# H0157 --- ## Gary’s Bible Definition - To love the Lord is to be absolutely loyal and obedient to him in every respect, a truth Jesus himself taught {John 14.15} - to love - human love for another, includes family, and sexual - human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom - to like - friend - to have affection for (sexually or otherwise) --- ## Root Transliteration (Phonetic Spelling) - aheb (aw-hab') --- ## Strong's Definition & Usage - Definition: to love --- ## Part of Speech - Verb --- ## BSB Translation - --- ## NASB Translation - love (88), loved (53), loves (42) - lovers (16), lover (1) - friends (6), friend (5) - beloved (1), dearly love (1), loving (2), show your love (1), shows love (1) --- ## NASB Word Origin - a prim. root --- ## Occurrences - 209 --- ## Occurrences Link - https://biblehub.com/hebrew/strongs_157.htm --- ## BibleHub Link - https://biblehub.com/hebrew/157.htm --- ## Helps Word Studies - --- ## Blue Letter Bible - Outline - 1. to love 1.1. (Qal) 1.1.1. human love for another, includes family, and sexual 1.1.2. human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom 1.1.3. human love for or to God 1.1.4. act of being a friend 1.1.4.1. lover (participle) 1.1.4.2. friend (participle) 1.1.5. God's love toward man 1.1.5.1. to individual men 1.1.5.2. to people Israel 1.1.5.3. to righteousness 1.2. (Niphal) 1.2.1. lovely (participle) 1.2.2. loveable (participle) 1.3. (Piel) 1.3.1.friends 1.3.2. lovers (fig. of adulterers) 2. to like --- ## Blue Letter Bible - Strong's Definition - אָהַב ʼâhab, aw-hab'; or אָהֵב ʼâhêb - a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise): — (be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend. --- ## Blue Letter Bible - Vines - --- ## NET Notes - The verb אָהֵב (ʾahev, “to love”) in this setting communicates not so much an emotional idea as one of covenant commitment. To love the Lord is to be absolutely loyal and obedient to him in every respect, a truth Jesus himself taught (cf. John 14.15). See also the note on the word “loved” in Deut 4:37. --- ## Transliteration Details - --- ## Date - Initial - 2021.12.29 - Revised - 2023.12.24 ---