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Psalms 87:2

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Masoretic Text 1524

H157 loveth אהב

H3068 The LORD יהוה

H8179 the gates שׁערי

H6726 of Zion ציון

H3605 מכל

H4908 the dwellings משׁכנות

H3290 of Jacob יעקב׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

The

H3068 LORD

H157 loveth

the

H8179 gates

H6726 Zion

than

H4480 all

the

H4908 dwellings

H3290 Jacob

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H157

Hebrew: אָהַב

Transliteration: ʼâhab

Pronunciation: aw-hab'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: (be-) love ({-d} {-ly} {-r}) {like} friend.

Definition:

1. to love

a. (Qal)

1. human love for another, includes family, and sexual

2. human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom

3. human love for or to God

4. act of being a friend 1a

b. lover (participle) 1a

c. friend (participle)

1. God's love toward man 1a

d. to individual men 1a

e. to people Israel 1a

f. to righteousness

g. (Niphal)

1. lovely (participle)

2. loveable (participle)

h. (Piel)

1. friends

2. lovers (fig. of adulterers)

2. to like

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906