Strong's Concordance H157

Original Word: אָהַב
Transliteration: ʼâhab
Phonetic Spelling: aw-hab'
or אָהֵב ; a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise); (be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.

Usages throughout the bible

Psalms 119:97 - MEM. O how love I H157 thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

Psalms 119:113 - SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. H157

Psalms 119:119 - Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love H157 thy testimonies.

Psalms 119:127 - Therefore I love H157 thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.

Psalms 119:132 - Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love H157 thy name.

Psalms 119:140 - Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth H157 it.

Psalms 119:159 - Consider how I love H157 thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.

Psalms 119:163 - I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love. H157

Psalms 119:165 - Great peace have they which love H157 thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

Psalms 119:167 - My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love H157 them exceedingly.

Psalms 122:6 - Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love H157 thee.

Psalms 145:20 - The LORD preserveth all them that love H157 him: but all the wicked will he destroy.

Psalms 146:8 - The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth H157 the righteous:

Proverbs 1:22 - How long, ye simple ones, will ye love H157 simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 3:12 - For whom the LORD loveth H157 he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

Proverbs 4:6 - Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love H157 her, and she shall keep thee.

Proverbs 8:17 - I love H157 them that love H157 me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

Proverbs 8:21 - That I may cause those that love H157 me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.

Proverbs 8:36 - But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love H157 death.

Proverbs 9:8 - Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love H157 thee.

Proverbs 12:1 - Whoso loveth H157 instruction loveth H157 knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

Proverbs 13:24 - He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth H157 him chasteneth him betimes.

Proverbs 14:20 - The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends. H157

Proverbs 15:9 - The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth H157 him that followeth after righteousness.

Proverbs 15:12 - A scorner loveth H157 not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.

Proverbs 16:13 - Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love H157 him that speaketh right.

Proverbs 17:17 - A friend loveth H157 at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 17:19 - He loveth H157 transgression that loveth H157 strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

Proverbs 18:21 - Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love H157 it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Proverbs 18:24 - A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend H157 that sticketh closer than a brother.

Proverbs 19:8 - He that getteth wisdom loveth H157 his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

Proverbs 20:13 - Love H157 not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Proverbs 21:17 - He that loveth H157 pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth H157 wine and oil shall not be rich.

Proverbs 22:11 - He that loveth H157 pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

Proverbs 27:6 - Faithful are the wounds of a friend; H157 but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

Proverbs 29:3 - Whoso loveth H157 wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.

Ecclesiastes 3:8 - A time to love, H157 and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

Ecclesiastes 5:10 - He that loveth H157 silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth H157 abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

Ecclesiastes 9:9 - Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest H157 all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

Song of Solomon 1:3 - Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love H157 thee.

Song of Solomon 1:4 - Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love H157 thee.

Song of Solomon 1:7 - Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, H157 where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

Song of Solomon 3:1 - By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: H157 I sought him, but I found him not.

Song of Solomon 3:2 - I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: H157 I sought him, but I found him not.

Song of Solomon 3:3 - The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? H157

Song of Solomon 3:4 - It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: H157 I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

Isaiah 1:23 - Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth H157 gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

Isaiah 41:8 - But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. H157

Isaiah 43:4 - Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved H157 thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.

Isaiah 48:14 - All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved H157 him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.