3 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
G25
ἀγαπάω
agapao
ag-ap-ah'-o
Verb
perhaps from agan (much) (or compare G5689); to love (in a social or moral sense):--(be-)love(-ed). Compare G5368.
- of persons
- to welcome, to entertain, to be fond of, to love dearly
- of things
- to be well pleased, to be contented at or with a thing
Strong's Number G25 Bible Verses
H157
אָהַב
'ahab
aw-hab'
Verb
or raheb {aw-habe'}; a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise):--(be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
- to love
- (Qal)
- human love for another, includes family, and sexual
- human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom
- human love for or to God
- act of being a friend 1a
- lover (participle) 1a
- friend (participle)
- God's love toward man 1a
- to individual men 1a
- to people Israel 1a
- to righteousness
- (Niphal)
- lovely (participle)
- loveable (participle)
- (Piel)
- friends
- lovers (fig. of adulterers)
- (Qal)
- to like
Strong's Number H157 Bible Verses
H160
אַהֲבָה
'ahabah
a-hab-aw
Noun Feminine
feminine of H158 and meaning the same:--love.
- love
- human love for human object
- of man toward man
- of man toward himself
- between man and woman
- sexual desire
- human love for human object
- God's love to His people
Strong's Number H160 Bible Verses
G5368
φιλέω
phileo
fil-eh'-o
Verb
from G5384; to be a friend to (fond of (an individual or an object)), i.e. have affection for (denoting personal attachment, as a matter of sentiment or feeling; while G25 is wider, embracing especially the judgment and the deliberate assent of the will as a matter of principle, duty and propriety: the two thus stand related very much as G2309 and G1014, or as G2372 and G3563 respectively; the former being chiefly of the heart and the latter of the head); specially, to kiss (as a mark of tenderness):--kiss, love.
- to love
- to approve of
- to like
- sanction
- to treat affectionately or kindly, to welcome, befriend
- to show signs of love
- to kiss
- to be fond of doing
- be wont, use to do
Strong's Number G5368 Bible Verses