אָהֵב (ahav) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning love. It appears
211 times
in 28 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H157).
Also rendered
lover
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 29)
Range of meaning (TWOT 29)love; lovely, loveable; friends, lovers; have affection; beloved, like, friend
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
אָהֵבverb: love
Qal
1.human love to human object
2.less often of appetite
3.love to God
4.especially participle
5.of divine love
Niphalparticiple plural lovely, loveable
Piel
1.friends
2.lovers
Strong's H157אָהַב: to have affection for (sexually or otherwise) KJV:(be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.