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. Amos 4:5 אֲהַבְתֶּם֙ 'a.hav.Tem · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by all of you

    and offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim freewill-offerings and publish them: for this pleaseth you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah.

  2. Amos 5:15 וְאֶ֣הֱבוּ ve.'E.he.vu · A command to all of you: simple action

    Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

  3. Micah 3:2 וְאֹ֣הֲבֵי ve.'O.ha.vei · An -ing word: simple action

    ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

  4. Micah 6:8 וְאַ֣הֲבַת ve.'A.ha.vat · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?

  5. Zechariah 8:17 תֶּאֱהָ֑בוּ te.'e.Ha.vu · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith Jehovah.

  6. Zechariah 8:19 אֱהָֽבוּ׃ פ 'e.Ha.vu · A command to all of you: simple action

    Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love truth and peace.

  7. Zechariah 13:6 מְאַהֲבָֽי׃ ס me.'a.ha.Vai · An -ing word: strong action

    And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds between thine arms? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.

  8. 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;

  9. 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;

  10. 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;

  11. 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.

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