Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H160
אַהֲבָה
a.ha.vah · “love”
Used 40 times across 14 books
Definition
1) love
1a) human love for human object
1a1) of man toward man
1a2) of man toward himself
1a3) between man and woman
1a4) sexual desire
2) God's love to His people
1a) human love for human object
1a1) of man toward man
1a2) of man toward himself
1a3) between man and woman
1a4) sexual desire
2) God's love to His people
Where it appears
Deuteronomy1
1 Samuel3
2 Samuel3
1 Kings2
2 Chronicles2
Psalms2
Proverbs5
Ecclesiastes2
Song of Solomon11
Isaiah1
Jeremiah3
Hosea3
Micah1
Zephaniah1
In the text
Deuteronomy 7:8But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.1 Samuel 18:3Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.1 Samuel 20:17And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.2 Samuel 1:26I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.2 Samuel 13:15Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.1 Kings 10:9Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.1 Kings 11:2Of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.2 Chronicles 2:10And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.2 Chronicles 9:8Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the Lord thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.Psalms 109:4For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
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