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Proverbs 17:19

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Masoretic Text 1524

H157 He loveth אהב

H6588 transgression פשׁע

H157 that loveth אהב

H4683 strife מצה

H1361 and he that exalteth מגביה

H6607 his gate פתחו

H1245 seeketh מבקשׁ

H7667 destruction שׁבר׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H7667 destruction

H1245 seeketh

H6607 gate

his

H1361 exalteth

that

and

H4683 strife

H157 loveth

that

H6588 transgression

H157 loveth

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