אַהֲבָהʼahăbâh
love
Pronunciation: a-hab-aw · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H160
Meanings
1. human (to human object) (Ecclesiastes 9:1; Ecclesiastes 9:6; Proverbs 10:12)
2. God's love to his people (Hosea 11:4; Jeremiah 31:3; Isaiah 63:9)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 38 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 29:20 So Jacob worked seven years to pay for Rachel. But his love for her was so strong that it seemed to him but a few days.
- Deuteronomy 7:8 Rather, it was simply that the Lord loves you, and he was keeping the oath he had sworn to your ancestors. That is why the Lord rescued you with such a strong hand from your slavery and from the oppressive hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
- 1 Samuel 18:3 And Jonathan made a solemn pact with David, because he loved him as he loved himself.
- 1 Samuel 20:17 And Jonathan made David reaffirm his vow of friendship again, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.
- 2 Samuel 1:26 How I weep for you, my brother Jonathan! Oh, how much I loved you! And your love for me was deep, deeper than the love of women!
- 2 Samuel 13:15 Then suddenly Amnon’s love turned to hate, and he hated her even more than he had loved her. “Get out of here!” he snarled at her.
See every passage
- Genesis 29:20
- Deuteronomy 7:8
- 1 Samuel 18:3, 20:17
- 2 Samuel 1:26, 13:15
- 1 Kings 11:2
- 2 Chronicles 2:11
- Psalms 109:4, 109:5
- Proverbs 5:19, 10:12, 15:17, 17:9, 27:5
- Ecclesiastes 9:1, 9:6
- Song of Solomon 2:4, 2:5, 2:7, 3:5, 3:10, 5:8, 7:6, 8:4, 8:6, 8:7
- Isaiah 63:9
- Jeremiah 2:2, 2:33, 31:3
- Hosea 3:1, 9:15, 11:4
- Zephaniah 3:17
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).