אַהַב
ahav · love, lovemaking
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H158 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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ahav (אַהַב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “love, lovemaking”.
Love, caresses; the love between husband and wife (or, in a bad sense, seduction).
How to say it
a·hav
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Affection and desire between those in love.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- lovers ×1
- loving ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Proverbs 5:19
a loving doe and a graceful mountain goat; let her breasts satisfy you at all times; in her love may you be lost always.
- Hosea 8:9
For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild donkey alone by himself; Ephraim has hired lovers.