אָהַב (ʼâhab) — Love

Strong's H157 is tagged on 211 words in 197 verses across 28 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 22:2 and last appears in Malachi 2:11.

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Books where it appears most

Verses (first 25 of 197)

• Genesis 22:2 — אָהַבְתָּ — you love
• Genesis 24:67 — וַיֶּאֱהָבֶהָ — and he loved her
• Genesis 25:28 — וַיֶּאֱהַב — and he loved
• Genesis 27:4 — אָהַבְתִּי — I love
• Genesis 27:9 — אָהֵב — he loves
• Genesis 27:14 — אָהֵב — he loved
• Genesis 29:18 — וַיֶּאֱהַב — and he loved
• Genesis 29:30 — וַיֶּאֱהַב — and he loved
• Genesis 29:32 — יֶאֱהָבַנִי — he will love me
• Genesis 34:3 — וַיֶּאֱהַב — and he loved
• Genesis 37:3 — אָהַב — he loved
• Genesis 37:4 — אָהַב — he loved
• Genesis 44:20 — אֲהֵבוֹ — he loves him
• Exodus 20:6 — לְאֹהֲבַי — to those who love me
• Exodus 21:5 — אָהַבְתִּי — I love
• Leviticus 19:18 — וְאָהַבְתָּ — and you will love
• Leviticus 19:34 — וְאָהַבְתָּ — and you will love
• Deuteronomy 4:37 — אָהַב — he loved
• Deuteronomy 5:10 — לְאֹהֲבַי — of those who love me
• Deuteronomy 6:5 — וְאָהַבְתָּ — and you will love
• Deuteronomy 7:9 — לְאֹהֲבָיו — to those who love him
• Deuteronomy 7:13 — וַאֲהֵבְךָ — and he will love you
• Deuteronomy 10:12 — וּלְאַהֲבָה — and to love
• Deuteronomy 10:15 — לְאַהֲבָה — to love
• Deuteronomy 10:18 — וְאֹהֵב — and he is loving

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Entries whose derivation names this word: H158 אַהַב (ʼahab).

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