Hebrew - English Dictionary
H157 - Liketh
| Strong's No.: | H157 |
| Hebrew: | אָהַב |
| Transliteration: | ʼâhab |
| Phonetic: | aw-hab' |
| Word Origin: | A primitive root |
| Bible Usage: | (be-) love ({-d} {-ly} {-r}) {like} friend. |
| Part of Speech: | Verb |
| Strongs Definition: | to have affection for (sexually or otherwise) |
| Brown Driver Biggs Definition: | 1. to love a. (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 b. lover (participle) 1a c. friend (participle) 1. God's love toward man 1a d. to individual men 1a e. to people Israel 1a f. to righteousness g. (Niphal) 1. lovely (participle) 2. loveable (participle) h. (Piel) 1. friends 2. lovers (fig. of adulterers) 2. to like |
| Bible References:
Liketh |
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| Translation Occurrences: |
beloved ( 5 )
friend ( 4 )
friends ( 8 )
liketh ( 1 )
love ( 77 )
loved ( 49 )
lovedst ( 1 )
lovely ( 1 )
lover ( 2 )
lovers ( 17 )
lovest ( 7 )
loveth ( 33 )
loving ( 1 )
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Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.