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Proverbs 18:24

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Masoretic Text 1524

H376 A man אישׁ

H7453 that hath friends רעים

H7489 must shew himself friendly להתרעע

H3426 and there is וישׁ

H157 a friend אהב

H1695 that sticketh closer דבק

H251 מאח׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H4480 brother

than

H1695 closer

sticketh

that

H157 friend

H3426 is

there

and

H7489 friendly

himself

shew

must

H7453 friends

hath

that

H376 man

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