'ahab <0157>
bha 'ahab or bha 'aheb
| Pronunciation: | aw-hab' aw-habe' |
| Origin: | a primitive root |
| Reference: | TWOT - 29 |
| PrtSpch: | verb |
| In Hebrew: | bha 40, ytbha 16, tbha 10, wbha 10, hbhal 10, bhayw 9, ybha 8, Kybham 6, hybham 5, hbhas 5, tbhaw 4, wybha 4, bhay 4, Kybha 4, ybhaw 4, ybhal 4, bhaw 3, ybham 3, wybhal 3, hbha 3, Kbha 3, Kytbha 3, Kwbha 3, wbhaw 2, hybha 2, hbwhah 2, wbhat 2, hbhayw 2, hbhalw 2, bhat 2, Mbhaw 1, Mbha 1, whbhayw 1, Mybhanh 1, hybhaw 1, Mwbha 1, Mtbha 1, wtbhab 1, Mtbhaw 1, wybhaw 1, *whbhayw {wbhayw} 1, Nwbhat 1, bhwa 1, wbh 1, wntbha 1, ynbhay 1, Kbhaw 1, Mybha 1, yntbha 1, bhatw 1, *ybha {hybha} 1, bhal 1, Kybhamw 1, Mbhak 1, Kbhayw 1, ybhaml 1, whbhaw 1, hbwha 1, Ktbha 1, whtbha 1, bwhaw 1 |
| In NET: | love 94, loves 31, loved 25, lovers 13, friends 8, friend 4, beloved 4, ally 3, Love 3, loyal 3, allies 3, promotes 2, chose 1, choose 1, adored 1, adore 1, dearly 1, favor 1, liked 1, previously felt toward 1, lover 1, like 1, rewards 1, loving 1, favorite 1, demonstrated his loyalty 1 |
| In AV: | love 169, lover(s) 19, friend(s) 12, beloved 5, liketh 1, lovely 1, loving 1 |
| Count: | 208 |
| Definition: | 1) to love 1a) (Qal) 1a1) human love for another, includes family, and sexual 1a2) human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom 1a3) human love for or to God 1a4) act of being a friend 1a4a) lover (participle) 1a4b) friend (participle) 1a5) God's love toward man 1a5a) to individual men 1a5b) to people Israel 1a5c) to righteousness 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) lovely (participle) 1b2) loveable (participle) 1c) (Piel) 1c1) friends 1c2) lovers (fig. of adulterers) 2) to like or raheb {aw-habe'}; a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise):-(be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend. |
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