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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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310 occurrences280 verses49 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 27:4

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Deuteronomy 7:9
Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 7:9 · retained source text

Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithfull God, which keepeth Couenant and Mercy with them that loue him, and keepe his Commandements, to a thousand generations;

Deuteronomy 7:13
And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 7:13 · retained source text

And hee will loue thee, and blesse thee, and multiply thee: Hee will also blesse the fruit of thy wombe, and the fruit of thy land, thy corne, and thy wine, and thine oile, the encrease of thy kine, and the flockes of thy sheepe, in the land which hee sware vnto thy fathers to giue thee.

Deuteronomy 10:12
¶ And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 10:12 · retained source text

¶ And now Israel, what doeth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to feare the LORD thy God, to walke in all his waies, and to loue him, and to serue the LORD thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soule,

Deuteronomy 10:15
Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 10:15 · retained source text

Onely the LORD had a delight in thy fathers, to loue them, and hee chose their seed after them, euen you, aboue all people, as it is this day.

Deuteronomy 10:19
love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 10:19 · retained source text

Loue yee therefore the stranger: for yee were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 11:1
THEREFORE thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 11:1 · retained source text

¶ Therefore thou shalt loue the LORD thy God, and keepe his charge, and his Statutes, and his Iudgements, and his Commandements alway.

Deuteronomy 11:13
¶ And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 11:13 · retained source text

¶ And it shall come to passe, if you shall hearken diligently vnto my Commandements which I command you this day, to loue the LORD your God, and to serue him with all your heart, and with all your soule;

Deuteronomy 11:22
¶ For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 11:22 · retained source text

¶ For if ye shall diligently keepe all these Commaundements which I command you, to doe them, to loue the LORD your God, to walke in all his wayes, and to cleaue vnto him:

Deuteronomy 13:3
Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 13:3 · retained source text

Thou shalt not hearken vnto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreames: for the LORD your God prooueth you, to know whether you loue the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soule.

Deuteronomy 19:9
If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 19:9 · retained source text

(If thou shalt keepe all these commandements to doe them, which I command thee this day, to loue the LORD thy God, and to walke euer in his wayes) then shalt thou adde three cities moe for thee, beside these three:

1611 marginal noteChap. 12.20.

1611 marginal noteIosh. 20.7.

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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.

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