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Ruth 4:15
(Click on the Strongs Numbers)
Masoretic Text 1524
King James Bible (Oxford 1769)
And
he
shall
H1961
be
unto
thee
a
H7725
restorer
of
thy
H5315
life
and
a
H3557
nourisher
of
thine
old
H7872
age
H3588
for
thy
H3618
daughter
in
law
H834
which
H157
loveth
thee
H834
which
is
H2896
better
to
thee
than
H4480
seven
H1121
sons
hath
H3205
born
him
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
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.