'ahab

The KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon

Strong's Number: 0157

Original Word	Word Origin
bha	a primitive root
Transliterated Word	TDNT Entry
'ahab	TWOT - 29
Phonetic Spelling	Parts of Speech
aw-hab'	Verb

Definition

to love
1. (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
2. lover (participle) 1a
3. friend (participle)
  1. God's love toward man 1a
4. to individual men 1a
5. to people Israel 1a
6. to righteousness
7. (Niphal)
  1. lovely (participle)
  2. loveable (participle)
8. (Piel)
  1. friends
  2. lovers (fig. of adulterers)
to like

King James Word Usage - Total: 208

love 169, lover(s) 19, friend(s) 12, beloved 5, liketh 1, lovely 1, loving 1

KJV Verse Count
Genesis	13
Exodus	2
Leviticus	2
Deuteronomy	21
Joshua	2
Judges	4
Ruth	1
1 Samuel	8
2 Samuel	6
1 Kings	4
2 Chronicles	4
Nehemiah	2
Esther	4
Job	1
Psalms	39
Proverbs	23
Ecclesiastes	3
Solomon	7
Isaiah	9
Jeremiah	10
Lamentations	2
Ezekiel	6
Daniel	1
Hosea	13
Amos	2
Micah	1
Zechariah	3
Malachi	2

Total	195

The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain.

Bibliography Information

Brown, Driver, Briggs and Gesenius. "Hebrew Lexicon entry for 'ahab". "The KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon". .

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