אַהֲבָה
ʼahăbâh · a-hab-aw
{affection (in a good or a bad sense)}
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H158 (אַהַב) and meaning the same
{affection (in a good or a bad sense)}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: love.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to reveal, behold › the house, what is within › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader that works to reveal, behold of the house, what is within that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַהֲבָה 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
38 occurrences · 38 OT · 0 NT · 28 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- love6 · 15%
- loved3 · 8%
- of love3 · 8%
- my love3 · 8%
- because he loved2 · 5%
- for my love2 · 5%
- for love2 · 5%
- for the love he had1 · 3%
- him as he loved1 · 3%
- hast thou been unto me: thy love1 · 3%
- passing the love1 · 3%
- than the love1 · 3%
- hath loved1 · 3%
- with her love1 · 3%
- but love1 · 3%
- where love1 · 3%
- also their love1 · 3%
- over me was love1 · 3%
- with love1 · 3%
- art thou, o love1 · 3%
- them: in his love1 · 3%
- the love1 · 3%
- according to the love1 · 3%
- i will love1 · 3%
- and to love1 · 3%
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.