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. Malachi 1:2 אָהַ֤בְתִּי 'a.Hav.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

   I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob;

2. Malachi 1:2 אֲהַבְתָּ֑נוּ 'a.hav.Ta.nu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

   I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob;

3. Malachi 1:2 וָאֹהַ֖ב va.'o.Hav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by me

   I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob;

4. Malachi 2:11 אָהֵ֔ב 'a.Hev · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

   Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of Jehovah which he loveth, and hath married the daughter of a foreign god.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.