אהב אהב
'âhab 'âhêb
aw-hab', aw-habe'
A primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV Usage: (be-) love (-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
אהב אהב
'âhab 'âhêb
aw-hab', aw-habe'
A primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitions
אהב אהב
1. to love
a. (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 1a
b. lover (participle) 1a
c. friend (participle)
1. God's love toward man 1a
d. to individual men 1a
e. to people Israel 1a
f. to righteousness
g. (Niphal)
1. lovely (participle)
2. loveable (participle)
h. (Piel)
1. friends
2. lovers (fig. of adulterers)
2. to like
Origin: a primitive root
TWOT: 29
Parts of Speech: Verb
- אָהֵב
- a.hav
- H:V
- to love
- 1) to love
1a) (Qal)
1a1) human love for another, includes family, and sexual
1a2) human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom
1a3) human love for or to God
1a4) act of being a friend
1a4a) lover (participle)
1a4b) friend (participle)
1a5) God's love toward man
1a5a) to individual men
1a5b) to people Israel
1a5c) to righteousness
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) lovely (participle)
1b2) loveable (participle)
1c) (Piel)
1c1) friends
1c2) lovers (fig. of adulterers)
2) to like