Strong's Definition
a primitive root (compare 2244, 2247); properly, to hide (as in the bosom), i.e. to cherish (with affection)
KJV Usage: love
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חָבַב (cha.vav) — to love. (Qal) to love fervently, cherish
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · חֹב · חֹבָב · חֻבָּה
Love | verb qal
to love = process by which someone experiences a deep affection for somebody else
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[חָבַב] vb. love Qal Dt 33:3
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