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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #159 - אֹהַב

Transliteration
ʼôhab
Phonetics
o'-hab
Origin
from (H156)
Parts of Speech
masculine noun
TWOT
29b
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

  1. loved object
  2. (TWOT) love

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
ASV (1)
Proverbs 1
BSB (1)
Proverbs 1
CSB (0)
Proverbs 1
ESV (1)
Proverbs 1
KJV (1)
Proverbs 1
LEB (1)
Proverbs 1
LSB (4)
Proverbs 3
Hosea 1
N95 (2)
Proverbs 1
Hosea 1
NAS (2)
Proverbs 1
Hosea 1
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (1)
Proverbs 1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1094) be (הב HB) AC: Give CO: Gift AB: Love: The pictograph e represents one who is looking at a great sight with his hands raised as when saying behold. The b is a representation of the tent or house. Combined these pictures mean "look toward the house" or "provide for the family". One does not choose the household which one is born into, including tribe, parents, children and wife (as marriages were often arranged by the father) , it is a gift from God. These gifts are seen as a privilege and are to be cherished and protected. (eng: have - as given)

A) be (הב HB) AC: ? CO: Gift AB: ?

lm ) bebe (הבהב HBHB) - Gift: KJV (1): offering - Strongs: H1890 (הַבְהַב)

C) bea (אהב AHB) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Love: The expressions and actions toward the family, which one was privileged with.

V) bea (אהב AHB) - Love: KJV (208): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Piel, Participle) love, lover, friend, beloved, like, lovely, loving - Strongs: H157 (אַהֵב)

Nm) bea (אהב AHB) - Beloved: One who is loved. KJV (2): lover, loving - Strongs: H158 (אַהַב)

Nf1) ebea (אהבה AHBH) - Love: KJV (40): love - Strongs: H160 (אַהֲבָה)

gm) befa (אוהב AWHB) - Love: KJV (1): loves - Strongs: H159 (אֹהַב)

L) bei (יהב YHB) AC: Give CO: Gift AB: ?: A giving of someone or something to one who is deserving or to be privileged.

V) bei (יהב YHB) - Give: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (62): (vf: Paal) give, go, bring, ascribe, come, set, take, delivered, laid, paid, prolonged, yielded - Strongs: H3051 (יָהַב), H3052 (יְהַב)

Nm) bei (יהב YHB) - Burden: A heavy gift that is difficult to bear. KJV (1): burden - Strongs: H3053 (יְהָב)

AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2025
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 [אֹ֫הַב] noun [masculine] id. = loved object, suffix אָהֳבָם Hosea 9:10 (= בּשֶׁת = בַּעַל see Hi Now) i.e. the idol worshipped; plural = amours (carnal sense) Proverbs 7:18.


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אֹהַב m. love; in sing. once for lovers, paramours, Hosea 9:10 (LXX. οἱ ἠγαπημένοι; ) pl. אֳהָבִים loves, especially, illicit, licentious, Proverbs 7:18.


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List of Word Forms
בָּאֳהָבִֽים׃ באהבים׃ bā’ohāḇîm bā·’o·hā·ḇîm boohaVim
 
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