אָהֵב

a.hav · to love: lover

Hebrew · Strong's H157 · Verb · Sounds like: aw-hab' · 211 occurrences

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)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
אָהֵב 216 vb. love
Qal
1. human love to human object
2. less oft. of appetite
3. love to God
4. esp. Pt.
5. of divine love
Niph. Pt. pl. lovely, loveable
Pi.
1. friends
2. lovers

Every occurrence

  1. Song of Solomon 1:3 אֲהֵבֽוּךָ׃ 'a.he.Vu.kha · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    Thine oils have a goodly fragrance; Thy name is as oil poured forth; Therefore do the virgins love thee.

  2. Song of Solomon 1:4 אֲהֵבֽוּךָ׃ ס 'a.he.Vu.kha · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    Draw me; we will run after thee: The king hath brought me into his chambers; We will be glad and rejoice in thee; We will make mention of thy love more than of wine: Rightly do they love thee.

  3. Song of Solomon 1:7 שֶׁ֤אָהֲבָה֙ she.'a.ha.vah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest thy flock, Where thou makest it to rest at noon: For why should I be as one that is veiled Beside the flocks of thy companions?

  4. Song of Solomon 3:1 שֶׁאָהֲבָ֖ה she.'a.ha.Vah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

  5. Song of Solomon 3:2 שֶׁאָהֲבָ֖ה she.'a.ha.Vah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    I said, I will rise now, and go about the city; In the streets and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

  6. Song of Solomon 3:3 שֶׁאָהֲבָ֥ה she.'a.ha.Vah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    The watchmen that go about the city found me; To whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?

  7. Song of Solomon 3:4 שֶׁאָהֲבָ֖ה she.'a.ha.Vah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    It was but a little that I passed from them, When I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, Until I had brought him into my mother's house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me.

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