Word

אַהֲבָה

ʼahăbâh · H160 · Hebrew · 34 occurrences

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Meanings

love

Affection between people, or between people and deities

Examples
Genesis 29:20 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him like only a few days because of his love for her.
1 Samuel 18:3 Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
1 Samuel 20:17 And Jonathan made David vow again because of his love for him, because he loved him as he loved his own life.

How it’s used In 11 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

4 occurrences in 2 groups

הוּhis 3
יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

4 occurrences in 3 groups

וֹhim 2
הָher 1
כֶםyou 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

כlike/as+ נֶפֶשׁsoul, life 1

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

11 occurrences in 9 groups

Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

2 occurrences in 2 groups

אָהַבto love 1
סָתַרto hide, to be hidden 1

What it doesIt is the subject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

כָּסָהto cover 1
אָבַדto perish, to destroy 1
פָּלָאto be wonderful, to do wonders 1

What is done to itIt is the object

7 occurrences in 4 groups

עוּרto awake, to stir up 3
בָּקַשׁto seek, to search, to look for 2
יָדַעto know 1
כָּבָהto be extinguished 1

What it is said to bePredicate

2 occurrences in 3 groups

טוֹבgood 1
עַזstrong 1
שָׁםthere 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

דֶּגֶלbanner 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

12 occurrences in 3 groups

בin/on/with 10
מִןfrom 4
תַּחַתunder, below, instead of 3

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

3 occurrences in 2 groups

חָלָהto be sick, to be weak 2
עֲבֹתrope 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 2 words

ἀγάπη agápē · G26 · to love, to regard with affection, loving concern: Greek ἀγάπη serves as the standard Septuagint rendering of Hebrew אַהֲבָה across its semantic range, denoting both divine and human love without register or sense restriction.
ἀγαπάω agapáō · G25 · to love, to regard with affection, loving concern: Greek verb ἀγαπάω regularly renders Hebrew noun אַהֲבָה in LXX contexts where the abstract concept 'love' is expressed verbally in Greek translation.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Love002001002018: אַהֲבָה names love as an abstract quality, as Jacob's love for Rachel that made his years of service seem short.

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

אָהַב ʼâhab · H157 · to love, friend, companion · 215×אַהֲבָהʼahăbâh · H160אָנָּא ʼânnâʼ · H577 · please, I beg you · 13×אַהַב ʼahab · H158 · to be lovely, lover, loved one · 2×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H160. ahabah אַהֲבָה noun feminine love (= Infinitive of אהב q. v.) — absolute ׳א Pro…

H160. ahabah
אַהֲבָה noun feminine love (= Infinitive of אהב q. v.) — absolute ׳א Pro 10:12 Pro 10:18t.; construct אַהֲבַת Jer 2:2-3t.; suffix אַהֲבָתִי Psa 109:4; Psa 109:5; אַהֲבָֽתְךָ 2Sa 1:26; אַהֲבָתוֺ Isa 63:9; Zep 3:17; אַהֲבָתָהּ Pro 5:19; אַהֲבָתָם Ecc 9:6 — love, especially Wisdom Literature & late.
1 human (to human object) absolute Ecc 9:1, Ecc 9:6 (both || שִׂנְאָה) so Pro 10:12; Pro 15:17; compare Pro 27:5; see also Pro 17:9; of man toward man Psa 109:4; Psa 109:5; love for one's self (נַפְשׁוֺ) 1Sa 20:17; between man & woman Son 2:4-5, Son 5:8; Son 8:6-7, (twice in verse); Pro 5:19 compare also 2Sa 1:26 (׳א נָשִׁים); personified Son 2:7; Son 3:5; Son 7:7; Son 8:4; compare figurative use Son 3:10; of mere sexual desire 2Sa 13:15; figurative of Jerusalem's love to ׳י Jer 2:2 (׳א כְּלוּלֹתַיִח), & of love of adulter. Jesus. Jer 2:33.
2 God's love to his people Hos 11:4 (א ׳עֲבֹתוֺת) Jer 31:3; Isa 63:9; Zep 3:17.
אהד (= אחד ? see Thes.)

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Love32 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0