Strong's Hebrew · H158
H158 ʼahab
אַהַב
ah'-hab
lover
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ʼahab appears twice in Scripture, in Proverbs 5:19 and Hosea 8:9. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
affection (in a good or a bad sense)
In the King James Version
love(-r).
Derivation
from H157 (אָהַב);
Appears 2 times in Scripture
“For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.”
“A loving doe, a graceful fawn—may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
