H0160
אַהֲבָה
love
1) love 1a) human love for human object 1a1) of man toward man 1a2) of man toward himself 1a3) between man and woman 1a4) sexual desire 2) God's love to His people
The KJV translates H0160 in the following manner:
love (64x), loved (14x), had (2x)
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
אַהֲבָה noun feminine love (= Infinitive of אהב q. v.) — absolute ׳א Prov 10:12 + 18 t.; construct אַהֲבַת Jer 2:2 + 3 t.; suffix אַהֲבָתִי Ps 109:4; Ps 109:5 אַהֲבָֽתְךָ 2Sam 1:26 אַהֲבָתוֺ Isa 63:9; Zeph 3:17 אַהֲבָתָהּ Prov 5:19 אַהֲבָתָם Eccl 9:6 — love, especially Wisdom Literature & late.
1. human (to human object) absolute Eccl 9:1; Eccl 9:6 (both || שִׂנְאָה) so Prov 10:12; Prov 15:17 compare Prov 27:5 see also Prov 17:9 of man toward man Ps 109:4; Ps 109:5 love for one's self (נַפְשׁוֺ) 1Sam 20:17 between man & woman Song 2:4; Song 2:5; Song 5:8; Song 8:6; Song 8:7 (twice in verse); Prov 5:19 compare also 2Sam 1:26 (נָשִׁים ׳א); personified Song 2:7; Song 3:5; Song 7:7; Song 8:4 compare figurative use Song 3:10 of mere sexual desire 2Sam 13:15 figurative of Jerusalem's love to ׳י Jer 2:2 (כְּלוּלֹתַיִח ׳א), & of love of adulter. Jesus. vJer 2:33.
29 occurrences
Genesis (1), Deuteronomy (1), I Samuel (2), II Samuel (2), Psalms (2), Proverbs (3), Ecclesiastes (2), Song of Solomon (8), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (3), Hosea (3), Zephaniah (1)
- Genesis 29:20
- Deuteronomy 7:8
- I Samuel 18:3
- I Samuel 20:17
- II Samuel 1:26
- II Samuel 13:15
- Psalms 109:4
- Psalms 109:5
- Proverbs 5:19
- Proverbs 17:9
- Proverbs 27:5
- Ecclesiastes 9:1
- Ecclesiastes 9:6
- Song of Solomon 2:5
- Song of Solomon 2:7
- Song of Solomon 3:5
- Song of Solomon 3:10
- Song of Solomon 5:8
- Song of Solomon 8:4
- Song of Solomon 8:6
- Song of Solomon 8:7
- Isaiah 63:9
- Jeremiah 2:2
- Jeremiah 2:33
- Jeremiah 31:3
- Hosea 3:1
- Hosea 9:15
- Hosea 11:4
- Zephaniah 3:17