Strong's Lexicon I אֲ֭נִי (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 589: 1) I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis) love (אֹהֲבַ֣י) (’ō·hă·ḇay) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 157: 1) to love 1a) (Qal) 1a1) human love for another, includes family, and sexual 1a2) human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom 1a3) human love for or to God 1a4) act of being a friend 1a4a) lover (participle) 1a4b) friend (participle) 1a5) God's love toward man 1a5a) to individual men 1a5b) to people Israel 1a5c) to righteousness 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) lovely (participle) 1b2) loveable (participle) 1c) (Piel) 1c1) friends 1c2) lovers (fig. of adulterers) 2) to like those who love me, אֵהָ֑ב (’ê·hāḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 157: 1) to love 1a) (Qal) 1a1) human love for another, includes family, and sexual 1a2) human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom 1a3) human love for or to God 1a4) act of being a friend 1a4a) lover (participle) 1a4b) friend (participle) 1a5) God's love toward man 1a5a) to individual men 1a5b) to people Israel 1a5c) to righteousness 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) lovely (participle) 1b2) loveable (participle) 1c) (Piel) 1c1) friends 1c2) lovers (fig. of adulterers) 2) to like and those who seek me early וּ֝מְשַׁחֲרַ֗י (ū·mə·ša·ḥă·ray) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 7836: 1) to seek, seek early or earnestly, look early or diligently for 1a) (Qal) to look for diligently, seek 1b) (Piel) to seek, seek early shall find me. יִמְצָאֻֽנְנִי׃ (yim·ṣā·’un·nî) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | first person common singular, Paragogic nun Strong's Hebrew 4672: 1) to find, attain to 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to find 1a1a) to find, secure, acquire, get (thing sought) 1a1b) to find (what is lost) 1a1c) to meet, encounter 1a1d) to find (a condition) 1a1e) to learn, devise 1a2) to find out 1a2a) to find out 1a2b) to detect 1a2c) to guess 1a3) to come upon, light upon 1a3a) to happen upon, meet, fall in with 1a3b) to hit 1a3c) to befall 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be found 1b1a) to be encountered, be lighted upon, be discovered 1b1b) to appear, be recognised 1b1c) to be discovered, be detected 1b1d) to be gained, be secured 1b2) to be, be found 1b2a) to be found in 1b2b) to be in the possession of 1b2c) to be found in (a place), happen to be 1b2d) to be left (after war) 1b2e) to be present 1b2f) to prove to be 1b2g) to be found sufficient, be enough 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to find, attain 1c2) to cause to light upon, come upon, come 1c3) to cause to encounter 1c4) to present (offering) Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleI love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me. Young's Literal Translation I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me. Holman Christian Standard Bible I love those who love me, and those who search for me find me. New American Standard Bible "I love those who love me; And those who diligently seek me will find me. King James Bible I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. Parallel Verses New International Version I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me. New Living Translation "I love all who love me. Those who search will surely find me. English Standard Version I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me. New American Standard Bible "I love those who love me; And those who diligently seek me will find me. King James Bible I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. Holman Christian Standard Bible I love those who love me, and those who search for me find me. International Standard Version I love those who love me, and those who seek me will find me. NET Bible I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me. American Standard Version I love them that love me; And those that seek me diligently shall find me. English Revised Version I love them that love me; and those that seek me diligently shall find me. Young's Literal Translation I love those loving me, And those seeking me earnestly do find me. Cross References John 7:37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. John 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 1 Samuel 2:30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 2 Chronicles 34:3 For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. Proverbs 1:28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: Proverbs 2:4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; Proverbs 2:5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. Proverbs 4:6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. Proverbs 8:16 By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth. Song of Solomon 3:4 It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. Jump to Previous Care Diligently Early Earnestly Find Love Search Seek SeekingJump to Next Care Diligently Early Earnestly Find Love Search Seek SeekingLinks Proverbs 8:17 NIVProverbs 8:17 NLT Proverbs 8:17 ESV Proverbs 8:17 NASB Proverbs 8:17 KJV Proverbs 8:17 Bible Apps Proverbs 8:17 Parallel Proverbs 8:17 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 8:17 Chinese Bible Proverbs 8:17 French Bible Proverbs 8:17 German Bible Proverbs 8:17 Commentaries Bible Hub |