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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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Proverbs 8:17
I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 8:17 · retained source text

I loue them that loue me, and those that seeke me early, shall find me.

Proverbs 8:21
That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 8:21 · retained source text

That I may cause those that loue me, to inherite substance: and I will fill their treasures.

Proverbs 8:36
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 8:36 · retained source text

But hee that sinneth against me, wrongeth his owne soule; all they that hate me, loue death.

Proverbs 9:8
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 9:8 · retained source text

Reproue not a scorner, lest hee hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and hee will loue thee.

1611 marginal noteMat.7.16.

Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 10:12 · retained source text

Hatred stirreth vp strifes: but loue couereth all sinnes.

1611 marginal note1.Pet.4.8. 1.cor.13.4.

Proverbs 15:17
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 15:17 · retained source text

Better is a dinner of herbes where loue is, then a stalled oxe, and hatred therewith.

1611 marginal noteChap. 17.1.

Proverbs 17:9
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 17:9 · retained source text

He that couereth a transgression, seeketh loue; but he that repeateth a matter, separateth very friends.

1611 marginal noteOr, procureth.

1611 marginal noteChap. 10.12.

Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 18:21 · retained source text

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and they that loue it shall eate the fruite thereof.

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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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