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. Proverbs 21:17 אֹהֵ֥ב 'o.Hev · An -ing word: simple action

    He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

  2. Proverbs 22:11 אֹהֵ֥ב 'o.Hev · An -ing word: simple action

    He that loveth pureness of heart, For the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

  3. Proverbs 27:6 אוֹהֵ֑ב 'o.Hev · An -ing word: simple action

    Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

  4. Proverbs 29:3 אֹהֵ֣ב 'o.Hev · An -ing word: simple action

    Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father; But he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his substance.

  5. Ecclesiastes 3:8 לֶֽאֱהֹב֙ le.'e.Ho · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

  6. Ecclesiastes 5:10 אֹהֵ֥ב 'o.Hev · An -ing word: simple action

    He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

  7. Ecclesiastes 5:10 אֹהֵ֥ב 'o.Hev · An -ing word: simple action

    He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

  8. Ecclesiastes 9:9 אָהַ֗בְתָּ 'a.Hav.ta · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you

    Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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?

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. 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?

  15. 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.

  16. Isaiah 1:23 אֹהֵ֣ב 'o.Hev · An -ing word: simple action

    Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

  17. Isaiah 41:8 אֹהֲבִֽי׃ 'o.ha.Vi · An -ing word: simple action

    But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend,

  18. Isaiah 43:4 אֲהַבְתִּ֑יךָ 'a.hav.Ti.kha · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by me

    Since thou hast been precious in my sight, and honorable, and I have loved thee; therefore will I give men in thy stead, and peoples instead of thy life.

  19. Isaiah 48:14 אֲהֵב֔וֹ 'a.he.Vo · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    Assemble yourselves, all ye, and hear; who among them hath declared these things? He whom Jehovah loveth shall perform his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.

  20. Isaiah 56:6 וּֽלְאַהֲבָה֙ u.le.'a.ha.Vah · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Also the foreigners that join themselves to Jehovah, to minister unto him, and to love the name of Jehovah, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and holdeth fast my covenant;

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