Strong's Number 157

The Linked Word Project

Transliteration:

'ahab {aw-hab'} or 'aheb {aw-habe'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

29

Part of Speech:

verb

Usage in the KJV:

love 169, lover(s) 19, friend(s) 12, beloved 5, liketh 1, lovely 1, loving 1

Total: 208

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 (fig. of adulterers)
to like