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אַהֲבָה H160

ʼahăbâh

a-hab-aw

feminine of אַהַב and meaning the same; {affection (in a good or a bad sense)}; love.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

אַהֲבָה n.f. love

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


37 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • Genesis 29:20
    And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
  • Deuteronomy 7:8
    But 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 18:3
    Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
  • 1 Samuel 20:17
    And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
  • 2 Samuel 1:26
    I 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 13:15
    Then 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 10:9
    Blessed 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.
  • 2 Chronicles 2:11
    Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.
  • 2 Chronicles 9:8
    Blessed 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 109:4
    For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.