| Strong's Number: 157 | | | 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
- (Qal)
- human love for another, includes family, and sexual
- human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom
- human love for or to God
- act of being a friend 1a
- lover (participle) 1a
- friend (participle)
- God's love toward man 1a
- to individual men 1a
- to people Israel 1a
- to righteousness
- (Niphal)
- lovely (participle)
- loveable (participle)
- (Piel)
- friends
- lovers (fig. of adulterers)
- to like
| | | | NAS Word Usage - Total: 217 | | beloved 1, dearly love 1, friend 5, friends 6, love 88, loved 53, lover 1, lovers 16, loves 42, loving 2, show your love 1, shows love 1 | | |
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