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.
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2 Samuel 1:23 הַנֶּאֱהָבִ֤ים ha.ne.'e.ha.Vim · An -ing word: receiving the action
Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, And in their death they were not divided: They were swifter than eagles, They were stronger than lions.
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2 Samuel 12:24 אֲהֵבֽוֹ׃ 'a.he.Vo · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it
And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon. And Jehovah loved him;
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2 Samuel 13:1 וַיֶּאֱהָבֶ֖הָ vai.ye.'e.ha.Ve.ha · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
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2 Samuel 13:4 אֹהֵֽב׃ 'o.Hev · An -ing word: simple action
And he said unto him, Why, O son of the king, art thou thus lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.
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2 Samuel 13:15 אֲהֵבָ֑הּ 'a.he.Vah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it
Then Amnon hated her with exceeding great hatred; for the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.
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2 Samuel 19:6 לְאַֽהֲבָה֙ le.'a.ha.Vah · The “to do” form of an action: simple action
in that thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest them that love thee. For thou hast declared this day, that princes and servants are nought unto thee: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.
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2 Samuel 19:6 אֹהֲבֶ֑יךָ 'o.ha.Vei.kha · An -ing word: simple action
in that thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest them that love thee. For thou hast declared this day, that princes and servants are nought unto thee: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.
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