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אַהֲבָה. ah-ha-vah H160 love (human love, God’s love) from the root אָהַב H157 love (above) Deut. 7:8 But because loved H160 you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath 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 sty 2009 · This article argues in favour of a conception of Old Testament theology that is aware of the different hermeneutical presuppositions due to the different canonical shapes of the Jewish and the...
The most frequent noun for “love” in the Old Testament, דֶסֶח (chesed), occurs over 250 times in the Hebrew Bible. The term does not have a clear equivalent translation. The KJV translates it as “lovingkindness,” while newer translations use “steadfast love” (ESV) or “loyal love” (LEB).
27 gru 2023 · What is the Hebrew word for love? Discover four words (ahava, hesed, racham, & dod), plus a few Greek words, that are all found in the Bible.
28 mar 2024 · In the original languages of the Bible – Hebrew and Greek, there are not one, not two, but 6 different terms for love. Quite a revelation, right? Each term offers a distinct facet of love, from divine love to brotherly affection, familial bonds, and romantic love.
§ Further, in contrast with New Testament Greek, there is but one word for ‘love’ – ’ahav – and it is used of everything from the raw emotion that drives people into each other’s arms to the most exalted divine relationship with humankind.
15 lip 2016 · It's overly reported that Greek has several words for love, but Hebrew, as usual, has Greek beat by a landslide. Here are our roughly ten top picks for Hebrew words having to do with love (and follow the links to our online Hebrew dictionary for a closer look at these words): אהב
