Lover
אַ֫הַבStrong’s H0158ahav (a-hav)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ahav is the Hebrew word usually translated “loves” and “lovers”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.”
Meaning
- Loves, amours (only in plural) ahbym
- (TWOT) love
How it's translated
- loves 1
- lovers 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 1
- Hosea 1
2 books in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
אַ֫הַב ahav · lover
1) loves, amours (only in plural) ahbym 2) (TWOT) love
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “lover” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LOV'ER, noun
- One who loves; one who has a tender affection, particularly for a female.
- A friend; one who regards with kindness.
- One who likes or is pleased with any thing; as a lover of books or of science; a lover of wine; a lover of religion.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.