אָהַב
ʼâhab · aw-hab'
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
Lexicon
Derivation: or אָהֵב ; a primitive root;
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to reveal, behold › the house, what is within
Strength, the leader that works to reveal, behold of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָהַב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
211 occurrences · 211 OT · 0 NT · 159 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- loveth17 · 17%
- loved17 · 17%
- love8 · 8%
- to love6 · 6%
- i love5 · 5%
- and love5 · 5%
- he that loveth4 · 4%
- he loveth3 · 3%
- and he loved3 · 3%
- and loveth3 · 3%
- thou lovest3 · 3%
- and he will love2 · 2%
- of her lovers2 · 2%
- beloved2 · 2%
- all thy lovers2 · 2%
- of them that love2 · 2%
- do i love2 · 2%
- which i have loved2 · 2%
- which he loved2 · 2%
- my lovers2 · 2%
- i have loved2 · 2%
- therefore i love2 · 2%
- and all his friends2 · 2%
- for he loved2 · 2%
- whom thou lovest2 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.