KJV dictionary & concordance

love

Meaning of “love”

Sense 1: Affection, attachment, delight, goodwill, commitment, or devotion. Sense 2: To regard with affection or devotion. Sense 3: A beloved person.

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Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-references

310 occurrences280 verses49 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 27:4

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Hosea 3:1

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THEN said the Lord unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the Lord toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.

3 word occurrences in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Hosea 3:1 · retained source text

¶ Then said the LORD vnto me, Goe yet, loue a woman (beloued of her friend, yet an adulteresse) according to the loue of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who looke to other gods, and loue flagons of wine.

1611 marginal noteHeb. of grapes.

Hosea 4:18

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Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Hosea 4:18 · retained source text

Their drinke is sowre: they haue committed whordome continually: her rulers with shame doe loue, Giue ye.

1611 marginal noteHebr. is gone.

1611 marginal noteHebr. shields.

Hosea 9:15

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All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.

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1611 witness · Hosea 9:15 · retained source text

All their wickednesse is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickednesse of their doings I will driue them out of mine house, I will loue them no more: all their princes are reuolters.

1611 marginal noteChap. 12.11.

Hosea 11:4

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I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Hosea 11:4 · retained source text

I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of loue, and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their iawes, and I laid meat vnto them.

1611 marginal noteHeb. lift vp.

Hosea 14:4

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¶ I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

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1611 witness · Hosea 14:4 · retained source text

¶ I will heale their backsliding, I will loue them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

Complete reference index — all 280 verses

Genesis 27:4 Genesis 29:20 Genesis 29:32 Exodus 20:6 Exodus 21:5 Leviticus 19:18 Leviticus 19:34 Deuteronomy 5:10 Deuteronomy 6:5 Deuteronomy 7:7 Deuteronomy 7:9 Deuteronomy 7:13 Deuteronomy 10:12 Deuteronomy 10:15 Deuteronomy 10:19 Deuteronomy 11:1 Deuteronomy 11:13 Deuteronomy 11:22 Deuteronomy 13:3 Deuteronomy 19:9 Deuteronomy 30:6 Deuteronomy 30:16 Deuteronomy 30:20 Joshua 22:5 Joshua 23:11 Judges 5:31 Judges 16:15 1 Samuel 18:22 2 Samuel 1:26 2 Samuel 13:4 2 Samuel 13:15 1 Kings 11:2 2 Chronicles 19:2 Nehemiah 1:5 Psalms 4:2 Psalms 5:11 Psalms 18:1 Psalms 31:23 Psalms 40:16 Psalms 69:36 Psalms 70:4 Psalms 91:14 Psalms 97:10 Psalms 109:4 Psalms 109:5 Psalms 116:1 Psalms 119:97 Psalms 119:113 Psalms 119:119 Psalms 119:127 Psalms 119:132 Psalms 119:159 Psalms 119:163 Psalms 119:165 Psalms 119:167 Psalms 122:6 Psalms 145:20 Proverbs 1:22 Proverbs 4:6 Proverbs 5:19 Proverbs 7:18 Proverbs 8:17 Proverbs 8:21 Proverbs 8:36 Proverbs 9:8 Proverbs 10:12 Proverbs 15:17 Proverbs 16:13 Proverbs 17:9 Proverbs 18:21 Proverbs 20:13 Proverbs 27:5 Ecclesiastes 3:8 Ecclesiastes 9:1 Ecclesiastes 9:6 Song of Solomon 1:2 Song of Solomon 1:3 Song of Solomon 1:4 Song of Solomon 1:9 Song of Solomon 1:15 Song of Solomon 2:2 Song of Solomon 2:4 Song of Solomon 2:5 Song of Solomon 2:7 Song of Solomon 2:10 Song of Solomon 2:13 Song of Solomon 3:5 Song of Solomon 3:10 Song of Solomon 4:1 Song of Solomon 4:7 Song of Solomon 4:10 Song of Solomon 5:2 Song of Solomon 5:8 Song of Solomon 6:4 Song of Solomon 7:6 Song of Solomon 8:4 Song of Solomon 8:6 Song of Solomon 8:7 Isaiah 38:17 Isaiah 56:6 Isaiah 61:8 Isaiah 63:9 Isaiah 66:10 Jeremiah 2:2 Jeremiah 2:33 Jeremiah 5:31 Jeremiah 31:3 Ezekiel 16:8 Ezekiel 23:11 Ezekiel 23:17 Ezekiel 33:31 Daniel 1:9 Daniel 9:4 Hosea 3:1 Hosea 4:18 Hosea 9:15 Hosea 11:4 Hosea 14:4 Amos 5:15 Micah 3:2 Micah 6:8 Zephaniah 3:17 Zechariah 8:17 Zechariah 8:19 Matthew 5:43 Matthew 5:44 Matthew 5:46 Matthew 6:5 Matthew 6:24 Matthew 19:19 Matthew 22:37 Matthew 22:39 Matthew 23:6 Matthew 24:12 Mark 12:30 Mark 12:31 Mark 12:33 Mark 12:38 Luke 6:27 Luke 6:32 Luke 6:35 Luke 7:42 Luke 10:27 Luke 11:42 Luke 11:43 Luke 16:13 Luke 20:46 John 5:42 John 8:42 John 10:17 John 13:34 John 13:35 John 14:15 John 14:21 John 14:23 John 14:31 John 15:9 John 15:10 John 15:12 John 15:13 John 15:17 John 15:19 John 17:26 John 21:15 John 21:16 John 21:17 Romans 5:5 Romans 5:8 Romans 8:28 Romans 8:35 Romans 8:39 Romans 12:9 Romans 12:10 Romans 13:8 Romans 13:9 Romans 13:10 Romans 15:30 1 Corinthians 2:9 1 Corinthians 4:21 1 Corinthians 8:3 1 Corinthians 16:22 1 Corinthians 16:24 2 Corinthians 2:4 2 Corinthians 2:8 2 Corinthians 5:14 2 Corinthians 6:6 2 Corinthians 8:7 2 Corinthians 8:8 2 Corinthians 8:24 2 Corinthians 11:11 2 Corinthians 12:15 2 Corinthians 13:11 2 Corinthians 13:14 Galatians 5:6 Galatians 5:13 Galatians 5:14 Galatians 5:22 Ephesians 1:4 Ephesians 1:15 Ephesians 2:4 Ephesians 3:17 Ephesians 3:19 Ephesians 4:2 Ephesians 4:15 Ephesians 4:16 Ephesians 5:2 Ephesians 5:25 Ephesians 5:28 Ephesians 5:33 Ephesians 6:23 Ephesians 6:24 Philippians 1:9 Philippians 1:17 Philippians 2:1 Philippians 2:2 Colossians 1:4 Colossians 1:8 Colossians 2:2 Colossians 3:19 1 Thessalonians 1:3 1 Thessalonians 3:12 1 Thessalonians 4:9 1 Thessalonians 5:8 1 Thessalonians 5:13 2 Thessalonians 2:10 2 Thessalonians 3:5 1 Timothy 1:14 1 Timothy 6:10 1 Timothy 6:11 2 Timothy 1:7 2 Timothy 1:13 2 Timothy 4:8 Titus 2:4 Titus 3:4 Titus 3:15 Philemon 1:5 Philemon 1:7 Hebrews 6:10 Hebrews 10:24 Hebrews 13:1 James 1:12 James 2:5 James 2:8 1 Peter 1:8 1 Peter 1:22 1 Peter 2:17 1 Peter 3:8 1 Peter 3:10 1 John 2:5 1 John 2:15 1 John 3:1 1 John 3:11 1 John 3:14 1 John 3:16 1 John 3:17 1 John 3:18 1 John 3:23 1 John 4:7 1 John 4:8 1 John 4:9 1 John 4:10 1 John 4:11 1 John 4:12 1 John 4:16 1 John 4:17 1 John 4:18 1 John 4:19 1 John 4:20 1 John 4:21 1 John 5:2 1 John 5:3 2 John 1:1 2 John 1:3 2 John 1:5 2 John 1:6 3 John 1:1 Jude 1:2 Jude 1:21 Revelation 2:4 Revelation 3:19

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1 · Direct Scripture definition

1 John 4:16

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

1 John 4:7

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

1 John 4:8

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

1 John 5:3

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

2 John 1:6

And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

Romans 13:10

Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

2 · KJV context and cross-references

Genesis 22:2 1 Kings 11:2 Matthew 5:44 John 3:16 John 14:31 Ephesians 5:25 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 1 John 4:7-10 Revelation 3:19 Genesis 22:8 Matthew 3:17 Genesis 27:4 Psalms 70:4 Song of Solomon 2:2 Micah 6:8 John 15:13 Ephesians 2:4 Hebrews 13:1

love

Meaning of “love”

Every verse containing “love”

Where “love” appears

Definition evidence

1 John 4:16

1 John 4:7

1 John 4:8

1 John 5:3

2 John 1:6

Romans 13:10

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