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Deuteronomy 10:19
“Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אָהַבʼâhab · aw-hab'
H157 · Hebrew
H157 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
- Derivation
- or אָהֵב ; a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- (be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- אֲהַבְתֶּ֖ם — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 211 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 22:2Genesis 24:67Genesis 25:28Genesis 25:28Genesis 27:4
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אָהַב here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.