Home›Strong's concordance›H160
אַהֲבָה H160
H160 is the Hebrew word אַהֲבָה, transliterated ʼahăbâh and said a-hab-aw. The King James Version most often renders it love.
What it means
{affection (in a good or a bad sense)}.
Where it comes from
feminine of H158 (אַהַב) and meaning the same.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 33 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: love.
Verses using אַהֲבָה
All 30 verses, quoted in full.
Deuteronomy 7:8 · KJV
But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
1 Samuel 18:3 · KJV
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
1 Samuel 20:17 · KJV
And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
2 Samuel 1:26 · KJV
I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
2 Samuel 13:15 · KJV
Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.
1 Kings 10:9 · KJV
Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
2 Chronicles 2:11 · KJV
Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.
2 Chronicles 9:8 · KJV
Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
Psalm 109:4 · KJV
For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.
Proverbs 10:12 · KJV
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Proverbs 15:17 · KJV
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Proverbs 17:9 · KJV
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
Ecclesiastes 9:1 · KJV
For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
Ecclesiastes 9:6 · KJV
Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
Song of Solomon 2:7 · KJV
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
Song of Solomon 3:5 · KJV
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
Song of Solomon 3:10 · KJV
He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
Song of Solomon 7:6 · KJV
How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
Song of Solomon 8:4 · KJV
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
Song of Solomon 8:6 · KJV
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
Song of Solomon 8:7 · KJV
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
Isaiah 63:9 · KJV
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
Jeremiah 2:2 · KJV
Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
Jeremiah 2:33 · KJV
Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.
Jeremiah 31:3 · KJV
The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
Hosea 3:1 · KJV
Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.
Hosea 9:15 · KJV
All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.
Hosea 11:4 · KJV
I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
Micah 6:8 · KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Zephaniah 3:17 · KJV
The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
Common questions
What does Strong's H160 mean?
H160 is the Hebrew word אַהֲבָה (ʼahăbâh), meaning {affection (in a good or a bad sense)}.
How is H160 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it love (20 times), loved (5 times), because he loved (2 times), passing the love (1 time), than the love (1 time), among others.
How many times does H160 appear in the Bible?
אַהֲבָה (ʼahăbâh) is tagged in 30 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H160 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: feminine of H158 (אַהַב) and meaning the same.
Nearby entries
Keep reading in TheWay Bible App
Read, study, memorize, journal, and pray — tap any word for its Greek or Hebrew definition, save verses to memorize, and keep a journal. Free on the web and iOS.