אַהֲבָה ahavah
Hebrew word for “love” · Strong’s H160 · used 38 times in 35 verses
Meaning
1) love; 1a) human love for human object;
How it is translated
Glosses given for ahavah in context, with how often each is used:
- love 32
- more than the love 2
- because loves 1
- more than love 1
- leather 1
- loves 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Song of Solomon | 11 | 8.8 | |
| Proverbs | 5 | 0.7 | |
| 1 Samuel | 3 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Samuel | 3 | 0.3 | |
| Jeremiah | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Hosea | 3 | 1.3 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 2 | 0.7 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 |
Also in 2 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Song of Solomon 2 (3), Song of Solomon 8 (3), Psalms 109 (2), Ecclesiastes 9 (2), Song of Solomon 3 (2), Jeremiah 2 (2), Genesis 29 (1), Deuteronomy 7 (1), 1 Samuel 18 (1), 1 Samuel 20 (1)
Forms
- אהבה 11
- באהבתו 5
- האהבה 4
- מאהבת 2
- אהבת 2
- מאהבה 2
- אהבתי 2
- אהבתם 2
- אהבתך 1
- לאהבה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with ahavah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- שִׂנְאָה sinah “hating” 6
- שָׁבַע shava “to swear” 6
- עוּר ur “to rouse” 4
- אַיָּלָה ayyalah “doe” 3
- יְרוּשָׁלִַם yerushalaim “Jerusalem” 6
- בַּת bat “daughter” 5
- אָהֵב ahav “to love” 4
- חָפֵץ chaphets “to delight in” 3
- יְהוֹנָתָן yehonatan “Jonathan” 3
- אֲשִׁישָׁה ashishah “raisin bun” 2
- נָעֵם naem “be pleasant” 2
- מָה mah “what?” 4
Key verses
The verses using ahavah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 7:8 — But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and…
- 1 Kings 11:2 — Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they…
- Psalms 109:4 — For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
- Ecclesiastes 9:1 — For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth…
- Song of Solomon 5:8 — I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
- Song of Solomon 8:6 — Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire,…
- Isaiah 63:9 — In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried…
- Jeremiah 2:2 — Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest…
- Jeremiah 31:3 — The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
- Hosea 3:1 — Then 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…
- Hosea 9:15 — All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more:…
- Zephaniah 3:17 — The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
See all 35 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.