Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H157
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- 'ahab
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H157
- Brief meaning
- A primitive root, to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
- Source renderings
- (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend
- Root word
- aw-hab' or raheb {aw-habe'}
- Full definition from the source
- A primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise). Root word: aw-hab' or raheb {aw-habe'}.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
00157\ 157 'ahab aw-hab' or raheb {aw-habe'}; a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise):--(be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.