King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H160
Transliteration: ahabah
Phonetic Spelling: (a-hab-aw)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: love (noun)
Meaning: love (noun)
Word Summary
ahabah: love (noun)
Original Word: אַהֲבָהTransliteration: ahabah
Phonetic Spelling: (a-hab-aw)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: love (noun)
Meaning: love (noun)
Strong's Concordance
love Feminine of 'ahab and meaning the same -- love.
see HEBREW 'ahab
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H160. ahabah
אַהֲבָה noun feminine love (= Infinitive of אהב q. v.) — absolute ׳א Proverbs 10:12 18t.; construct אַהֲבַת Jeremiah 2:2-3t.; suffix אַהֲבָתִי Psalm 109:4; 109:5; אַהֲבָֽתְךָ 2 Samuel 1:26; אַהֲבָתוֺ Isaiah 63:9; Zephaniah 3:17; אַהֲבָתָהּ Proverbs 5:19; אַהֲבָתָם Ecclesiastes 9:6 — love, especially Wisdom Literature & late.
1 human (to human object) absolute Ecclesiastes 9:1, 6 (both "" שִׂנְאָה) so Proverbs 10:12; 15:17; compare 27:5; see also 17:9; of man toward man Psalm 109:4; 109:5; love for one's self (נַפְשׁוֺ) 1 Samuel 20:17; between man & woman Song of Solomon 2:4-5, 5:8; 8:6-7, (twice in verse); Proverbs 5:19 compare also 2 Samuel 1:26 (׳א נָשִׁים); personified Song of Solomon 2:7; 3:5; 7:7; 8:4; compare figurative use 3:10; of mere sexual desire 2 Samuel 13:15; figurative of Jerusalem's love to ׳י Jeremiah 2:2 (׳א כְּלוּלֹתַיִח), & of love of adulter. Jesus. 2:33.
2 God's love to his people Hosea 11:4 (א ׳עֲבֹתוֺת) Jeremiah 31:3; Isaiah 63:9; Zephaniah 3:17.
אהד (= אחד ? see Thes.)