H157 · אָהַב
ʼâhab · aw-hab' · love
H157 (ʼâhab, pronounced aw-hab') is the Hebrew word אָהַב in Strong’s dictionary: to have affection for (sexually or otherwise). It appears 211 times in 197 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- אָהַב (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- ʼâhab
- Pronunciation
- aw-hab'
- Derivation
- or אָהֵב ; a primitive root;
- Definition
- to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
- Rendered in the KJV
- (be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
211 occurrences in 197 verses (210 with English words of their own, 1 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “love” ×14
- “I love” ×13
- “loved” ×13
- “loves” ×12
- “to love” ×7
- “your lovers” ×5
- “He who loves” ×4
- “and love” ×4
By book
Genesis 13 · Exodus 2 · Leviticus 2 · Deuteronomy 21 · Joshua 2 · Judges 4 · Ruth 1 · 1 Samuel 8 · 2 Samuel 6 · 1 Kings 4 · 2 Chronicles 5 · Nehemiah 2 · Esther 4 · Job 1 · Psalms 39 · Proverbs 23 · Ecclesiastes 3 · Song of Solomon 7 · Isaiah 9 · Jeremiah 10 · Lamentations 2 · Ezekiel 6 · Daniel 1 · Hosea 13 · Amos 2 · Micah 2 · Zechariah 3 · Malachi 2
First 30 of 197 verses
- Genesis 22:2
- Genesis 24:67
- Genesis 25:28
- Genesis 27:4
- Genesis 27:9
- Genesis 27:14
- Genesis 29:18
- Genesis 29:30
- Genesis 29:32
- Genesis 34:3
- Genesis 37:3
- Genesis 37:4
- Genesis 44:20
- Exodus 20:6
- Exodus 21:5
- Leviticus 19:18
- Leviticus 19:34
- Deuteronomy 4:37
- Deuteronomy 5:10
- Deuteronomy 6:5
- Deuteronomy 7:9
- Deuteronomy 7:13
- Deuteronomy 10:12
- Deuteronomy 10:15
- Deuteronomy 10:18
- Deuteronomy 10:19
- Deuteronomy 11:1
- Deuteronomy 11:13
- Deuteronomy 11:22
- Deuteronomy 13:3
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H157.