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. Isaiah 1:23 אֹהֵ֣ב 'o.Hev · An -ing word: simple action

   Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

2. Isaiah 41:8 אֹהֲבִֽי׃ 'o.ha.Vi · An -ing word: simple action

   But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend,

3. Isaiah 43:4 אֲהַבְתִּ֑יךָ 'a.hav.Ti.kha · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

   Since thou hast been precious in my sight, and honorable, and I have loved thee; therefore will I give men in thy stead, and peoples instead of thy life.

4. Isaiah 48:14 אֲהֵב֔וֹ 'a.he.Vo · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

   Assemble yourselves, all ye, and hear; who among them hath declared these things? He whom Jehovah loveth shall perform his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.

5. Isaiah 56:6 וּֽלְאַהֲבָה֙ u.le.'a.ha.Vah · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

   Also the foreigners that join themselves to Jehovah, to minister unto him, and to love the name of Jehovah, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and holdeth fast my covenant;

6. Isaiah 56:10 אֹהֲבֵ֖י 'o.ha.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

   His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

7. Isaiah 57:8 אָהַ֥בְתְּ 'a.Havt · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

   And behind the doors and the posts hast thou set up thy memorial: for thou hast uncovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them: thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.

8. Isaiah 61:8 אֹהֵ֣ב 'o.Hev · An -ing word: simple action

   For I, Jehovah, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

9. Isaiah 66:10 אֹהֲבֶ֑יהָ 'o.ha.Vei.ha · An -ing word: simple action

   Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn over her;

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.