H160 אַהֲבָה
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 40 KJV occurrences
אַהֲבָה
ʼahăbâh · a-hab-aw
Definition
{affection (in a good or a bad sense)}
KJV Renderings
love.
Derivation / Etymology
feminine of H158 (אַהַב) and meaning the same
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 40)
- Genesis 29:20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
- 2 Samuel 1:26I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
- 2 Chronicles 9:8Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
- Proverbs 15:17Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
- Song of Solomon 2:4He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
- Song of Solomon 5:8I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
- Song of Solomon 8:7Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
- Hosea 3:1Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.