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אָהַב

H157

Transliteration: ʼâhab

Pronunciation: aw-hab'

Definition: love

Original: אהב אהב

Transliteration: 'âhab 'âhêb

Phonetic: aw-hab'

BDB Definition:

to love
1. (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
    1. lover (participle)
    2. friend (participle)
  5. God's love toward man
    1. to individual men
    2. to people Israel
    3. to righteousness
2. (Niphal)
  1. lovely (participle)
  2. loveable (participle)
3. (Piel)
  1. friends
  2. lovers (figuratively of adulterers)
to like

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 29

Part(s) of speech: Verb

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