to love

1. (Qal)

   1. human love for another, includes family, and sexual

   2. human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom

   3. human love for or to God

   4. act of being a friend

      1. lover (participle)

      2. friend (participle)

   5. God's love toward man

      1. to individual men

      2. to people Israel

      3. to righteousness

2. (Niphal)

   1. lovely (participle)

   2. loveable (participle)

3. (Piel)

   1. friends

   2. lovers (fig. of adulterers)

to like

son, grandson, child, member of a group

1. son, male child

2. grandson

3. children (pl. - male and female)

4. youth, young men (pl.)

5. young (of animals)

6. sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]

7. people (of a nation) (pl.)

8. of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)

9. a member of a guild, order, class

to withhold, restrain, hold back, keep in check, refrain

1. (Qal)

   1. to withhold, keep back, keep for oneself, keep from, hold in check, refrain, spare, reserve

   2. to restrain, check

2. (Niphal) to assuage, be spared

discipline, chastening, correction

1. discipline, correction

2. chastening

rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe

1. rod, staff

2. shaft (of spear, dart)

3. club (of shepherd's implement)

4. truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority)

5. clan, tribe

to seek, seek early or earnestly, look early or diligently for

1. (Qal) to look for diligently, seek

2. (Piel) to seek, seek early

to hate, be hateful

1. (Qal) to hate

   1. of man

   2. of God

   3. hater, one hating, enemy (participle) (subst)

2. (Niphal) to be hated

3. (Piel) hater (participle)

   1. of persons, nations, God, wisdom