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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

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 27:4

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Showing verses 81–90 of 280 · 310 word occurrences in this result

Song of Solomon 2:4
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 2:4 · retained source text

Hee brought me to the banketting house, and his banner ouer mee, was loue.

1611 marginal noteHeb. house of wine.

Song of Solomon 2:5
Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 2:5 · retained source text

Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples, for I am sicke of loue.

1611 marginal noteHeb. straw me with apples.

Song of Solomon 2:7
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 2:7 · retained source text

I charge you, O ye daughters of Ierusalem, by the Roes, and by the hindes of the field, that ye stirre not vp, nor awake my loue, till she please.

1611 marginal noteHeb. I adiure you.

1611 marginal noteChap.3.5. and 8.4.

Song of Solomon 2:10
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 2:10 · retained source text

My beloued spake, and said vnto me, Rise vp, my Loue, my faire one, and come away.

Song of Solomon 2:13
The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 2:13 · retained source text

The fig tree putteth foorth her greene figs, and the vines with the tender grape giue a good smell. Arise, my loue, my faire one, and come away.

Song of Solomon 3:5
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 3:5 · retained source text

I charge you, O ye daughters of Ierusalem, by the Roes and by the Hindes of the field, that ye stirre not vp, nor awake my loue, till he please.

1611 marginal noteChap 2.7. and 8.4.

Song of Solomon 3:10
He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 3:10 · retained source text

He made the pillars thereof of siluer, the bottome thereof of gold, the couering of it, of purple; the midst thereof being paued with loue, for the daughters of Ierusalem.

Song of Solomon 4:1
BEHOLD, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 4:1 · retained source text

¶ Behold, thou art faire, my loue, behold thou art faire, thou hast doues eyes within thy lockes: thy haire is as a flocke of goats, that appeare from mount Gilead.

1611 marginal noteOr, that eate of, &c.

1611 marginal noteChap.1.15 and 5.12.

1611 marginal noteChap.6.5, 6.

Song of Solomon 4:7
Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 4:7 · retained source text

Thou art all faire, my loue, there is no spot in thee.

1611 marginal noteEphes.5.27.

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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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