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. Jeremiah 2:25 אָהַ֥בְתִּי 'a.Hav.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

   Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, It is in vain; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.

2. Jeremiah 5:31 אָ֣הֲבוּ 'A.ha.vu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

   the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

3. Jeremiah 8:2 אֲהֵב֜וּם 'a.he.Vum · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

   and they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried, they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.

4. Jeremiah 14:10 אָֽהֲבוּ֙ 'a.ha.Vu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

   Thus saith Jehovah unto this people, Even so have they loved to wander; they have not refrained their feet: therefore Jehovah doth not accept them; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.

5. Jeremiah 20:4 אֹהֲבֶ֗יךָ 'o.ha.Vei.kha · An -ing word: simple action

   For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

6. Jeremiah 20:6 אֹ֣הֲבֶ֔יךָ 'o.ha.Vei.kha · An -ing word: simple action

   And thou, Pashhur, and all that dwell in thy house shall go into captivity; and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and there shalt thou be buried, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied falsely.

7. Jeremiah 22:20 מְאַהֲבָֽיִךְ׃ me.'a.ha.Va.yikh · An -ing word: strong action

   Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from Abarim; for all thy lovers are destroyed.

8. Jeremiah 22:22 וּֽמְאַהֲבַ֖יִךְ u.me.'a.ha.Va.yikh · An -ing word: strong action

   The wind shall feed all thy shepherds, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.

9. Jeremiah 30:14 מְאַהֲבַ֣יִךְ me.'a.ha.Va.yikh · An -ing word: strong action

   All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not: for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the greatness of thine iniquity, because thy sins were increased.

10. Jeremiah 31:3 אֲהַבְתִּ֔יךְ 'a.hav.Tikh · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    Jehovah appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.