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Deuteronomy 7:13
“And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
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
- אֲהֵ֣בְ — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- ךָ֔ — suffix (pronominal), 2nd person, masculine, singular
- 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.