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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Hebrew: 2245. חָבַב (chabab) -- To love, to cherish, to embrace</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/hebrew/2245.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/deuteronomy/33-3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/hebrew/2245.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Hebrew</a> > 2245</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrew/2244.htm" title="2244">◄</a> 2245. chabab <a href="../hebrew/2246.htm" title="2246">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">chabab: To love, to cherish, to embrace</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">חָבַב</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>chabab<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>khaw-bab'<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(khaw-bab')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To love, to cherish, to embrace<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>to hide, to cherish<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>A primitive root<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Greek equivalent for "chabab," the concept of love and cherishing can be related to Greek terms such as "agapao" (Strong's Greek 25) and "phileo" (Strong's Greek 5368), which also describe different aspects of love and affection in the New Testament.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Hebrew verb "chabab" conveys a sense of deep affection, love, or cherishing. It is used to describe an intimate, protective, and nurturing form of love, often akin to the way one might hold something dear or precious. This term is not as frequently used as other Hebrew words for love, such as "ahav," but it carries a nuanced sense of tender care and affection.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Hebrew culture, expressions of love and affection were often tied to familial and covenantal relationships. The concept of love in the Hebrew Bible is multifaceted, encompassing loyalty, commitment, and deep emotional bonds. "Chabab" reflects a protective and nurturing aspect of love, which was essential in a society where family and community were central to survival and identity.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to love<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>loves (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> [<font class="hebrew2">חָבַב</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>love</b></font> (Late Hebrew Pi`el <em>id.</em>; Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb028503.gif"> <em>be loved</em>; Ethiopic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb028504.gif"> <em>amore alicujus incendi</em> Di; Aramaic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb028505.gif"> <em>kindle, be set on fire</em>, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb028506.gif">, <font class="hebrew2">חַבֵּב</font> <em>love, embrace</em>, <font class="hebrew2">חוּבָּא</font> <em>bosom</em>) — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> <em>Participle</em> <font class="hebrew2">אַף</font> <font class="hebrew2">חֹבֵב עַמִּים</font> <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/33-3.htm">Deuteronomy 33:3</a> (Di reads <font class="hebrew2">עַמּוֺ</font>, compare <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font>). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>love <p>A primitive root (compare <a href="/hebrew/2244.htm">chaba'</a>, <a href="/hebrew/2247.htm">chabah</a>); properly, to hide (as in the bosom), i.e. To cherish (with affection) -- love. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/2244.htm">chaba'</a> <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/2247.htm">chabah</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>חֹבֵ֣ב חבב choVev ḥō·ḇêḇ ḥōḇêḇ<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/deuteronomy/33-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Deuteronomy 33:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/33.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> אַ֚ף <b> חֹבֵ֣ב </b> עַמִּ֔ים כָּל־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/deuteronomy/33.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Indeed, <span class="itali">He loves</span> the people; All<br><a href="/kjvs/deuteronomy/33.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Yea, <span class="itali">he loved</span> the people;<br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/33-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Indeed <span class="itali">loves</span> the people All<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2245.htm">1 Occurrence</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2245.htm">Strong's Hebrew 2245<br>1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/chovev_2245.htm">ḥō·ḇêḇ — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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