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Hebrew

אַהֲבָה a·ha·vah

“love” · 38 times in the Old Testament

Through the Bible

Genesis: onceExodus: 0 timesLeviticus: 0 timesNumbers: 0 timesDeuteronomy: onceJoshua: 0 timesJudges: 0 timesRuth: 0 times1 Samuel: 3 times2 Samuel: 3 times1 Kings: once2 Kings: 0 times1 Chronicles: 0 times2 Chronicles: onceEzra: 0 timesNehemiah: 0 timesEsther: 0 timesJob: 0 timesPsalms: 2 timesProverbs: 5 timesEcclesiastes: 2 timesSong of Songs: 11 timesIsaiah: onceJeremiah: 3 timesLamentations: 0 timesEzekiel: 0 timesDaniel: 0 timesHosea: 3 timesJoel: 0 timesAmos: 0 timesObadiah: 0 timesJonah: 0 timesMicah: 0 timesNahum: 0 timesHabakkuk: 0 timesZephaniah: onceHaggai: 0 timesZechariah: 0 timesMalachi: 0 timesMatthew: 0 timesMark: 0 timesLuke: 0 timesJohn: 0 timesActs: 0 timesRomans: 0 times1 Corinthians: 0 times2 Corinthians: 0 timesGalatians: 0 timesEphesians: 0 timesPhilippians: 0 timesColossians: 0 times1 Thessalonians: 0 times2 Thessalonians: 0 times1 Timothy: 0 times2 Timothy: 0 timesTitus: 0 timesPhilemon: 0 timesHebrews: 0 timesJames: 0 times1 Peter: 0 times2 Peter: 0 times1 John: 0 times2 John: 0 times3 John: 0 timesJude: 0 timesRevelation: 0 timesLawHistoryWisdomProphetsGospelsLetters
  • “love” 26
  • “loved” 2
  • “because of his love” 1
  • “because he loved” 1
  • “out of love” 1
  • other ways 7
As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Genesis1
Deuteronomy1
1 Samuel3
2 Samuel3
1 Kings1
2 Chronicles1
Psalms2
Proverbs5
Ecclesiastes2
Song of Songs11
Isaiah1
Jeremiah3
Hosea3
Zephaniah1

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. love26
  2. loved2
  3. as he loved1
  4. because he loved1
  5. because of his love1
  6. love her1
  7. love them1
  8. o love1
  9. out of love1
  10. surpassing the love1
  11. than love1
  12. there is love1

With a pronoun joined

Hebrew joins “me”, “you”, “him” and the like to the end of a word.

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“love” 26

  • 2 Samuel 2

    • 1:26 …were delightful to me your love to me was extraordinary…
    • 13:15 …hatred was greater than the love he previously had Get…

  • 1 Kings 1

    • 11:2 …clung to these women in love

  • Psalms 2

    • 109:4 …In return for my love they accuse me but…
    • 109:5 …good and hatred for my love

  • Proverbs 3

    • 5:19 …may you be captivated by her love forever…
    • 10:12 …Hatred stirs up dissension but love covers all transgressions…
    • 17:9 …conceals an offense promotes love but he who brings…

  • Ecclesiastes 2

    • 9:1 …what lies ahead whether love or hate…
    • 9:6 Their love their hate and their…

  • Song of Songs 10

    • 2:4 …banner over me is love
    • 2:5 …for I am faint with love
    • 2:7 …not arouse or awaken love until the time is…
    • 3:5 …not arouse or awaken love until the time is…
    • 3:10 …Its interior is inlaid with love by the daughters of…
    • 5:8 …him I am sick with love
    • 8:4 …not arouse or awaken love until the time is…
    • 8:6 …upon your arm For love is as strong as…
    • 8:7 …Mighty waters cannot quench love rivers cannot sweep it…
    • 8:7 …wealth of his house for love his offer would be…

  • Isaiah 1

    • 63:9 …His Presence saved them In His love and compassion He redeemed…

  • Jeremiah 3

    • 2:2 …devotion of your youth your love as a bride how…
    • 2:33 …How skillfully you pursue love Even the most immoral…
    • 31:3 …you with an everlasting love therefore I have drawn…

  • Hosea 1

    • 11:4 …of kindness with ropes of love I lifted the yoke…

  • Zephaniah 1

    • 3:17 …He will quiet you with His love He will rejoice over…
“loved” 2

  • Deuteronomy 1

    • 7:8 …But because the LORD loved you and kept the…

  • 2 Chronicles 1

    • 2:11 …Solomon Because the LORD loves His people He has…
“because of his love” 1

  • Genesis 1

    • 29:20 …but a few days because of his love for her…
“because he loved” 1

  • 1 Samuel 1

    • 18:3 …a covenant with David because he loved him as himself…
“out of love” 1

  • 1 Samuel 1

    • 20:17 …David reaffirm his vow out of love for him for Jonathan…
“as he loved” 1

  • 1 Samuel 1

    • 20:17 …for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself…
“surpassing the love” 1

  • 2 Samuel 1

    • 1:26 …to me was extraordinary surpassing the love of women…
“there is love” 1

  • Proverbs 1

    • 15:17 …dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox…
“than love” 1

  • Proverbs 1

    • 27:5 …Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed…
“o love” 1

  • Song of Songs 1

    • 7:6 …and pleasant you are O love with your delights…
“love her” 1

  • Hosea 1

    • 3:1 …and is an adulteress Love her as the LORD loves…
“love them” 1

  • Hosea 1

    • 9:15 …I will no longer love them all their leaders are…

The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.