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28 lip 2023 · The Hebrew word for love is ahavah, which is rooted in the more molecular word hav, 1 which means to give, revealing that, according to Judaism, giving is at the root of love. What does this etymological insight teach us both about the function of love and about how love functions?
15 paź 2017 · Unlike New Testament Greek which has various words expressing different aspects of “love”, (erotic, companionship, divine), Hebrew has only the word ahav/ahava, which has been translated into English as “love”.
17 kwi 2017 · Today, we want to discuss the essence of the word ‘love’ as reflected in the New Testament. Whereas the word ‘ahava’ (love) appears 45 times in the Old Testament, this number almost doubles in the New Testament!
20 lip 2017 · Ahavah / Love. Explore the ways the biblical authors used the word love, and how they depicted God as the ultimate source and goal of all human love.
1 lip 2024 · We have all heard of the three words in Greek for love, which are phileo, agape, and eros. Phileo is often defined as brotherly love, agape is an unconditional love and eros is an erotic love. Hebrew actually has four words for love. English has just one word for love – love.
28 paź 2008 · Ahavah means "love" in Hebrew. The Jewish mystics remark on the affinity between the word ahavah, "love," and "echad," one. The numerical value of their letters is the same: 13. Oneness, unity,...
The Hebrew word for love is אַהֲבָה;—ahavah, from the verbal root, אַהֵב—ahab, meaning “to love.” In Hebrew, therefore, one word, ahavah, expresses all forms of love: the love of a humans for God, the love of one human for another, and the love between male and female humans.
