Lexicon :: Strong's H160 - 'ahăḇâ

אַהֲבָה

Transliteration

'ahăḇâ

Pronunciation

a-hab-aw

Part of Speech

feminine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

F of אַהַב (H158)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 29c

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

אַהֲבָה ʼahăbâh, a-hab-aw; feminine of H158 and meaning the same:—love.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 40x

The KJV translates Strong's H160 in the following manner: love (40x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

love
1. human love for human object
  1. of man toward man
  2. of man toward himself
  3. between man and woman
  4. sexual desire
God's love to His people

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

אַהֲבָה ʼahăbâh, a-hab-aw; feminine of H158 and meaning the same:—love.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

STRONGS H160: Abbreviations

† אַהֲבָה noun feminine love (= Infinitive of אהב which see H157) — absolute א׳ Proverbs 10:12 + 18 times; construct אַהֲבַת Jeremiah 2:2 + 3 times; suffix אַהֲבָתִי Psalm 109:4; Psalm 109:5; אַהֲבָֽתְךָ 2 Samuel 1:26; אַהֲבָתוֺ Isaiah 63:9; Zephaniah 3:17; אַהֲבָתָהּ Proverbs 5:19; אַהֲבָתָם Ecclesiastes 9:6 — love, especially Wisdom Literature & late.

1. human (to human object) absolute Ecclesiastes 9:1, 6 (both || שִׂנְאָה) so Proverbs 10:12; Proverbs 15:17; compare Proverbs 27:5; see also Proverbs 17:9; of man toward man Psalm 109:4; Psalm 109:5; love for one's self (נַפְשׁוֺ) 1 Samuel 20:17; between man & woman Songs 2:4, 5; Songs 5:8; Songs 8:6, 7 (twice in verse); Proverbs 5:19 compare also 2 Samuel 1:26 (נָשִׁים א׳); personified Songs 2:7; Songs 3:5; Songs 7:7; Songs 8:4; compare figurative use Songs 3:10; of mere sexual desire 2 Samuel 13:15; figurative of Jerusalem's love to י׳ Jeremiah 2:2 (כְּלוּלֹתַיִח א׳), & of love of adulter. Jesus. Jeremiah 2:33.

2. God's love to his people Hosea 11:4 (עֲבֹתוֺת א׳) Jeremiah 31:3; Isaiah 63:9; Zephaniah 3:17.

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

20:17

2 Samuel

1:26; 1:26; 13:15

Psalms

109:4; 109:4; 109:5; 109:5

Proverbs

5:19; 5:19; 10:12; 10:12; 15:17; 17:9; 27:5

Ecclesiastes

9:1; 9:6; 9:6

Song of Songs

2:4; 2:5; 2:7; 3:5; 3:10; 5:8; 7:7; 8:4; 8:6; 8:7

Isaiah

63:9; 63:9

Jeremiah

2:2; 2:2; 2:33; 31:3

Hosea

11:4

Zephaniah

3:17; 3:17

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H160 matches the Hebrew אַהֲבָה ('ahăḇâ),
which occurs 40 times in 37 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

1Sa 18:3 - Then Jonathan H3083 and David H1732 made H3772 a covenant,H1285 because he loved^H160 him as his own soul.H5315

1Sa 20:17 - And Jonathan H3083 caused David H1732 to swear H7650 again,H3254 because he loved^H160 him: for he loved H157 him as he loved^H160 his own soul.H5315

2Sa 1:26 - I am distressed H6887 for thee, my brother H251 Jonathan:H3083 very H3966 pleasant H5276 hast thou been unto me: thy love^H160 to me was wonderful,H6381 passing the love^H160 of women.H802

2Sa 13:15 - Then Amnon H550 hated H8130 her exceedingly;H3966 H1419 so that the hatred H8135 wherewith he hated H8130 her was greater H1419 than the love^H160 wherewith he had loved H157 her. And Amnon H550 said H559 unto her, Arise,H6965 be gone.H3212

2Ch 2:11 - Then Huram H2361 the king H4428 of Tyre H6865 answered H559 in writing,H3791 which he sent H7971 to Solomon,H8010 Because the LORD H3068 hath loved^H160 his people,H5971 he hath made H5414 thee king H4428 over them.

Psa 109:4 - For my love^H160 they are my adversaries:H7853 but I give myself unto prayer.H8605

Psa 109:5 - And they have rewarded H7760 me evil H7451 for good,H2896 and hatred H8135 for my love.^H160

Pro 5:19 - Let her be as the loving H158 hind H365 and pleasant H2580 roe;H3280 let her breasts H1717 satisfy H7301 thee at all times;H6256 and be thou ravished H7686 always H8548 with her love.^H160

Pro 10:12 - Hatred H8135 stirreth up H5782 strifes:H4090 but love^H160 covereth H3680 all sins.H6588

Pro 15:17 - Better H2896 is a dinner H737 of herbs H3419 where love^H160 is, than a stalled H75 ox H7794 and hatred H8135 therewith.

Pro 17:9 - He that covereth H3680 a transgression H6588 seeketh H1245 love;^H160 but he that repeateth H8138 a matter H1697 separateth H6504 very friends.H441

Pro 27:5 - Open H1540 rebuke H8433 is better H2896 than secret H5641 love.^H160

Ecc 9:1 - For all this I considered H5414 in my heart H3820 even to declare H952 all this, that the righteous,H6662 and the wise,H2450 and their works,H5652 are in the hand H3027 of God:H430 no man H120 knoweth H3045 either H1571 love^H160 or hatred H8135 by all that is before H6440 them.

Ecc 9:6 - Also their love,^H160 and their hatred,H8135 and their envy,H7068 is now H3528 perished;H6 neither have they any more a portion H2506 for ever H5769 in any thing that is done H6213 under the sun.H8121

Sng 2:4 - He brought H935 me to the banqueting H3196 house,H1004 and his banner H1714 over me was love.^H160

Sng 2:5 - Stay H5564 me with flagons,H809 comfort H7502 me with apples:H8598 for I am sick H2470 of love.^H160

Sng 2:7 - I charge H7650 you, O ye daughters H1323 of Jerusalem,H3389 by the roes,H6643 and H176 by the hinds H355 of the field,H7704 that ye stir not up,H5782 nor awake H5782 my love,^H160 till he please.H2654

Sng 3:5 - I charge H7650 you, O ye daughters H1323 of Jerusalem,H3389 by the roes,H6643 and H176 by the hinds H355 of the field,H7704 that ye stir not up,H5782 nor awake H5782 my love,^H160 till he please.H2654

Sng 3:10 - He made H6213 the pillars H5982 thereof of silver,H3701 the bottom H7507 thereof of gold,H2091 the covering H4817 of it of purple,H713 the midst H8432 thereof being paved H7528 with love,^H160 for the daughters H1323 of Jerusalem.H3389

Sng 5:8 - I charge H7650 you, O daughters H1323 of Jerusalem,H3389 if ye find H4672 my beloved,H1730 that ye tell H5046 him, that I am sick H2470 of love.^H160

Sng 7:6 - How fair H3302 and how pleasant H5276 art thou, O love,^H160 for delights!H8588

Sng 8:4 - I charge H7650 you, O daughters H1323 of Jerusalem,H3389 that ye stir not up,H5782 nor awake H5782 my love,^H160 until he please.H2654

Sng 8:6 - Set H7760 me as a seal H2368 upon thine heart,H3820 as a seal H2368 upon thine arm:H2220 for love^H160 is strong H5794 as death;H4194 jealousy H7068 is cruel H7186 as the grave:H7585 the coals H7565 thereof are coals H7565 of fire,H784 which hath a most vehement flame.H7957

Sng 8:7 - Many H7227 waters H4325 cannot H3201 quench H3518 love,^H160 neither can the floods H5104 drown H7857 it: if a man H376 would give H5414 all the substance H1952 of his house H1004 for love,^H160 it would utterly H936 be contemned.H936

Isa 63:9 - In all their affliction H6869 he was afflicted,H6862 and the angel H4397 of his presence H6440 saved H3467 them: in his love^H160 and in his pity H2551 he redeemed H1350 them; and he bare H5190 them, and carried H5375 them all the days H3117 of old.H5769

Jer 2:33 - Why trimmest H3190 thou thy way H1870 to seek H1245 love?^H160 therefore hast thou also taught H3925 the wicked ones H7451 thy ways.H1870

Jer 31:3 - The LORD H3068 hath appeared H7200 of old H7350 unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved H157 thee with an everlasting H5769 love:^H160 therefore with lovingkindness H2617 have I drawn H4900 thee.

Hos 9:15 - All their wickedness H7451 is in Gilgal:H1537 for there I hated H8130 them: for the wickedness H7455 of their doings H4611 I will drive them out H1644 of mine house,H1004 I will love^H160 them no more:H3254 all their princes H8269 are revolters.H5637

Hos 11:4 - I drew H4900 them with cords H2256 of a man,H120 with bands H5688 of love:^H160 and I was to them as they that take off H7311 the yoke H5923 on their jaws,H3895 and I laid H5186 meat H398 unto them.

Mic 6:8 - He hath shewed H5046 thee, O man,H120 what is good;H2896 and what doth the LORD H3068 require H1875 of thee, but to do H6213 justly,H4941 and to love^H160 mercy,H2617 and to walk H3212 humbly H6800 with thy God?H430

Zep 3:17 - The LORD H3068 thy God H430 in the midst H7130 of thee is mighty;H1368 he will save,H3467 he will rejoice H7797 over thee with joy;H8057 he will rest H2790 in his love,^H160 he will joy H1523 over thee with singing.H7440