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. Esther 2:17 וַיֶּאֱהַ֨ב vai.ye.'e.Hav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

2. Esther 5:10 אֹהֲבָ֖יו 'o.ha.Vav · An -ing word: simple action

   Nevertheless Haman refrained himself, and went home; and he sent and fetched his friends and Zeresh his wife.

3. Esther 5:14 אֹֽהֲבָ֗יו 'o.ha.Vav · An -ing word: simple action

   Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

4. Esther 6:13 אֹ֣הֲבָ֔יו 'o.ha.Vav · An -ing word: simple action

   And Haman recounted unto Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai, before whom thou hast begun to fall, be of the seed of the Jews, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

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