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.
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2 Samuel 19:6 לְאַֽהֲבָה֙ le.'a.ha.Vah · The “to do” form of an action: simple action
in that thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest them that love thee. For thou hast declared this day, that princes and servants are nought unto thee: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.
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2 Samuel 19:6 אֹהֲבֶ֑יךָ 'o.ha.Vei.kha · An -ing word: simple action
in that thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest them that love thee. For thou hast declared this day, that princes and servants are nought unto thee: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.
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1 Kings 3:3 וַיֶּאֱהַ֤ב vai.ye.'e.Hav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it
And Solomon loved Jehovah, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
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1 Kings 5:1 אֹהֵ֗ב 'o.Hev · An -ing word: simple action
And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.
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1 Kings 10:9 בְּאַהֲבַ֨ת be.'a.ha.Vat · The “to do” form of an action: simple action
Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because Jehovah loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do justice and righteousness.
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1 Kings 11:1 אָהַ֞ב 'a.Hav · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it
Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;
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2 Chronicles 9:8 בְּאַהֲבַ֨ת be.'a.ha.Vat · The “to do” form of an action: simple action
Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on his throne, to be king for Jehovah thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do justice and righteousness.
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2 Chronicles 11:21 וַיֶּאֱהַ֨ב vai.ye.'e.Hav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it
And Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines, and begat twenty and eight sons and threescore daughters.)
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2 Chronicles 19:2 תֶּאֱהָ֑ב te.'e.Hav · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you
And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the wicked, and love them that hate Jehovah? for this thing wrath is upon thee from before Jehovah.
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2 Chronicles 20:7 אֹֽהַבְךָ֖ 'o.hav.Kha · An -ing word: simple action
Didst not thou, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and give it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
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2 Chronicles 26:10 אֹהֵ֥ב 'o.Hev · An -ing word: simple action
And he built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle; in the lowland also, and in the plain: and he had husbandmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields; for he loved husbandry.
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Nehemiah 1:5 לְאֹהֲבָ֖יו le.'o.ha.Vav · An -ing word: simple action
and said, I beseech thee, O Jehovah, the God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments:
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Nehemiah 13:26 וְאָה֤וּב ve.'a.Huv · An -ing word: simple action, it is done to the subject
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did foreign women cause to sin.
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Esther 2:17 וַיֶּאֱהַ֨ב vai.ye.'e.Hav · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it
And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
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Esther 5:10 אֹהֲבָ֖יו 'o.ha.Vav · An -ing word: simple action
Nevertheless Haman refrained himself, and went home; and he sent and fetched his friends and Zeresh his wife.
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Esther 5:14 אֹֽהֲבָ֗יו 'o.ha.Vav · An -ing word: simple action
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
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Esther 6:13 אֹ֣הֲבָ֔יו 'o.ha.Vav · An -ing word: simple action
And Haman recounted unto Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai, before whom thou hast begun to fall, be of the seed of the Jews, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
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Job 19:19 אָ֝הַ֗בְתִּי 'a.Hav.ti · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me
All my familiar friends abhor me, And they whom I loved are turned against me.
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Psalms 4:2 תֶּאֱהָב֣וּן te.'e.ha.Vun · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you
O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? How long will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah
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Psalms 5:11 אֹהֲבֵ֥י 'o.ha.Vei · An -ing word: simple action
But let all those that take refuge in thee rejoice, Let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: Let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
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