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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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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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James 1:12
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · James 1:12 · retained source text

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when hee is tried, hee shall receiue the crowne of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that loue him.

James 2:5
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · James 2:5 · retained source text

Hearken, my beloued brethren, Hath not God chosen the poore of this world, rich in faith, and heires of the kingdome, which hee hath promised to them that loue him?

1611 marginal noteOr, that.

James 2:8
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · James 2:8 · retained source text

If ye fulfil the royall Law, according to the Scripture, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe, ye doe well.

1 Peter 1:8
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Peter 1:8 · retained source text

Whom hauing not seene, yee loue, in whom though now ye see him not, yet beleeuing, ye reioyce with ioy vnspeakeable, and full of glory,

1 Peter 1:22
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Peter 1:22 · retained source text

Seeing yee haue purified your soules in obeying the truth through the Spirit, vnto vnfained loue of the brethren: see that ye loue one another with a pure heart feruently,

1 Peter 2:17
Honour all men. love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Peter 2:17 · retained source text

Honour all men. Loue the brotherhood. Feare God. Honour the King.

1611 marginal noteOr, esteeme.

1 Peter 3:8
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Peter 3:8 · retained source text

Finally be ye all of one minde, hauing compassion one of another, loue as brethren, be pitifull, be courteous,

1611 marginal noteOr, louing to the brethren.

1 Peter 3:10
For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Peter 3:10 · retained source text

For hee that will loue life, and see good dayes, let him refraine his tongue from euil, and his lips that they speake no guile:

1611 marginal notePsal. 34.13.

1 John 2:5
But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 John 2:5 · retained source text

But who so keepeth his word, in him verely is the loue of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

1 John 2:15
love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 John 2:15 · retained source text

Loue not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man loue the world, the loue of the Father is not in him.

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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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