Love (Abstract Noun)

ἀγάπ-η, ἡ, love, LXX+2nd c.BC+ O; of the love of husband and wife, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __2 especially love of God for man and of man for God, LXX+1st c.AD+:—also brotherly love, charity, NT __II in plural, love-feast, NT __III alms, charity, Refs 4th c.AD+ __IV ἀγάπη θεῶν, title of Isis, Refs 2nd c.AD+

† דּוֹד n.m. Ct 1:2 beloved, love (pl.), uncle (NH id., Syriac ܕܳܕ, ܕܳܕܳܐ; Assyrian dâdu DlHA 19)—abs. דּוֹד Ct 5:9(×2); cstr. דּוֹד 1 S 10:14 + 3 times; דֹּד Lv 10:4 Est 2:15; sf. דּוֹדִי Is 5:1 (but cf. infr.) + 26 times all Ct; דֹּדִי Je 32:8 + 2 times; דֹּדְךָ Je 32:7; דּוֹדֵךְ Ct 5:9(×2) + 2 times; דּוֹדוֹ Am 6:10 1 S 10:16, דֹּדוֹ Lv 20:20 + 4 times; דּוֹדָהּ Ct 8:5; pl. דּוֹדִים Ct 5:1; דֹּדִים Pr 7:18 Ez 16:8; 23:17; pl. sf. דֹּדַי Ct 7:13; דֹּדֶיךָ Ct 1:2, 4; דֹּדַיִךְ Ct 4:10(×2); דֹּדֵיהֶן Nu 36:11— 1. most often loved one, beloved (lover, betrothed) Ct 1:13, 14, 16; 2:3, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17; 4:16; 5:2, 4, 5, 6(×2), 8, 9(×2), 10, 16; 6:1(×2), 2, 3(×2); 7:10, 11, 12, 14; 8:5, 14; beloved one, friend, שִׁירַת דּוֹדִי Is 5:1 (where Lo Che שׁ׳ דודים love-song, v. 3 infr.) 2. specif. uncle, Lv 10:4 (father’s brother, patruus; Syriac = also avunculus) Nu 36:11 1 S 14:50 2 K 24:17 Lv 20:20; 25:49(×2) 1 S 10:14, 15, 16 Est 2:7, 15 Je 32:7, 8, 9, 12; perhaps also 1 Ch 27:32 Jonathan, David’s דּוֹד, so AV RV; = kinsman (?, so St RVm) Am 6:10. 3. pl. abstr. love Pr 7:18 Ct 1:2, 4; 4:10(×2) 5:1 (5:1 al. concr. beloved ones, so AV RV, 𝔊 ἀδελφοί); so עֵת דדים Ez 16:8; מִשְׁכַּב דדים Ez 23:17.

† אַהֲבָה n.f. love (= Inf. of אהב q.v.)—abs. א׳ Pr 10:12 + 18 times; cstr. אַהֲבַת Je 2:2 + 3 times; sf. אַהֲבָתִי ψ 109:4, 5; אַהֲבָֽתְךָ 2 S 1:26; אַהֲבָתוֹ Is 63:9 Zp 3:17; אַהֲבָתָהּ Pr 5:19; אַהֲבָתָם Ec 9:6—love, especially WisdLt & late. 1. human (to human obj.) abs. Ec 9:1, 6 (both ‖ שִׂנְאָה) so Pr 10:12; 15:17 cf. 27:5; v. also 17:9; of man toward man ψ 109:4, 5; love for one’s self (נַפְשׁוֹ) 1 S 20:17; between man & woman Ct 2:4, 5; 5:8; 8:6, 7(×2); Pr 5:19 cf. also 2 S 1:26 (א׳ נָשִׁים); personif. Ct 2:7; 3:5; 7:7; 8:4; cf. fig. use 3:10; of mere sexual desire 2 S 13:15; fig. of Jerusalem’s love to י׳ Je 2:2 (א׳ כַּלוּלֹתַיִךְ), & of love of adulter. Jerus. v 33. 2. God’s love to his people Ho 11:4 (עֲבֹתוֹת א׳) Je 31:3 Is 63:9 Zp 3:17.

† [עָגַב] vb. have inordinate affection, lust (cf. Arabic عَجِبَ wonder, admire, عَجِيبٌ beloved; and (on sens. obsc. in NH) LevyNHWB iii. 616);— Qal Pf. 3 fs. עָֽגְבָה Ez 23:7, 9, 12; Impf. 3 fs. וַתַּעְגַּב v 5, + v 16 Kt (Qr וַתַּעְגְּבָה), וַתַּעְגְּבַה v 20 (Ew§ 191 c Ol§ 228 b); Pt. pl. עֹגְבִים Je 4:30;—lust after (עַל־), only in fig. of relations of Samaria and Jerus. (personif.) with foreigners Ez 23:5, 9, 12, 16, 20, so c. acc. v 7; pt. as subst. paramours Je 4:30.

† [אַ֫הַב] n.[m.] love only pl. אֲהָבִים, loves, amours; bad sense Ho 8:9, but אַיֶּלֶת א׳ loving hind Pr 5:19 (fig. of wife ‖ יַעֲלַת הֵן).

† [עָגָב] n.[m.] (sensuous) love (on form cf. LagBN 143);—only pl. intens. שִׁיר עֲגָבִים Ez 33:32 thou art to them as a love-song.—For עֲגָבִים v 31 read כְּזָבִים 𝔊 𝔖 Co Berthol Toy.

φῐλί-α, Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, (φιλέω) affectionate regard, friendship (not in Refs 6th c.BC+; φιλίας, inscription on a bowl (perhaps loving-cup), Refs, etc.; ἡ τῆς ψυχῆς φ. διὰ τὸ ἁγνὴ εἶναι, opposed to ἔρως, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to ἔχθρα, NT+5th c.BC+; opposed to μῖσος, Refs 5th c.BC+; of family affection, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐν ταῖς φ. in the family circle, Refs 4th c.BC+; of the regard of dependents towards their superiors, Refs 5th c.BC+; of friendship between States, ἐχρημάτισε περὶ φιλίας τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις Refs 5th c.BC+; τῆς φ. ἀφέσθαι, τὴν φ. διαλύσασθαι, of communities, Refs 5th c.BC+ distinguished by Refs 4th c.BC+ ff.; by the Stoics, Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰς φ. ἰτέον, ἔρχεται, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀνανεούμενος τὴν φ. καὶ ζενίαν τὴν πρότερον ὑπάρχουσαν Refs 6th c.BC+; διὰ φιλίαν, see below; κατὰ φιλίαν Refs 5th c.BC+; also by object. genitive, διὰ φιλίαν αὐτοῦ through friendship for him, Refs 5th c.BC+; φ. ξυνετοῦ friendship with a wise man, Refs 3rd c.AD+; so ἡμετέρη φ. friendship with us, Refs 6th c.BC+ __2 friendliness, amiability, φ. ἄνευ τοῦ στέργειν Refs 4th c.BC+ __3 later, of lovers, fondness, LXX+6th c.AD+ __4 with genitive, of things, fondness, liking for, κέρδους Refs 5th c.BC+; [τῶν ἀρχῶν] Refs 4th c.BC+ __5 the natural force which unites discordant elements and movements, opposed to νεῖκος, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II Refs 4th c.BC+ name for three, Refs (not for six, Refs 4th c.AD+

† [יָדִיד] adj. (poet.) beloved (NH id., Aramaic ܝܰܕܺܝܕܳܐ )—cstr. יְדִיד Dt 33:12; sf. לִידִידִי Is 5:1(×2) Je 11:15; לִידִידוֹ ψ 127:2; pl. sf. יְדִידֶיךָ 60:7; 108:7; f. יְדִידֹת 45:1; יְדִידוֹת 84:2;— 1. my beloved, used by proph. of י׳ under fig. of husbandman Is 5:1(×2); so my (thy, his) beloved Je 11:15 ψ 60:7 = 108:7, 127:2; beloved, of Benj. as beloved by י׳ Dt 33:12. 2. lovely, מַה־יְּדִידוֹת מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶיךָ ψ 84:2 how lovely are thy habitations! 3. fpl. as abstr. subst. שִׁיר יְדִידֹת ψ 45:1 = a song of love.