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Proverbs 8:17

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Masoretic Text 1524

H589 I אני

H157 love אהביה

H157 them that love אהב

H7836 me and those that seek me early ומשׁחרי

H4672 shall find ימצאנני׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H589 I

H157 love

them

that

H157 love

and

those

that

seek

H7836 early

shall

H4672 find

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:

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

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