KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Affection, attachment, delight, goodwill, commitment, or devotion. Sense 2: To regard with affection or devotion. Sense 3: A beloved person.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 27:4
Complete exact-word concordance
¶ Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
¶ Yee haue heard, that it hath beene said, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour, and hate thine enemie:
1611 marginal noteLeuit. 19.18.
But I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
But I say vnto you, Loue your enemies, blesse them that curse you, doe good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully vse you, and persecute you:
1611 marginal noteLuke 6.27.
1611 marginal noteLuke 23.34. acts 7.60.
For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
For if yee loue them which loue you, what reward haue yee? Doe not euen the Publicanes the same?
1611 marginal noteLuke 6.32.
¶ And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
¶ And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they loue to pray standing in the Synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seene of men. Uerily I say vnto you, they haue their reward.
¶ No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
¶ No man can serue two masters: for either he will hate the one and loue the other, or else hee will holde to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serue God and Mammon.
1611 marginal noteLuke 16.13.
Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe.
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Iesus sayd vnto him, Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soule, and with all thy minde.
1611 marginal noteDeut. 6.5. luke 10.27.
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
And the second is like vnto it, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe.
1611 marginal noteLeuit. 19.18.
And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
And loue the vppermost roomes at feasts, and the chiefe seats in the Synagogues,
1611 marginal noteMark. 12.38. luke. 11.43.
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
And because iniquitie shal abound, the loue of many shall waxe cold.
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1 · Direct Scripture definition
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.
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
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.
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
