אָהַב ʼâhab

Hebrew · Strong's H157 · pronounced aw-hab' · used 211 times in 197 verses

Meaning

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

In the King James Version: (be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.

Derivation: or אָהֵב ; a primitive root;

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Where it is used

1 Kings 5:1 Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David.
1 Kings 10:9 Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”
1 Kings 11:1 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.
2 Chronicles 9:8 Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and righteousness.”
2 Chronicles 11:21 Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
2 Chronicles 19:2 Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.
2 Chronicles 20:7 Our God, did You not drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham Your friend?
2 Chronicles 26:10 Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.
Nehemiah 1:5 Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,
Nehemiah 13:26 Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.
Esther 2:17 And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all of the other virgins. So he placed the royal crown upon her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.
Esther 5:10 Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh,
Esther 5:14 His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.
Esther 6:13 Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”
Job 19:19 All my best friends despise me, and those I love have turned against me.
Psalms 4:2 How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah
Psalms 5:11 But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; let them ever shout for joy. May You shelter them, that those who love Your name may rejoice in You.
Psalms 11:5 The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked; His soul hates the lover of violence.
Psalms 11:7 For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.
Psalms 26:8 O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
Psalms 31:23 Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant.
Psalms 33:5 The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His loving devotion.
Psalms 34:12 Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?
Psalms 37:28 For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
Psalms 38:11 My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
Psalms 40:16 May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified!”
Psalms 45:7 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
Psalms 47:4 He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah
Psalms 52:3 You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah
Psalms 52:4 You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue.
Psalms 69:36 The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will settle in it.
Psalms 70:4 May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “Let God be magnified!”
Psalms 78:68 But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
Psalms 87:2 The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Psalms 88:18 You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
Psalms 97:10 Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
Psalms 99:4 The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.
Psalms 109:17 The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.
Psalms 116:1 I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice—my appeal for mercy.
Psalms 119:47 I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
Psalms 119:48 I lift up my hands to Your commandments, which I love, and I meditate on Your statutes.
Psalms 119:97 Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.
Psalms 119:113 The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love.
Psalms 119:119 All the wicked on earth You discard like dross; therefore I love Your testimonies.
Psalms 119:127 Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold.
Psalms 119:132 Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.
Psalms 119:140 Your promise is completely pure; therefore Your servant loves it.
Psalms 119:159 Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.
Psalms 119:163 I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.
Psalms 119:165 Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your law; nothing can make them stumble.
Psalms 119:167 I obey Your testimonies and love them greatly.
Psalms 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.
Psalms 145:20 The LORD preserves all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.
Psalms 146:8 the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
Proverbs 1:22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 3:12 for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
Proverbs 4:6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
Proverbs 8:17 I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.
Proverbs 8:21 bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full.
Proverbs 8:36 But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”