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Strong's #160 - אַהֲבָה

Transliteration

ʼahăbâh

Phonetics

a-hab-aw'

Origin

f of (H158)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TWOT

29c

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

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
God´s love to His people

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 26 ‑ ἀγάπη (ag‑ah'‑pay); 2167 ‑ εὐφροσύνη (yoo‑fros‑oo'‑nay); 5373 ‑ φιλία (fil‑ee'‑ah);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (38)

Genesis 1

1 Samuel 4

2 Samuel 4

1 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 2

Psalms 2

Proverbs 5

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 8

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Hosea 3

Micah 1

Zephaniah 1

BSB (38)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Psalms 2

Proverbs 5

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 11

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Hosea 3

Zephaniah 1

CSB (21)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 3

Psalms 2

Proverbs 5

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 11

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Zephaniah 1

ESV (29)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 2

Psalms 2

Proverbs 5

Ecclesiastes 2

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Hosea 3

Micah 1

Zephaniah 1

KJV (40)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 2

Psalms 2

Proverbs 5

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 11

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Hosea 3

Micah 1

Zephaniah 1

LEB (34)

Deuteronomy 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 2

Psalms 2

Proverbs 5

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 5

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Hosea 3

Micah 1

Zephaniah 1

LSB (30)

Genesis 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 3

Psalms 2

Proverbs 5

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 10

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Hosea 1

Zephaniah 1

N95 (27)

Genesis 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 3

Proverbs 5

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 9

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Hosea 1

Zephaniah 1

NAS (29)

Genesis 1

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 3

Psalms 2

Proverbs 5

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 11

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 3

Hosea 1

Zephaniah 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (40)

Genesis 1

1 Samuel 3

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 2

Psalms 2

Proverbs 5

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 11

Isaiah 1

Jeremiah 4

Hosea 3

Micah 1

Zephaniah 1

ASV (38)

and to love 1

art thou, o love 1

as well their love 1

because he loved 1

but love 1

for love 2

for my love 2

for the love 1

for the love he had to her 1

from love 2

hast thou been unto me: thy love 1

him as he loved 1

i will love 1

in his love 1

love 4

loved 2

loveth 2

of love 1

over me was love 1

passing the love 1

than love 1

than the love 1

that he had to him; for he loved 1

the love 1

them: in his love 1

where love 1

wherewith he had loved 1

whether it be love 1

with her love 1

with love 1

BSB (38)

as he loved 1

because he loved 1

because of his love 1

but love 1

by her love 1

for love 1

in his love 1

in love 1

love 10

love her 1

love them 1

loved 1

loves 1

my love 2

o love 1

of love 1

out of love 1

surpassing the love 1

than love 1

the love 1

their love 1

there is love 1

with his love 1

with love 3

your love 2

CSB (21)

his love 2

love 12

loved 3

the love 2

with love 2

ESV (29)

had 1

love 21

loved 4

loves 3

KJV (40)

had 1

love 32

loved 7

LEB (34)

⌊for love⌋ 1

a love 1

and to love 1

because of the love of 1

but love 1

by her love 1

i will love 1

in his love 1

it will be love 1

just like the love of 1

love 6

loved 2

loved him 1

loves 1

my love 1

o loved one 1

the love 1

the love of 2

the love of your betrothal 1

they loved 1

to them to love 1

was love 1

when love 1

with leather 1

with the love of 1

you in his love 1

your love 1

LSB (30)

love 30

N95 (27)

love 26

lovingly 1

NAS (29)

love 28

lovingly 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (40)

also their love 1

because he loved 1

but love 1

for love 2

for my love 1

for the love 1

for the love he had for her 1

him as he loved 1

i will love 1

in return for my love 1

love 8

loved 2

loves 2

of love 1

over me is love 1

passing the love 1

than the love 1

the love 1

therefore with loving 1

to love 1

where love 1

whether it is love 1

with her love 1

with love 2

you in his love 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1094) b e (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) b e (הב HB) AC: ? CO: Gift AB: ?

l^m ) b e b e (הבהב HBHB) - Gift: KJV (1): offering - Strongs: H1890 (הַבְהַב)

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

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

N^m) b e a (אהב AHB) - Beloved: One who is loved. KJV (2): lover, loving - Strongs: H158 (אַהַב)

N^f1) e b e a (אהבה AHBH) - Love: KJV (40): love - Strongs: H160 (אַהֲבָה)

g^m) b e f a (אוהב AWHB) - Love: KJV (1): loves - Strongs: H159 (אֹהַב)

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

V) b e i (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)

N^m) b e i (יהב YHB) - Burden: A heavy gift that is difficult to bear. KJV (1): burden - Strongs: H3053 (יְהָב)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

אַהֲבָה noun feminine love (= Infinitive of אהב q. v.) — absolute ׳א Proverbs 10:12 18t.; construct אַהֲבַת Jeremiah 2:2 3t.; 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 Song of Solomon 2:4,5; Song of Solomon 5:8; Song of Solomon 8:6,7 (twice in verse); Proverbs 5:19 compare also 2 Samuel 1:26 (נָשִׁים׳א); personified Song of Solomon 2:7; Song of Solomon 3:5; Song of Solomon 7:7; Song of Solomon 8:4; compare figurative use Song of Solomon 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.

אהד (= אחד ? see Thes.)

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אַהֲבָה f.

(1) Inf. fem. gen. of the verb אָהַב. With Lamed pref. Isaiah 56:6, לְאַהֲבָה אֶת־שֵּׁם יְהֹוָה “to love the name of Jehovah,” Deuteronomy 10:15, 11:13, 22 Deuteronomy 11:22; Joshua 22:5, 23:11 with בְּ 1 Kings 10:9, בְּאַהֲבַת יְהֹוָה אֶת־ יִשְׂרָאֵל “for the love of Jehovah towards Israel.” In the same sense with the prefix בְּ Hosea 3:1 and מִן Deuteronomy 7:8, מֵאַהֲבַת יְהֹוָה אֶתְכֶם “because that Jehovah loveth you.”

(2) love, specially as between the sexes, Song of Solomon 2:4, 5:8 8:6, of God towards men, Hosea 3:1 of friends towards one another, 1 Samuel 18:3.

(3) love, delight, concr. of a beloved female, Song of Solomon 2:7, 3:5 and so perhaps also verse 10 [“where others take it as an adv. lovely”].

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List of Word Forms

אַהֲבַ֖ת אַהֲבַ֥ת אַהֲבָ֑ה אַהֲבָ֔ה אַהֲבָ֖ה אַהֲבָ֣ה אַהֲבָֽה׃ אַהֲבָֽתְךָ֙ אַהֲבָתִ֥י אַהֲבָתִֽי׃ אַהֲבָתָ֔ם אַהֲבָתָ֧ם אהבה אהבה׃ אהבת אהבתי אהבתי׃ אהבתך אהבתם בְּ֝אַהֲבָתָ֗הּ בְּאַ֣הֲבָת֔וֹ בְּאַהֲבַ֤ת בְּאַהֲבַ֨ת בְּאַהֲבָת֖וֹ בְּאַהֲבָת֥וֹ בָּאַהֲבָ֔ה באהבה באהבת באהבתה באהבתו הָֽאַהֲבָ֔ה הָאַהֲבָ֖ה האהבה וְאַ֣הֲבַת וְאַהֲבַ֤ת וְאַהֲבָה־ ואהבה־ ואהבת כְּאַהֲבַ֤ת כאהבת לְאַהֲבָֽה׃ לאהבה׃ מֵֽאַהֲבַ֨ת מֵֽאַהֲבָ֥ה מֵאַהֲבַ֖ת מֵאַהֲבָ֖ה מאהבה מאהבת ’a·hă·ḇā·ṯām ’a·hă·ḇā·ṯə·ḵā ’a·hă·ḇā·ṯî ’a·hă·ḇāh ’a·hă·ḇaṯ ’ahăḇāh ’ahăḇaṯ ’ahăḇāṯām ’ahăḇāṯəḵā ’ahăḇāṯî ahaVah ahaVat ahavaTam ahavateCha ahavaTi bā’ahăḇāh bā·’a·hă·ḇāh baahaVah bə’ahăḇaṯ bə’ahăḇāṯāh bə’ahăḇāṯōw bə·’a·hă·ḇā·ṯāh bə·’a·hă·ḇā·ṯōw bə·’a·hă·ḇaṯ beahaVat beahavaTah beahavaTo hā’ahăḇāh hā·’a·hă·ḇāh haahaVah kə’ahăḇaṯ kə·’a·hă·ḇaṯ keahaVat lə’ahăḇāh lə·’a·hă·ḇāh leahaVah mê’ahăḇāh mê’ahăḇaṯ mê·’a·hă·ḇāh mê·’a·hă·ḇaṯ meahaVah meahaVat veahavah veahaVat wə’ahăḇāh- wə’ahăḇaṯ wə·’a·hă·ḇāh- wə·’a·hă·ḇaṯ