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Hebrew word study

אָהַבʼâhab — to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

Pronounced “aw-hab'”

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

Translated in the King James as: (be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.

Appears 211 times in Scripture

Origin: or אָהֵב ; a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 14×

Genesis 22:2 Genesis 24:67 Genesis 25:28 Genesis 27:4 Genesis 27:9 Genesis 27:14 Genesis 29:18 Genesis 29:30 Genesis 29:32 Genesis 34:3 Genesis 37:3 Genesis 37:4 Genesis 44:20+ 1 more in Genesis

Exodus — 2×

Exodus 20:6 Exodus 21:5

Leviticus — 2×

Leviticus 19:18 Leviticus 19:34

Deuteronomy — 22×

Deuteronomy 4:37 Deuteronomy 5:10 Deuteronomy 6:5 Deuteronomy 7:9 Deuteronomy 7:13 Deuteronomy 10:12 Deuteronomy 10:15 Deuteronomy 10:18 Deuteronomy 10:19 Deuteronomy 11:1 Deuteronomy 11:13 Deuteronomy 11:22 Deuteronomy 13:3 Deuteronomy 15:16 Deuteronomy 19:9 Deuteronomy 21:15 Deuteronomy 21:16 Deuteronomy 23:5 Deuteronomy 30:6 Deuteronomy 30:16 Deuteronomy 30:20+ 1 more in Deuteronomy

Joshua — 2×

Joshua 22:5 Joshua 23:11

Judges — 4×

Judges 5:31 Judges 14:16 Judges 16:4 Judges 16:15

Ruth — 1×

1 Samuel — 8×

1 Sam 1:5 1 Sam 16:21 1 Sam 18:1 1 Sam 18:16 1 Sam 18:20 1 Sam 18:22 1 Sam 18:28 1 Sam 20:17

2 Samuel — 7×

2 Sam 1:23 2 Sam 12:24 2 Sam 13:1 2 Sam 13:4 2 Sam 13:15 2 Sam 19:6+ 1 more in 2 Samuel

1 Kings — 4×

1 Ki 3:3 1 Ki 5:1 1 Ki 10:9 1 Ki 11:1

2 Chronicles — 5×

2 Chr 9:8 2 Chr 11:21 2 Chr 19:2 2 Chr 20:7 2 Chr 26:10

Nehemiah — 2×

Nehemiah 1:5 Nehemiah 13:26

Esther — 4×

Esther 2:17 Esther 5:10 Esther 5:14 Esther 6:13

Job — 1×

Psalms — 39×

Psalms 4:2 Psalms 5:11 Psalms 11:5 Psalms 11:7 Psalms 26:8 Psalms 31:23 Psalms 33:5 Psalms 34:12 Psalms 37:28 Psalms 38:11 Psalms 40:16 Psalms 45:7 Psalms 47:4 Psalms 52:3 Psalms 52:4 Psalms 69:36 Psalms 70:4 Psalms 78:68 Psalms 87:2 Psalms 88:18 Psalms 97:10 Psalms 99:4 Psalms 109:17 Psalms 116:1 Psalms 119:47+ 14 more in Psalms

Proverbs — 27×

Proverbs 1:22 Proverbs 3:12 Proverbs 4:6 Proverbs 8:17 Proverbs 8:21 Proverbs 8:36 Proverbs 9:8 Proverbs 12:1 Proverbs 13:24 Proverbs 14:20 Proverbs 15:9 Proverbs 15:12 Proverbs 16:13 Proverbs 17:17 Proverbs 17:19 Proverbs 18:21 Proverbs 18:24 Proverbs 19:8 Proverbs 20:13 Proverbs 21:17 Proverbs 22:11 Proverbs 27:6 Proverbs 29:3+ 4 more in Proverbs

Ecclesiastes — 4×

Eccles 3:8 Eccles 5:10 Eccles 9:9+ 1 more in Ecclesiastes

Song of Solomon — 7×

Song 1:3 Song 1:4 Song 1:7 Song 3:1 Song 3:2 Song 3:3 Song 3:4

Isaiah — 9×

Isaiah 1:23 Isaiah 41:8 Isaiah 43:4 Isaiah 48:14 Isaiah 56:6 Isaiah 56:10 Isaiah 57:8 Isaiah 61:8 Isaiah 66:10

Jeremiah — 10×

Jeremiah 2:25 Jeremiah 5:31 Jeremiah 8:2 Jeremiah 14:10 Jeremiah 20:4 Jeremiah 20:6 Jeremiah 22:20 Jeremiah 22:22 Jeremiah 30:14 Jeremiah 31:3

Lamentations — 2×

Lam 1:2 Lam 1:19

Ezekiel — 7×

Ezekiel 16:33 Ezekiel 16:36 Ezekiel 16:37 Ezekiel 23:5 Ezekiel 23:9 Ezekiel 23:22+ 1 more in Ezekiel

Daniel — 1×

Hosea — 16×

Hosea 2:5 Hosea 2:7 Hosea 2:10 Hosea 2:12 Hosea 2:13 Hosea 3:1 Hosea 4:18 Hosea 9:1 Hosea 9:10 Hosea 10:11 Hosea 11:1 Hosea 12:7 Hosea 14:4+ 3 more in Hosea

Amos — 2×

Amos 4:5 Amos 5:15

Micah — 2×

Micah 3:2 Micah 6:8

Zechariah — 3×

Zech 8:17 Zech 8:19 Zech 13:6

Malachi — 4×

Malachi 1:2 Malachi 2:11+ 2 more in Malachi

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