Hebrew word

ʼâhab

aw-hab'

אָהַב

What it means

to have affection for

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

Where it comes from

or אָהֵב ; a primitive root

How the King James translates it

love68
loved43
loveth34
lovers17
lovest7
friends6
beloved5
friend3

Every place it appears 189

Genesis22:2 24:67 25:28 27:4 29:18 29:30 34:3 37:3 37:4

Exodus20:6 21:5

Leviticus19:18 19:34

Deuteronomy4:37 5:10 6:5 7:9 7:13 10:12 10:15 10:18 10:19 11:1 11:13 11:22 13:3 15:16 19:9 21:15 21:16 30:6 30:16 30:20

Joshua22:5 23:11

Judges5:31 14:16 16:4 16:15

Ruth4:15

1 Samuel1:5 16:21 18:1 18:16 18:20 18:22 18:28 20:17

2 Samuel1:23 12:24 13:1 13:4 13:15 19:6

1 Kings3:3 5:1 11:1 11:2

2 Chronicles11:21 19:2 20:7 26:10

Nehemiah1:5 13:26

Esther2:17 5:10 5:14 6:13

Job19:19

Psalms4:2 5:11 11:5 11:7 26:8 31:23 33:5 34:12 37:28 38:11 40:16 45:7 47:4 52:3 52:4 69:36 70:4 87:2 88:18 97:10 99:4 109:17 116:1 119:48 119:97 119:119 119:127 119:132 119:159 119:165 119:167 145:20 146:8

Proverbs1:22 3:12 4:6 8:17 8:21 8:36 12:1 13:24 15:9 15:12 16:13 17:17 17:19 18:21 18:24 19:8 20:13 21:17 22:11 27:6 29:3

Ecclesiastes3:8 5:10 9:9

Song of Solomon1:7 3:1 3:2 3:4

Isaiah1:23 43:4 48:14 56:6 56:10 57:8 61:8 66:10

Jeremiah2:25 5:31 8:2 14:10 20:4 20:6 22:20 22:22 30:14 31:3

Lamentations1:2 1:19

Ezekiel16:33 16:36 16:37 23:5 23:9 23:22

Daniel9:4

Hosea2:5 2:7 2:10 2:12 2:13 3:1 4:18 9:1 10:11 11:1 12:7 14:4

Amos4:5 5:15

Micah3:2

Zechariah8:17 8:19

Malachi1:2 2:11