אַהֲבָה

ahavah

ah-hah-VAH

love

Where it comes from

Hebrew uses one word for love of God, love of a husband, and love of food. It does not sort love into categories the way Greek does. The verse says it is strong as death, which is not sentimental — death is the thing nobody negotiates with.

Every place it appears

Strong's H160. It stands in 37 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. See them →

Song of Solomon 8:6

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

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