What does בֵּן · אָהַב mean in the Bible?
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Hebrew · H1121, H157
בֶּן־הָאֲהוּבָה
A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) · to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
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בֵּן H1121 a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Pronunciation ben
Son extends metaphorically to designate relationship, condition, quality, and national identity across kinship and covenantal contexts.
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אָהַב H157 to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
Pronunciation ahav
Encompasses both covenant loyalty and emotional attachment; God's love combines protective choice with relational intimacy
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What does בֶּן־הָאֲהוּבָה (ben ha-ahuvah) mean in the Bible?
בֵּן · אָהַב is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1121, H157?
H1121, H157 is connected to 5,153 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Strong's H1121, H157
Lexical occurrences 5,153 verses Source Gloss
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
בֶּן־הָאֲהוּבָה is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain