ahabah (a-hab-aw) [160]

Meaning

a.  Feminine form of 158 and mean the same - love.

NB: ahab (158) means affection and also armours (in plural). Brings to mind Ephesians 6:11, "Put on God’s whole armor [the armor of a heavy-armed soldier which God supplies], that you may be able successfully to stand up against [all] the strategies and the deceits of the devil."

Hence, being conscious of God's love for me is putting on the armour of God which will enable me to successfully stand up against all the strategies and deceits of the devil!

1.  Ahabah means "love".  This word represents several kinds of "love"

2.  The first biblical occurrence of ahabah is in Genesis 29:20, "And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love [ahabah] he had to her. "

Here, the word deals with the "love" between man and wife as a general concept.

3.  In Hosea 3:1, "Then said the Lord unto me, Go yet, love [aheb; 157] a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love [ahabah; 158] of the Lord toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love [aheb; 157] flagons of wine." , the word is used of "love" as a sexual activity.

4.  Ahabah means "love" between friends in 1 Samuel 18:3, "Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. " 

5.  The word refers to:

Solomon's "love" in 1 Kings 11:2, "Of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love [aheb; 157]. "

God's "love" in Deuteronomy 7:8, "But because the Lord loved [ahabah; 160] you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt."

Syn: 158 (ahab)

aheb (aw-habe) [157]

Meaning

a.  To have affection for (sexually or otherwise).

b.  A primary root.

1.  Ahab or aheb means "to love; like."  Basically this verb is equivalent to the English "to love" in the sense of having a strong emotional attachment to and desire either to possess or to be in the presence of the object.

2.  First, the word refers to the love a man has for a woman and a woman for a man.  Such love is rooted in sexual desire, although as a rule it is desire within the bounds of lawful relationships: "And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved [aheb] her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death." [Genesis 24:67].

3.  This word may refer to an erotic but legal love outside marriage.  Such an emotion may be a desire to marry and care for the object of that love, as in the case of Shechem's love for Dinah; Genesis 34:3, "And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved [aheb] the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel."

4.  In a very few instances ahab (or aheb) may signify no more than pure lust - an inordinate desire to have sexual relations with its object; 2 Samuel 13:1, "And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved [aheb] her."

5.  Marriage may be consummated without the presence of love for one's marriage partner; Genesis 29:30, "And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved [aheb] also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years."

6.  Ahab (or aheb) seldom refers to making love [usually this is represented yada (3045), "to know", or by shakab (7901), "to lie with"].

7.  The word does seem to have this added meaning, however, in 1 Kings 11:1, "But king Solomon loved [aheb] many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites:"cf. Jeremiah 2:25, "Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved [aheb] strangers, and after them will I go."

Hosea appears to use this nuance when he writes that God told him to "go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteres.."; Hosea 3:1, "Then said the Lord unto me, Go yet, love [aheb] a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love [ahabah] of the Lord toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love [aheb] flagons of wine."

This is the predominant meaning of the verb when it appears in the causative stem (as a participle).

Example of causative in English: Rise ---> raise.

Participle: adjective (describes noun); formed by inflexion from verb.

Inflexion: inflecting.

Inflect: modify word to express grammatical relation or change or vary in pitch of.

8.  In every instance except one (Zechariah 13:6, "And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends (aheb).") ahab (or aheb) signifies those with whom one has made or intends to make love: "Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers [aheb] are destroyed." [Jeremiah 22:20]. cf. Ezekiel 16:33, "They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers [aheb], and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom."

9. Ahab (or aheb) is alo used of the love between parents and their children.  In its first biblical apperance, the word represents Abraham's special attachment to his son Isaac, "And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest [aheb], and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. " [Genesis 22:2]

10.  Ahab (or aheb) may refer to the family love experienced by a daughter-in-law toward her mother-in-law; Ruth 4:15, "And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth [aheb] thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him. "

This kind of love is also represented by the word racham (7356).

11.  Ahab (or aheb) sometimes depicts a special strong attachment a servant may have toward a master under whose dominance he wishes to remain, "And if the servant shall plainly say, I love [aheb] my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: " [Exodus 21:5].

12.  Perhaps there is an overtone here of family love; he "loves" his master as a son "loves" his father; cf. Deuteronomy 15:16, "And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth [aheb] thee and thine house, because he is well with thee; "

This emphasis may be in 1 Samuel 16:21. where we read that Saul "loved [David] greatly."  Israel came "to love" and deeply admire David so that they watched his every move with admiration; 1 Samuel 18:16, "But all Israel and Judah loved [aheb] David, because he went out and came in before them. "

13.  A special use of this word relates to an especially close attachment of friends: "And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved [aheb] him as his own soul." [1 Samuel 18:1].

In Leviticus 19:18; "Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love [aheb] thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.", ahab (or aheb) signifies this brotherly love or friendly kind of love. cf Leviticus 19:34 ; "But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love [aheb] him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. "and Deuteronomy 10:19 ;"Love [aheb] ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt."

14.  The word suggests furthermore that one seek to relate to his brother and all men according to what is specified in the law structure God gave to Israel.  This was to be the normal state of affairs between men.

15.  This verb is used politically to describe the loyalty of a vassal or a subordinate to his lord - so Hiram of Tyre "loved" David in the sense that he was completely loyal; 1 Kings 5:1, "And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover [aheb] of David."

16.  The strong emotional attachment and desire suggested by ahab (or aheb) may also be fixed on objects, circumstances, actions and relationships.

Syn: 1730 (loved one, beloved); 7453 (friend, intimate)

adonay (ad-o-noy) [136]

Meaning

a.  An emphatic form of 113; the Lord (used as a proper name of God).

In the form adonay the word means "Lord" par excellence or "Lord over all," even as it sometimes does in the form adon (cf Deuteronomy 10:17, "For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:" and Joshua 3:11, "Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.")

The word adonay appears in Genesis 15:2, "And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?"

This word frequently appears in Psalms and Isaiah:

Psalm 68:17, "The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. "

Psalm 86:3, "Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily. "

Isaiah 29:13, "Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: "

Isaiah 40:10, "Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. "

Cross reference
John 6:28-29, "Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent."

John 10:24-38

24 So the Jews surrounded Him and began asking Him, How long are You going to keep us in doubt and suspense? If You are really the Christ (the Messiah), tell us so plainly and openly.
25 Jesus answered them, I have told you so, yet you do not believe Me [you do not trust Me and rely on Me]. The very works that I do by the power of My Father and in My Father’s name bear witness concerning Me [they are My credentials and evidence in support of Me].
26 But you do not believe and trust and rely on Me because you do not belong to My fold [you are no sheep of Mine].
27 The sheep that are My own hear and are listening to My voice; and I know them, and they follow Me.
28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never lose it or perish throughout the ages. [To all eternity they shall never by any means be destroyed.] And no one is able to snatch them out of My hand.
29 My Father, Who has given them to Me, is greater and mightier than all [else]; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of the Father’s hand.
30 I and the Father are One.
31 Again the Jews [a]brought up stones to stone Him.
32 Jesus said to them, My Father has enabled Me to do many good deeds. [I have shown many acts of mercy in your presence.] For which of these do you mean to stone Me?
33 The Jews replied, We are not going to stone You for a good act, but for blasphemy, because You, a mere [b]Man, make Yourself [out to be] God.
34 Jesus answered, Is it not written in your Law, I said, You are gods?
35 So men are called gods [by the Law], men to whom God’s message came—and the Scripture cannot be set aside or cancelled or broken or annulled—
36 [If that is true] do you say of the One Whom the Father consecrated and dedicated and set apart for Himself and sent into the world, You are blaspheming, because I said, I am the Son of God?
37 If I am not doing the works [performing the deeds] of My Father, then do not believe Me [do not adhere to Me and trust Me and rely on Me].
38 But if I do them, even though you do not believe Me or have faith in Me, [at least] believe the works and have faith in what I do, in order that you may know and understand [clearly] that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father [One with Him].

John 5:36-47

36 But I have as My witness something greater (weightier, higher, better) than that of John; for the works that the Father has appointed Me to accomplish and finish, the very same works that I am now doing, are a witness and proof that the Father has sent Me.
37 And the Father Who sent Me has Himself testified concerning Me. Not one of you has ever given ear to His voice or seen His form (His face—what He is like). [You have always been deaf to His voice and blind to the vision of Him.]
38 And you have not His word (His thought) living in your hearts, because you do not believe and adhere to and trust in and rely on Him Whom He has sent. [That is why you do not keep His message living in you, because you do not believe in the Messenger Whom He has sent.]
39 You search and investigate and pore over the Scriptures diligently, because you suppose and trust that you have eternal life through them. And these [very Scriptures] testify about Me!
40 And still you are not willing [but refuse] to come to Me, so that you might have life.
41 I receive not glory from men [I crave no human honor, I look for no mortal fame],
42 But I know you and recognize and understand that you have not the love of God in you.
43 I have come in My Father’s name and with His power, and you do not receive Me [your hearts are not open to Me, you give Me no welcome]; but if another comes in his own name and his own power and with no other authority but himself, you will receive him and give him your approval.
44 How is it possible for you to believe [how can you learn to believe], you who [are content to seek and] receive praise and honor and glory from one another, and yet do not seek the praise and honor and glory which come from Him Who alone is God?
45 Put out of your minds the thought and do not suppose [as some of you are supposing] that I will accuse you before the Father. There is one who accuses you—it is Moses, the very one on whom you have built your hopes [in whom you trust].
46 For if you believed and relied on Moses, you would believe and rely on Me, for he wrote about Me [personally].
47 But if you do not believe and trust his writings, how then will you believe and trust My teachings? [How shall you cleave to and rely on My words?]

NB: Jesus the Man was doing exactly what God said His Promised Messiah would be doing.  Yet, the people then asked for signs and wonders and miracles.

As it was, so it is today.  How long more are we to rely on the same things as miracles, signs and wonders?

Luke 9:41

Jesus answered, O [faithless ones] unbelieving and without trust in God, a perverse (wayward, crooked and warped) generation! Until when and how long am I to be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here [to Me].

We all have been searching for hard physical evidence to prove the very existence of this man called Jesus. Yet, nothing conclusive have been found thus far. But there is a piece of solid evidence glaring right at our faces but we chose to ignore it.  That piece of evidence is found in the nation of Israel. The Bible foretold the dispersion of Israel and its coming back together as a nation in just ONE day! Israel was dispersed for hundreds of years and yet not assimilated to the point of extinction.  Why? What God said will happen, happened!  Numbers 23:19, "God is not a man, that He should tell or act a lie, neither the son of man, that He should feel repentance or compunction [for what He has promised]. Has He said and shall He not do it? Or has He spoken and shall He not make it good?"

Isaiah 66:8

Who has heard of such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day? Or shall a nation be brought forth in a moment? For as soon as Zion was in labor, she brought forth her children.

Footnote: Never in the history of the world had such a thing happened before—but God keeps His word. As definitely foretold here and in Ezekiel 37:21, 22, Israel became a recognized nation, actually “born in one day.” After being away from their homeland for almost 2,000 years, the Jews were given a national homeland in Palestine by the Balfour Declaration in November, 1917. In 1922, the League of Nations gave Great Britain the mandate over Palestine. On May 14, 1948, Great Britain withdrew her mandate, and immediately Israel was declared a sovereign state, and her growth and importance among nations became astonishing.

Just as the people then were looking for the body of Moses, we are looking for that of Jesus. We will never find the body of Jesus or its remains because Jesus has been resurrected and He has ascended to heaven.

Deuteronomy 34:6
And He buried him in the valley of the land of Moab opposite Beth-peor, but no man knows where his tomb is to this day.

Acts 1:6-11

6 So when they were assembled, they asked Him, Lord, is this the time when You will reestablish the kingdom and restore it to Israel?
7 He said to them, It is not for you to become acquainted with and know [a]what time brings [the things and events of time and their definite periods] or fixed [b]years and seasons (their critical niche in time), which the Father has appointed (fixed and reserved) by His own choice and authority and personal power.
8 But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth.
9 And when He had said this, even as they were looking [at Him], He was caught up, and a cloud received and carried Him away out of their sight.
10 And while they were gazing intently into heaven as He went, behold, two men [dressed] in white robes suddenly stood beside them,
11 Who said, Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing into heaven? This same Jesus, Who was caught away and lifted up from among you into heaven, will return in [just] the same way in which you saw Him go into heaven.


But as far as the official records are concerned, this was what happened:

Matthew 28:11-13
11 While they were on their way, behold, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had occurred.
12 And when they [the chief priests] had gathered with the elders and had consulted together, they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers,
13 And said, Tell people, His disciples came at night and stole Him away while we were sleeping.

God, the Creator and Owner of the entire cosmos has intended for us to take Him at His Word. Today, we are persuaded that Jesus the Man is the Christ by reading the works that He has done during His earthly ministry according to what God said His Promised Messiah would do. The nation of Israel clears any doubts if there is a God of Jesus. God has chosen the nation of Israel to show the world that He is real. God is real (Israel).

John 14:11
Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me; or else believe Me for the sake of the [very] works themselves. [If you cannot trust Me, at least let these works that I do in My Father’s name convince you.]

The Bible speaks of tomorrow. Yet some are looking at today to authenticate what the Bible is saying about tomorrow. Even though many of the tomorrows as spoken of in the Bible have already become today, the same still question those tomorrows that have yet to become today.

adon (aw-done) [113]

Meaning
a.  From an unused root meaning to rule; sovereign, that is, controller (human or divine).

1.  Adon (113) or Adonay (136), "lord; master; Lord." The form adon appears 335 times while the form adonay (used exclusively as a divine name) appears 439 times.

2.  Basically, adon means "lord" or "master".  It is distinguished from the Hebrew word ba'al, which signifies "possessor" or "owner".  Adon basically describes the one who occupies the position of a "master" or "lord" over a slave or servant; Genesis 24:9, "And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter."  It is used of kings and their most powerful aides.  Joseph told his brothers: "So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and He hath made me a father [i.e an advisor] to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt" [Genesis 45:8; cf Genesis 42:30].

Genesis 45:8, "So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt."

Genesis 42:30, "The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country."

Only once is this word used in the sense of "owner" or "possessor"; 1 Kings 16:24, "And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria."

1 Kings 16:21-28

21 Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.

22 But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.

23 In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.

24 And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.

25 But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did worse than all that were before him.

26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.

3.  Adon is often used as a term of polite address.  In some cases, the one so named really occupies a position of authority. In Genesis 18:12 (first occurrence), Sarah called Abraham her "lord".

Genesis 18:12, "Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?"

On the other hand, this may be a purely honorary title by which the speaker intends to indicate his submission to the one so addressed.  Jacob instructed his slaves to speak to "my lord Esau", Genesis 32:18.  In other words, Jacob called his brother Esau "lord".

Genesis 32:18
Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.

In places where the speaker is addressing someone calling him "lord", the word virtually means "you".

4.  When applied to God, adon is used in several senses:

It signifies His position as the One Who has authority (like a master) over His people to reward the obedient and punish the disobedient; Hosea 12:14, "Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him." In such contexts God is conceived as a Being Who is sovereign ruler and almighty master.
The word is often a title of respect, a term of direct address usually assuming a specific concrete lord-vassal or master-servant relationship; Psalm 8:1, "O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens."
In some cases the word appears to be a title suggesting God's relationship to and position over Israel; Exodus 23:17, "Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord God."  In such contexts adon is a formal divine name and should probably be transliterated if the proper emphasis is to be retained.

Syn: YHWH (3068) sets forth His essential and unswerving principles of mercy and judgment, and presents Him as Father, a Friend and a Moral Governor. Yahh (3050), the shortened form of YHWH, is usually used when Yah is stressed as the One accomplishing a deed in contrast to no other.