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. Deuteronomy 6:5 וְאָ֣הַבְתָּ֔ ve.'A.hav.ta · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you

    and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

  2. Deuteronomy 7:9 לְאֹהֲבָ֛יו le.'o.ha.Vav · An -ing word: simple action

    Know therefore that Jehovah thy God, he is God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,

  3. Deuteronomy 7:13 וַאֲהֵ֣בְךָ֔ va.'a.He.ve.kha · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    and he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee; he will also bless the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground, thy grain and thy new wine and thine oil, the increase of thy cattle and the young of thy flock, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.

  4. Deuteronomy 10:12 וּלְאַהֲבָ֣ה u.le.'a.ha.Vah · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

  5. Deuteronomy 10:15 לְאַהֲבָ֣ה le.'a.ha.Vah · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Only Jehovah had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day.

  6. Deuteronomy 10:18 וְאֹהֵ֣ב ve.'o.Hev · An -ing word: simple action

    He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the sojourner, in giving him food and raiment.

  7. Deuteronomy 10:19 וַאֲהַבְתֶּ֖ם va.'a.hav.Tem · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by all of you

    Love ye therefore the sojourner; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

  8. Deuteronomy 11:1 וְאָ֣הַבְתָּ֔ ve.'A.hav.ta · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you

    Therefore thou shalt love Jehovah thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his ordinances, and his commandments, alway.

  9. Deuteronomy 11:13 לְאַהֲבָ֞ה le.'a.ha.Vah · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love Jehovah your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

  10. Deuteronomy 11:22 לְאַהֲבָ֞ה le.'a.ha.Vah · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    For if ye shall diligently keep all this commandment which I command you, to do it, to love Jehovah your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;

  11. Deuteronomy 13:3 אֹֽהֲבִים֙ 'o.ha.Vim · An -ing word: simple action

    thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams: for Jehovah your God proveth you, to know whether ye love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

  12. Deuteronomy 15:16 אֲהֵֽבְךָ֙ 'a.he.ve.Kha · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go out from thee; because he loveth thee and thy house, because he is well with thee;

  13. Deuteronomy 19:9 לְאַהֲבָ֞ה le.'a.ha.Vah · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    if thou shalt keep all this commandment to do it, which I command thee this day, to love Jehovah thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, besides these three:

  14. Deuteronomy 21:15 אֲהוּבָה֙ 'a.hu.Vah · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son be hers that was hated;

  15. Deuteronomy 21:15 הָאֲהוּבָ֖ה ha.'a.hu.Vah · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son be hers that was hated;

  16. Deuteronomy 21:16 הָ֣אֲהוּבָ֔ה ha.'a.hu.Vah · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject

    then it shall be, in the day that he causeth his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved the first-born before the son of the hated, who is the first-born:

  17. Deuteronomy 23:5 אֲהֵֽבְךָ֖ 'a.he.ve.Kha · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Nevertheless Jehovah thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but Jehovah thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because Jehovah thy God loved thee.

  18. Deuteronomy 30:6 לְאַהֲבָ֞ה le.'a.ha.Vah · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And Jehovah thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

  19. Deuteronomy 30:16 לְאַהֲבָ֞ה le.'a.ha.Vah · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    in that I command thee this day to love Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, that thou mayest live and multiply, and that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in the land whither thou goest in to possess it.

  20. Deuteronomy 30:20 לְאַֽהֲבָה֙ le.'a.ha.Vah · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    to love Jehovah thy God, to obey his voice, and to cleave unto him; for he is thy life, and the length of thy days; that thou mayest dwell in the land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

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