אָהֵב

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

• to love: lover H0157G 198
• to love: friend H0157H · a Meaning of 13

Strong's dictionary

or אָהֵב ; a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise); (be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Every occurrence

1. 1 Kings 3:3 וַיֶּאֱהַ֤ב vai.ye.'e.Hav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   And Solomon loved Jehovah, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.

2. 1 Kings 5:1 אֹהֵ֗ב 'o.Hev · An -ing word: simple action

   And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.

3. 1 Kings 10:9 בְּאַהֲבַ֨ת be.'a.ha.Vat · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

   Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because Jehovah loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do justice and righteousness.

4. 1 Kings 11:1 אָהַ֞ב 'a.Hav · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

   Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;

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