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Hosea 12:7

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3667 He is a merchant כנען

H3027 are in his hand בידו

H3976 the balances מאזני

H4820 of deceit מרמה

H6231 to oppress לעשׁק

H157 he loveth אהב׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H3667 merchant

the

H3976 balances

H4820 deceit

are

his

H3027 hand

H157 loveth

H6231 oppress

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