Strong's Dictionary Number: [157]
157
1 Original Word: אָהַב
2 Word Origin: a primitive root
3 Transliterated Word: 'ahab
4 TDNT/TWOT Entry: TWOT - 29
5 Phonetic Spelling: aw-hab'
6 Part of Speech: Verb
7 Strong's Definition: or raheb {aw-habe'}; a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise):--(be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
8 Definition: - to love
- (Qal)
- human love for another, includes family, and sexual
- human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom
- human love for or to God
- act of being a friend 1a
- lover (participle) 1a
- friend (participle)
- God's love toward man 1a
- to individual men 1a
- to people Israel 1a
- to righteousness
- (Niphal)
- lovely (participle)
- loveable (participle)
- (Piel)
- friends
- lovers (fig. of adulterers)
- to like
9 English:
0 Usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend
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