; I was to them as one who took the yoke from off their mouths, putting meat before them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:17 - The Lord your God is among you, as a strong saviour: he will be glad over you with joy, he will make his love new again, he will make a song of joy over you as in the time of a holy feast.
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