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Deuteronomy 7:8
HEB: כִּי֩ מֵֽאַהֲבַ֨ת יְהוָ֜ה אֶתְכֶ֗ם
KJV: But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep
INT: because loved the LORD and kept

1 Samuel 18:3
HEB:וְדָוִ֖ד בְּרִ֑ית בְּאַהֲבָת֥וֹ אֹת֖וֹ כְּנַפְשֽׁוֹ׃
KJV: a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
INT: David A covenant loved himself

1 Samuel 20:17
HEB:אֶת־ דָּוִ֔ד בְּאַהֲבָת֖וֹ אֹת֑וֹ כִּֽי־
NAS: again because of his love for him, because
KJV: again, because he loved him: for he loved
INT: vow David of his love because of his love

1 Samuel 20:17
HEB:אֹת֑וֹ כִּֽי־ אַהֲבַ֥ת נַפְשׁ֖וֹ אֲהֵבֽוֹ׃
KJV: him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
INT: of his love because of his love life loved

2 Samuel 1:26
HEB:מְאֹ֑ד נִפְלְאַ֤תָה אַהֲבָֽתְךָ֙ לִ֔י מֵאַהֲבַ֖ת
NAS: pleasant to me. Your love to me was more
KJV: pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful,
INT: have been very wonderful your love the love of women

2 Samuel 1:26
HEB:אַהֲבָֽתְךָ֙ לִ֔י מֵאַהֲבַ֖ת נָשִֽׁים׃
NAS: wonderful Than the love of women.
KJV: to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
INT: wonderful your love the love of women

2 Samuel 13:15
HEB:אֲשֶׁ֣ר שְׂנֵאָ֔הּ מֵאַהֲבָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲהֵבָ֑הּ
NAS: than the love with which
KJV: her [was] greater than the love wherewith he had loved
INT: which hated the love which had loved

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1 Kings 10:9
HEB:כִּסֵּ֣א יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל בְּאַהֲבַ֨ת יְהוָ֤ה אֶת־
KJV: because the LORD loved Israel
INT: the throne of Israel loved the LORD Israel

1 Kings 11:2
HEB:דָּבַ֥ק שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה לְאַהֲבָֽה׃
INT: held Solomon love

2 Chronicles 2:11
HEB:אֶל־ שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה בְּאַהֲבַ֤ת יְהוָה֙ אֶת־
KJV: Because the LORD hath loved his people,
INT: to Solomon loved the LORD his people

2 Chronicles 9:8
HEB:לַיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ בְּאַהֲבַ֨ת אֱלֹהֶ֤יךָ אֶת־
KJV: because thy God loved Israel,
INT: God your God loved your God Israel

Psalm 109:4
HEB: תַּֽחַת־ אַהֲבָתִ֥י יִשְׂטְנ֗וּנִי וַאֲנִ֥י
NAS: In return for my love they act as my accusers;
KJV:For my love they are my adversaries:
INT: return my love act I

Psalm 109:5
HEB:וְ֝שִׂנְאָ֗ה תַּ֣חַת אַהֲבָתִֽי׃
NAS: for good And hatred for my love.
KJV: for good, and hatred for my love.
INT: and hatred Thahash my love

Proverbs 5:19
HEB:בְכָל־ עֵ֑ת בְּ֝אַהֲבָתָ֗הּ תִּשְׁגֶּ֥ה תָמִֽיד׃
NAS: Be exhilarated always with her love.
KJV: always with her love.
INT: all times her love be exhilarated always

Proverbs 10:12
HEB:פְּ֝שָׁעִ֗ים תְּכַסֶּ֥ה אַהֲבָֽה׃
NAS: stirs up strife, But love covers all
KJV: strifes: but love covereth
INT: transgressions covers love

Proverbs 15:17
HEB:אֲרֻחַ֣ת יָ֭רָק וְאַהֲבָה־ שָׁ֑ם מִשּׁ֥וֹר
NAS: where love is Than
KJV: of herbs where love is, than a stalled
INT: dish of vegetables love where ox

Proverbs 17:9
HEB:פֶּ֭שַׁע מְבַקֵּ֣שׁ אַהֲבָ֑ה וְשֹׁנֶ֥ה בְ֝דָבָ֗ר
NAS: seeks love, But he who repeats
KJV: seeketh love; but he that repeateth
INT: A transgression seeks love repeats A matter

Proverbs 27:5
HEB:תּוֹכַ֣חַת מְגֻלָּ֑ה מֵֽאַהֲבָ֥ה מְסֻתָּֽרֶת׃
NAS: rebuke Than love that is concealed.
KJV: [is] better than secret love.
INT: rebuke is open love is concealed

Ecclesiastes 9:1
HEB:הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים גַּֽם־ אַהֲבָ֣ה גַם־ שִׂנְאָ֗ה
NAS: whether [it will be] love or
KJV: either love or hatred
INT: of God whether love or hatred

Ecclesiastes 9:6
HEB: גַּ֣ם אַהֲבָתָ֧ם גַּם־ שִׂנְאָתָ֛ם
NAS: Indeed their love, their hate
KJV:Also their love, and their hatred,
INT: Indeed their love Indeed their hate

Songs 2:4
HEB:וְדִגְל֥וֹ עָלַ֖י אַהֲבָֽה׃
NAS: And his banner over me is love.
KJV: and his banner over me [was] love.
INT: and his banner over is love

Songs 2:5
HEB:כִּי־ חוֹלַ֥ת אַהֲבָ֖ה אָֽנִי׃
KJV: for I [am] sick of love.
INT: Because I sick of love I

Songs 2:7
HEB:תְּעֽוֹרְר֛וּ אֶת־ הָאַהֲבָ֖ה עַ֥ד שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ׃
NAS: or awaken [my] love Until
KJV: nor awake [my] love, till he please.
INT: or awaken love Until pleases

Songs 3:5
HEB:תְּעֽוֹרְר֛וּ אֶת־ הָאַהֲבָ֖ה עַ֥ד שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ׃
NAS: or awaken [my] love Until
KJV: nor awake [my] love, till he please.
INT: or awaken love Until pleases

Songs 3:10
HEB:תּוֹכוֹ֙ רָצ֣וּף אַהֲבָ֔ה מִבְּנ֖וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃
NAS: [With] its interior lovingly fitted
KJV: thereof being paved [with] love, for the daughters
INT: interior fitted lovingly the daughters of Jerusalem

40 Occurrences
Strong's Hebrew 160
40 Occurrences
’a·hă·ḇāh — 11 Occ.
’a·hă·ḇaṯ — 2 Occ.
’a·hă·ḇā·ṯām — 2 Occ.
’a·hă·ḇā·ṯə·ḵā — 1 Occ.
’a·hă·ḇā·ṯî — 2 Occ.
bā·’a·hă·ḇāh — 1 Occ.
bə·’a·hă·ḇaṯ — 3 Occ.
bə·’a·hă·ḇā·ṯāh — 1 Occ.
bə·’a·hă·ḇā·ṯōw — 4 Occ.
hā·’a·hă·ḇāh — 4 Occ.
kə·’a·hă·ḇaṯ — 1 Occ.
lə·’a·hă·ḇāh — 1 Occ.
mê·’a·hă·ḇāh — 2 Occ.
mê·’a·hă·ḇaṯ — 2 Occ.
wə·’a·hă·ḇāh- — 1 Occ.
wə·’a·hă·ḇaṯ — 2 Occ.

by Michael Bluejay Special for NextShooter.com

If there’s one thing you learn from this site, the Boneman hopes it’s that you shouldput as much of your craps money on the Free Odds bet as possible. Let’ssee what the Free Odds bet is, and why the Boneman is so insistent that you favorit over most of the other bets.

The House Edge

To understand why the Free Odds bet is so important you first have to understandthe house edge. The house edge is the casino’s average profit on any bet.In craps, the house edge on the Pass Line bet is 1.41%. That means that for every$5 wager on the Pass Line, the casino will keep seven cents as profit on average.($5 x 1.41% = $0.07) This doesn’t mean on a single wager the casino will keep $0.07and pay you back $4.93. The house edge is the mathematical average for thelong run. If you made $1,000,000 in Pass Line wagers, $5 at a time, by the end you’dprobably have lost around $14,100, or 1.41% of what you wagered.

Different bets carry a different house edge. The 1.41% for the Pass Line bet ispretty low for a casino game, and is one of the best bets in the casino. The houseedge on roulette is around 5% and slots are often 7-8% or more. Even in craps thereare sucker bets with a high house edge, such as Hardways (9-11%) and the Propositionbets (up to 17%). When you gamble it’s important to seek out the bets with the lowesthouse edge, because you’ll lose less money that way and have a greater chance ofwinning.

The Free Odds Bet

The Free Odds bet carries no house edge. The casino makes no profit on thisbet. This is the only bet you can make on a table game where the odds aren’t againstyou. How can the casino make this bet available when they don’t make any money onit? Simple: Most players aren’t smart enough to make this bet. If all craps players made Free Odds bets and avoided the other bets, the casinowouldn’t be able to offer craps!

How it works

Of course the Free Odds bet isn’t totally free. You have to make a flat bet(Pass, Don’t Pass, Come, or Don’t Come) before you can make the Free Odds bet. Let’ssee how it works with a Pass Line bet. You make a Pass Line bet, and the shooterrolls a number to establish a point (4,5,6,8,9, or 10). Now you can make a FreeOdds bet, by putting your chip(s) below (due South) of your Pass Line bet. It’skind of like doubling down in blackjack. Now if the shooter rolls the point again,you not only win your Pass Line bet, you also win the Odds bet.

The reason there’s no house edge on the Free Odds bet is that winning bets are paidat true odds. If there’s a 2-to-1 chance of your winningthe bet, then a winning bet is also paid 2-to-1. The way the casino makes its profiton all other bets in the casino is by paying less than true odds.

The true odds varies according to the point, and so the payoff varies as well. Here’show much a winning Free Odds bet is paid depending on the point.

The Point	Payout	Example
4 and 10	2 to 1	a $5 wager is paid $10
5 and 9	3 to 2	a $5 wager is paid $7*
6 and 8	6 to 5	a $5 wager is paid $6
* Rounded DOWN from $7.50 on a Strip table layout. “Downtown” layout might pay actualratio of a full $7.50. Strip table layouts do not handle 50-cent pieces.

Multiple Odds

The amount you can bet on the Free Odds varies from casino to casino, and is postedon a sign on the table. It’s always some multiple of the Pass Line bet. On a tablewith Double Odds you can bet twice as much on the Odds as on your Pass Line bet.(If you made a $5 bet on the Pass, you could bet $10 on the Odds.) Since the Oddsbet carries no house edge, it pays to seek out casinos that offer the maximum oddspossible. In Vegas you can get better odds downtown vs the strip; many downtowncasinos offer 10x Odds, or even better. The exception on the strip is the Casino Royale, which offers an amazing 100x Odds on craps. The Free Odds bethas the effect of diluting the edge of the flat bet you have to make before youcan make the Odds bet. Here’s the overall house edge for the flat bet plus the maximumOdds bet.

House Advantage when you take the Odds
Table Odds Taken	Pass Line	Don’t Pass
0x	1.41%	1.36%
1x	0.848%	0.682%
2x	0.606%	0.455%
Full Double Odds	0.572%	0.431%
3x	0.471%	0.341%
3-4-5X	0.374%	0.273%
5x	0.326%	0.227%
10x	0.184%	0.124%
20x	0.099%	0.065%
100x	0.021%	0.014%

With Full Double Odds means the player can take 2.5x odds on a point of 6 or 8,and 2x on the other points. 3-4-5X Odds means the player can take 3X on the 4 and10, 4X on the 5 and 9, and 5X on the 6 and 8. If the player takes the maximum oddsthen the payoff will conveniently be seven times the pass or come bet. (See ourseparate article about 3-4-5 odds

Laying Odds

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The Free Odds bet works differently if you’re betting the Don’t Pass or Don’t Comeinstead of the Pass or Come. With the Pass or Come you bet a smaller amount to wina bigger amount. On the Don’t side it’s the opposite: you lay a larger betin order to win a smaller bet. For example, on a point of 4, instead of betting$5 to win $10, you lay $10 to win $5. The bet is still paid at true odds and carriesno house edge, it’s just made and paid in reverse. That’s because once a point hasbeen made you’re the favorite to win, since a 7 is more likely to be rolled thanthe point, so when you do win you’re paid less.

When the Free Odds bet doesn’t help

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There’s a subtlety of the Odds bet that’s important to understand. Let’s say youmade a $10 Pass Line bet, and a point has been made. Now you have the opportunityto make a Free Odds bet. However, if you make the Odds bet it won’t increase yourchances of winning, and your expected loss will be the same whether you make theOdds bet or not: 1.41% of your $10 Pass Line bet. So if making the Free Odds betdoesn’t increase your chances of winning, and doesn’t decrease your expected loss,why would you make it?

To answer this question we have to back up a bit. The Free Odds bet is a good dealwhen you put money on it that you were going to bet anyway. If you wantedto bet about $10 per round, then you’ll get a better deal by betting $2 on the PassLine and $10 on the Odds (on a 5x table), vs. betting the $10 on the Pass Line andtaking no odds. With no odds your expected loss is $10 x 1.41% = $0.14 per roll.But by putting $2 on the Pass Line and $10 on the Odds, your expected loss is only$12 x 0.326% = $0.04. Your expected loss is smaller, and you have a greater chanceof walking away a winner. So, for whatever amount you want to bet per round,get as much of it on the Free Odds as possible! This is the single most importantthing to know about playing craps.