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a.hav H157

אָהֵב (a.hav) means “to love: lover” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

אָהֵב Hebrew · H157 211 tagged occurrences in 197 verses

Pronunciation guide: aw-hab' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H0157G

אָהֵב · a.hav · to love: lover

: lover 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 Also means: a.hav (אָהֵב ": friend" H0157H)

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TBESH · H0157H

אָהֵב · a.hav · to love: friend

: friend 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

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

or אָהֵב ; a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

KJV glosses: (be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.

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How translators render H157

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
love 15
i love 13
loved 13
loves 11
he loved 7
to love 7
he loves 5
you love 5
your lovers 5
and love 4
beloved 4
he who loves 4
her lovers 4
his friends 3
a friend 2
i have loved 2
love you 2
loving 2
may those who love 2
of her lovers 2
of those who love me 2
to those who love 2
you have loved 2
your friends 2
a lover 1
adore you 1
and both 1
and he loves 1
and he will love you 1
and love them 1
and love to offer 1
and loved 1
and that you may love 1
and those who love 1
and those who love it 1
and you shall love 1
and you will love 1
and your lovers 1
as the thing they loved 1
but he loves 1
but he who loves him 1
but love 1
but may those who love you 1
by her lovers 1
chosen ally 1
dearly love 1
fell in love 1
have you loved us 1
he previously had 1
he will love you 1
how long will you love 1
i have loved you 1
i love them 1
i love you 1
i loved him 1
in love 1
is beloved 1
jonathan loved david 1
love her 1
love me 1
love them 1
love to do 1
loved david 1
loved her 1
loved him 1
loved the child 1
loves him 1
loves it 1
loves you 1
may those who love you 1
my beloved 1
my friend 1
my lovers 1
o you who love 1
of a friend 1
of my friends 1
of the beloved wife 1
of those who love him 1
on those who love me 1
samson fell in love with 1
saul loved him 1
show love 1
so you also must love 1
that loves 1
that they adore you 1
that those who love 1
that you love 1
the lord loves 1
the lover 1
the lovers 1
the one who loves 1
therefore you are to love 1
they have loved 1
they love 1
those who love me 1
those who love you 1
though she is loved 1
to love him 1
to my lovers 1
to those who love him 1
who desires 1
who love 1
who love her 1
who love him 1
who loves 1
whoever loves 1
will love me 1
will you love 1
with those who love him 1
you have made love 1
you loved 1
you shall therefore love 1
your beloved 1
your friend 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
loveth 19
loved 17
love 8
to love 6
and love 5
i love 5
he that loveth 4
and he loved 3
he loveth 3
thou lovest 3
all thy lovers 2
and all his friends 2
and he will love 2
beloved 2
do i love 2
for he loved 2
i have loved 2
my lovers 2
of her lovers 2
of them that love 2
them that love 2
therefore i love 2
which he loved 2
which i have loved 2
whom thou lovest 2
will ye love 2
a friend 1
a lover 1
after her lovers 1
all them that love 1
also loveth 1
among all her lovers 1
among you and thou shalt love 1
and because he loved 1
and him that loveth 1
and i have loved 1
and i love 1
and loveth 1
and they love 1
and they that love 1
and thou shalt love 1
and thy lovers 1
and to love 1
as he loved 1
but he loveth 1
but he that loveth 1
but thou shalt love 1
do love 1
every one loveth 1
for all thy lovers 1
for his friends 1
for my lovers 1
for them that love 1
friends 1
from thee because he loveth 1
hath loved 1
have they which love 1
her lovers 1
him and he loved 1
him and to love 1
him for he loved 1
how i love 1
i will love 1
in that thou lovest 1
in thee and let such as love 1
in thee let such as love 1
it and they that love 1
like him who was beloved 1
liketh 1
lovely 1
lover 1
loving 1
me and lovest 1
me and they whom i loved 1
me love 1
my friend 1
no for i have loved 1
nor he that loveth 1
o how love i 1
o love 1
of a friend 1
of my friends 1
of the beloved 1
on her lovers 1
such as he loveth 1
that he loved 1
that i may cause those that love 1
that love 1
that loveth 1
that my lovers 1
that thou hast loved 1
that thou mayest love 1
that ye love 1
the beloved 1
thee love 1
them let them also that love 1
them to love 1
then i loved 1
there thou and all thy friends 1
therefore love 1
therefore thou shalt love 1
thou hast loved 1
thus have they loved 1
thy friend 1
thy friends 1
thy lovers 1
to all thy lovers 1
to do unto those that love 1
to them that love 1
to thyself and to all thy friends 1
unto him i love 1
unto these in love 1
were according as they loved 1
wherein hast thou loved 1
wherewith he had loved 1
which loveth 1
whom he loved 1
whom they have loved 1
whoso loveth 1
will love 1
with her all ye that love 1
with them that love 1
with them thou lovedst 1
with thy lovers 1
ye that love 1
yea i have loved 1
yet i loved 1
yet love 1
you to love 1

Verses containing H157

Page 3 of 4. 197 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Psalms 119:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.

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  2. Psalms 119:97 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.

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  3. Psalms 119:113 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love.

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  4. Psalms 119:119 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.

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  5. Psalms 119:127 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.

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  6. Psalms 119:132 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.

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  7. Psalms 119:140 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.

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  8. Psalms 119:159 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.

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  9. Psalms 119:163 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.

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  10. Psalms 119:165 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your law; nothing can make them stumble.

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  11. Psalms 119:167 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.

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  12. Psalms 122:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.

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  13. Psalms 145:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.

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  14. Psalms 146:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.

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  15. Proverbs 1:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?

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  16. Proverbs 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.

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  17. Proverbs 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.

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  18. Proverbs 8:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.

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  19. Proverbs 8:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full.

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  20. Proverbs 8:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”

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  21. Proverbs 9:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

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  22. Proverbs 12:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.

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  23. Proverbs 13:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.

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  24. Proverbs 14:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.

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  25. Proverbs 15:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.

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  26. Proverbs 15:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.

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  27. Proverbs 16:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Righteous lips are a king’s delight, and he who speaks honestly is beloved.

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  28. Proverbs 17:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

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  29. Proverbs 17:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.

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  30. Proverbs 18:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

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  31. Proverbs 18:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.

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  32. Proverbs 19:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He who acquires wisdom loves himself; one who safeguards understanding will find success.

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  33. Proverbs 20:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.

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  34. Proverbs 21:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.

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  35. Proverbs 22:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.

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  36. Proverbs 27:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

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  37. Proverbs 29:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

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  38. Ecclesiastes 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.

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  39. Ecclesiastes 5:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.

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    Source alternate reference: 5.9

  40. Ecclesiastes 9:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.

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  41. Song of Solomon 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.

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  42. Song of Solomon 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.

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  43. Song of Solomon 1:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?

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  44. Song of Solomon 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.

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  45. Song of Solomon 3:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.

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  46. Song of Solomon 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”

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  47. Song of Solomon 3:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.

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  48. Isaiah 1:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.

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  49. Isaiah 41:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—

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  50. Isaiah 43:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life.

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