Strongs Number: H157
- Hebrew Word
- אָהַב
- Transliteration
- ʼâhab
- Phonetic
- aw-hab'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
- BDB Definition
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1. to love
a. (Qal)
1. human love for another, includes family, and sexual
2. human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom
3. human love for or to God
4. act of being a friend 1a
b. lover (participle) 1a
c. friend (participle)
1. God's love toward man 1a
d. to individual men 1a
e. to people Israel 1a
f. to righteousness
g. (Niphal)
1. lovely (participle)
2. loveable (participle)
h. (Piel)
1. friends
2. lovers (fig. of adulterers)
2. to like
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- (be-) love ({-d} {-ly} {-r}) {like} friend.