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1 Samuel 16:21

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Masoretic Text 1524

H935 came ויבא

H1732 And David דוד

H413 to אל

H7586 Saul שׁאול

H5975 and stood ויעמד

H6440 before לפניו

H157 him and he loved ויאהבהו

H3966 him greatly מאד

H1961 and he became ויהי

H5375 לו נשׂא

H3627 his armourbearer כלים׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

H1732 David

H935 came

H413 to

H7586 Saul

and

H5975 stood

H6440 before

him

and

H157 loved

him

H3966 greatly

and

H1961 became

his

H3627 armourbearer

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