Strong's Lexicon

H160

H160 — אַהֲבָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewahabahnoun femOccurrences: 40TWOT: 29c

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H160
Word:אַהֲבָה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:feminine of H158 and meaning the same
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:40
Transliteration:ahabah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:a-hab-aw
Meaning:1. love
KJV Renderings:Not listed

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אַהֲבָה noun feminine love (= Infinitive of אהב q. v.) — absolute ׳ א Prov 10:12 + 18 t.; construct אַהֲבַת Jer 2:2 + 3 t.; suffix אַהֲבָתִי Ps 109:4; Ps 109:5 אַהֲבָֽתְךָ 2Sam 1:26 אַהֲבָתוֺ Isa 63:9; Zeph 3:17 אַהֲבָתָהּ Prov 5:19 אַהֲבָתָם Eccl 9:6 — love, especially Wisdom Literature & late.

1. human (to human object) absolute Eccl 9:1; Eccl 9:6 (both || שִׂנְאָה) so Prov 10:12; Prov 15:17 compare Prov 27:5 see also Prov 17:9 of man toward man Ps 109:4; Ps 109:5 love for one's self (נַפְשׁוֺ) 1Sam 20:17 between man & woman Song 2:4; Song 2:5; Song 5:8; Song 8:6; Song 8:7 (twice in verse); Prov 5:19 compare also 2Sam 1:26 (נָשִׁים ׳ א); personified Song 2:7; Song 3:5; Song 7:7; Song 8:4 compare figurative use Song 3:10 of mere sexual desire 2Sam 13:15 figurative of Jerusalem's love to ׳ י Jer 2:2 ( כְּלוּלֹתַיִח ׳ א), & of love of adulterous Jerusalem Jer 2:33.
2. God's love to his people Hos 11:4 (׳ עֲבֹתוֺת א) Jer 31:3; Isa 63:9; Zeph 3:17.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אהבה (ah-havah’)

2 Samuel 1:36

EHCC: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the

2 Samuel 19:15

KJV: So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.
EHCC: greater than the love wherewith

1 Kings 10:9

KJV: Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
EHCC: because the Lord loved Isreel. (lit. in the

1 Kings 9:8

KJV: And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house?
EHCC: because thy God loved Israel,

Psalms 109:4

KJV: For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
EHCC: For my love they are my adversaries:

Proverbs 5:19

KJV: Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.satisfy…: Heb. water theebe thou…: Heb. err thou always in her love
EHCC: be thou ravished always with her love.

Proverbs 10:12

KJV: Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
EHCC: but dove covereth al! sins.

Proverbs 15:17

KJV: Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
EHCC: Better (is) a dinner of herbs where love

Proverbs 17:9

KJV: He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.seeketh: or, procureth
EHCC: covereth a transgression seeketh love ;

Proverbs 27:5

KJV: Open rebuke is better than secret love.
EHCC: Open rebuke re) better than secret love.

Song of Songs 2:4

KJV: He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.banqueting…: Heb. house of wine
EHCC: his banner over me (was) love.

Song of Songs 5:1

KJV: I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.yea…: or, and be drunken with loves
EHCC: (am) sick of love.

Song of Songs 8:10

KJV: I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.favour: Heb. peace
EHCC: midst rereoP bet ed (with) love,

Song of Songs 5:8

KJV: I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.that ye: Heb. what, etc
EHCC: that I(am) sick of ו

Song of Songs 7:6

KJV: How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
EHCC: (7).how pleasant art thou, O love, for

Song of Songs 8:4

KJV: I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.that…: Heb. why should ye stir up, or, why, etc
EHCC: nor awake (my) Jove, until he please.

Isaiah 63:9

KJV: In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
EHCC: in his love and in his pity he redeemed

Jeremiah 2:2

KJV: Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.thee: or, for thy sake
EHCC: the love of thine espousals,

Jeremiah 31:3

KJV: The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.of…: Heb. from afarwith lovingkindness…: have I extended lovingkindness unto thee
EHCC: an have fovea thee with an everlasting

Hosea 3:1

KJV: Then said the Lord unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the Lord toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.of wine: Heb. of grapes
EHCC: according to the love of the Lord

Hosea 9:15

KJV: All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.
EHCC: 1 will love them no more:

Micah 6:8

KJV: He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?walk…: Heb. humble thyself to walk
EHCC: and to love mercy, (lit. and love of’)

Zephaniah 3:17

KJV: The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.rest: Heb. be silent
EHCC: he will rest in his love,
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