Original Word: חָבַב
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: chabab
Pronunciation: khaw-bab'
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-bab')
KJV: love
NASB: loves
Word Origin: [a primitive root]

1. (properly) to hide (as in the bosom), i.e. to cherish (with affection)

love

A primitive root (compare chaba', chabah); properly, to hide (as in the bosom), i.e. To cherish (with affection) -- love.

see HEBREW chaba'

see HEBREW chabah

Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to love
NASB Translation
loves (1).

[חָבַב] verb love (Late Hebrew Pi`el id.; Arabic be loved; Ethiopic amore alicujus incendi Di; Aramaic kindle, be set on fire, , חַבֵּב love, embrace, חוּבָּא bosom) —

Qal Participle אַף חֹבֵב עַמִּים Deuteronomy 33:3 (Di reads עַמּוֺ, compare ᵐ5).

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