King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2245
Transliteration: chabab
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-bab')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to love
Meaning: to hide, to cherish
Word Summary
chabab: to love
Original Word: חָבַבTransliteration: chabab
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-bab')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to love
Meaning: to hide, to cherish
Strong's Concordance
love A primitive root (compare chaba', chabah); properly, to hide (as in the bosom), i.e. To cherish (with affection) -- love.
see HEBREW chaba'
see HEBREW chabah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2245. chabab
[חָבַב] verb love (Late Hebrew Pi`el id.; Arabic be loved; Ethiopic amore alicujus incendi Di; Aramaic kindle, be set on fire, , חַבֵּב love, embrace, חוּבָּא bosom) —
Qal Participle עַמִּים חֹבֵב אַף Deuteronomy 33:3 (Di reads עַמּוֺ, compare ᵐ5).