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Proverbs 4:6

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Masoretic Text 1524

H408 her not אל

H5800 Forsake תעזבה

H8104 and she shall preserve ותשׁמרך

H157 thee love אהבה

H5341 her and she shall keep ותצרך׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H5800 Forsake

her

H408 not

and

she

shall

H8104 preserve

thee

H157 love

her

and

she

shall

H5341 keep

thee

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H157

Hebrew: אָהַב

Transliteration: ʼâhab

Pronunciation: aw-hab'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: (be-) love ({-d} {-ly} {-r}) {like} friend.

Definition:

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

1. to love

a. (Qal)

1. human love for another, includes family, and sexual

2. human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom

3. human love for or to God

4. act of being a friend 1a

b. lover (participle) 1a

c. friend (participle)

1. God's love toward man 1a

d. to individual men 1a

e. to people Israel 1a

f. to righteousness

g. (Niphal)

1. lovely (participle)

2. loveable (participle)

h. (Piel)

1. friends

2. lovers (fig. of adulterers)

2. to like

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906