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Strong's H160 אַהֲבָה (ahabah)

Ahabah means “love” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G160 — aiphnidios (“sudden”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H160
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 37
Books 15

Strong's H160 Quick Answer

Strong's H160 אַהֲבָה (ahabah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. ahabah (a-hab-aw) n-f. 1. love [feminine of H158 and meaning the same] It has 37 linked Bible usages across 15 books. Visible English usage signals include love. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
ahabah (a-hab-aw) n-f. 1. love [feminine of H158 and meaning the same]
Usage
37 linked usages
Books
15 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
love

Meaning and Definition

ahabah (a-hab-aw) n-f. 1. love [feminine of H158 and meaning the same] Root(s): H158

Original Word
אַהֲבָה
Transliteration
ahabah
Derivation
First root strongs: 158
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H160. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

love

Usage: 1) love 1a) human love for human object 1a1) of man toward man 1a2) of man toward himself 1a3) between man and woman 1a4) sexual desire 2) God's love to His people

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How Strong's H160 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ahabah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

love Genesis 29:20 31×

How Strong's H160 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 37 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H160 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H160 in the Old Testament

37 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 29:20 KJV

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

Deuteronomy 7:8 KJV

But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

1 Samuel 18:3 KJV

Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

Usage Excerpts

First 37 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H160.

Genesis 29:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
Deuteronomy 7:8 Old Testament, KJV
But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
1 Samuel 18:3 Old Testament, KJV
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
1 Samuel 20:17 Old Testament, KJV
And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
2 Samuel 1:26 Old Testament, KJV
I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
2 Samuel 13:15 Old Testament, KJV
Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.
1 Kings 10:9 Old Testament, KJV
Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
2 Chronicles 2:11 Old Testament, KJV
Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.
2 Chronicles 9:8 Old Testament, KJV
Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
Psalms 109:4 Old Testament, KJV
For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
Psalms 109:5 Old Testament, KJV
And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Proverbs 5:19 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Proverbs 10:12 Old Testament, KJV
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Proverbs 15:17 Old Testament, KJV
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Proverbs 17:9 Old Testament, KJV
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
Proverbs 27:5 Old Testament, KJV
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Ecclesiastes 9:1 Old Testament, KJV
For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
Ecclesiastes 9:6 Old Testament, KJV
Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
Song of Solomon 2:4 Old Testament, KJV
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
Song of Solomon 2:5 Old Testament, KJV
Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
Song of Solomon 2:7 Old Testament, KJV
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
Song of Solomon 3:5 Old Testament, KJV
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
Song of Solomon 3:10 Old Testament, KJV
He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
Song of Solomon 5:8 Old Testament, KJV
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
Song of Solomon 7:6 Old Testament, KJV
How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
Song of Solomon 8:4 Old Testament, KJV
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
Song of Solomon 8:6 Old Testament, KJV
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
Song of Solomon 8:7 Old Testament, KJV
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
Isaiah 63:9 Old Testament, KJV
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
Jeremiah 2:2 Old Testament, KJV
Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
Jeremiah 2:33 Old Testament, KJV
Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.
Jeremiah 31:3 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
Hosea 3:1 Old Testament, KJV
Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.
Hosea 9:15 Old Testament, KJV
All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.
Hosea 11:4 Old Testament, KJV
I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
Micah 6:8 Old Testament, KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Zephaniah 3:17 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H160, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 5 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 2 usages, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 10 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 3 usages, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H160 FAQ

What does ahabah (אַהֲבָה) mean?

Ahabah (Strong's H160) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "love". ahabah (a-hab-aw) n-f. 1. love [feminine of H158 and meaning the same]

How many times is ahabah (אַהֲבָה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 37 linked usages for Strong's H160 across 15 books.

Where can I study ahabah (אַהֲבָה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H160 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate ahabah (אַהֲבָה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as love. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.