Genesis 27:4
And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
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Love
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Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
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22 verses
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22 verses
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11 verses
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22 verses
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ἀγάπη
agápē · ag-ah'-pay
85 times translated as this KJV form117 total Strong's occurrences
love, i.e. affection or benevolence; specially (plural) a love-feast
Strong's KJV usage: :--(feast of) charity(-ably), dear, love.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 24:12Strong's last: Revelation 2:4
Open full G26 profile →אָהַב
ʼâhab · aw-hab'
74 times translated as this KJV form208 total Strong's occurrences
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
Strong's KJV usage: (be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Strong's first: Genesis 27:4Strong's last: Zechariah 8:19
Open full H157 profile →ἀγαπάω
agapáō · ag-ap-ah'-o
73 times translated as this KJV form146 total Strong's occurrences
to love (in a social or moral sense)
Strong's KJV usage: :--(be-)love(-ed).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 5:43Strong's last: 3 John 1:1
Open full G25 profile →אַהֲבָה
ʼahăbâh · a-hab-aw
32 times translated as this KJV form40 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: love.
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 1:26Strong's last: Zephaniah 3:17
Open full H160 profile →φιλέω
philéō · fil-eh'-o
10 times translated as this KJV form25 total Strong's occurrences
to be a friend to (fond of (an individual or an object)), i.e. have affection for (denoting personal attachment, as a matter of sentiment or feeling; while G25 is wider, embracing especially the judgment and the deliberate assent of the will as a matter of principle, duty and propriety: the two thus stand related very much as G2309 and G1014, or as G2372 and G3563 respectively; the former being chiefly of the heart and the latter of the head); specially, to kiss (as a mark of tenderness)
Strong's KJV usage: :--kiss, love.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 6:5Strong's last: Revelation 3:19
Open full G5368 profile →רַעְיָה
raʻyâh · rah-yaw'
9 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
a female associate
Strong's KJV usage: fellow, love.
Strong's first: Song of Solomon 1:9Strong's last: Song of Solomon 6:4
Open full H7474 profile →דּוֹד
dôwd · dode
7 times translated as this KJV form61 total Strong's occurrences
(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
Strong's KJV usage: (well-) beloved, father's brother, love, uncle.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 7:18Strong's last: Ezekiel 23:17
Open full H1730 profile →φιλαδελφία
philadelphía · fil-ad-el-fee'-ah
3 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
fraternal affection
Strong's KJV usage: :--brotherly love (kindness), love of the brethren.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Romans 12:10Strong's last: Hebrews 13:1
Open full G5360 profile →חָשַׁק
châshaq · khaw-shak'
3 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
to cling, i.e. join, (figuratively) to love, delight in; elliptically; to deliver
Strong's KJV usage: have a delight, (have a) desire, fillet, long, set (in) love.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 7:7Strong's last: Isaiah 38:17
Open full H2836 profile →θέλω
thélō · thel'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form217 total Strong's occurrences
to determine (as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas G1014 properly denotes rather a passive acquiescence in objective considerations), i.e. choose or prefer (literally or figuratively); by implication, to wish, i.e. be inclined to (sometimes adverbially, gladly); impersonally for the future tense, to be about to; by Hebraism, to delight in
Strong's KJV usage: :--desire, be disposed (forward), intend, list, love, mean, please, have rather, (be) will (have, -ling, - ling(-ly)).
Strong's first: Mark 12:38Strong's last: Mark 12:38
Open full G2309 profile →φιλανθρωπία
philanthrōpía · fil-an-thro-pee'-ah
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
fondness of mankind, i.e. benevolence ("philanthropy")
Strong's KJV usage: :--kindness, love towards man.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Titus 3:4Strong's last: Titus 3:4
Open full G5363 profile →עֶגֶב
ʻegeb · eh'-gheb
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
love (concretely), i.e. amative words
Strong's KJV usage: much love, very lovely.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezekiel 33:31Strong's last: Ezekiel 33:31
Open full H5690 profile →עֲגָבָה
ʻăgâbâh · ag-aw-baw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
love (abstractly), i.e. amorousness
Strong's KJV usage: inordinate love.
Strong's first: Ezekiel 23:11Strong's last: Ezekiel 23:11
Open full H5691 profile →רָחַם
râcham · raw-kham'
1 times translated as this KJV form47 total Strong's occurrences
to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionate
Strong's KJV usage: have compassion (on, upon), love, (find, have, obtain, shew) mercy(-iful, on, upon), (have) pity, Ruhamah, × surely.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 18:1Strong's last: Psalms 18:1
Open full H7355 profile →רַחַם
racham · rakh'-am
1 times translated as this KJV form44 total Strong's occurrences
compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden
Strong's KJV usage: bowels, compassion, damsel, tender love, (great, tender) mercy, pity, womb.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Daniel 1:9Strong's last: Daniel 1:9
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G26
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
G26
But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.
G26
If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
G26
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
English meaning and historical usage.
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love
LOVE, verb transitive luv. [Latin libeo, lubeo. See Lief. The sense is probably to be prompt, free, willing, from leaning, advancing, or drawing forward.]
1. In a general sense to be pleased with; to regard with affection, on account of some qualities which excite pleasing sensations or desire of gratification. We love a friend, on account of some qualities which give us pleasure in his society. We love a man who has done us a favor; in which case, gratitude enters into the composition of our affection. We love our parents and our children, on account of their connection with us, and on account of many qualities which please us. We love to retire to a cool shade in summer. We love a warm room in winter. we love to hear an eloquent advocate. The christian loves his Bible. In short, we love whatever gives us pleasure and delight, whether animal or intellectual; and if our hearts are right, we love God above all things, as the sum of all excellence and all the attributes which can communicate happiness to intelligent beings. In other words, the christian loves God with the love of complacency in his attributes, the love of benevolence towards the interest of his kingdom, and the love of gratitude for favors received.
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind -
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Matthew 22:37.
2. To have benevolence or good will for. John 3:16.
LOVE, noun
1. An affection of the mind excited by beauty and worth of any kind, or by the qualities of an object which communicate pleasure, sensual or intellectual. It is opposed to hatred. love between the sexes, is a compound affection, consisting of esteem, benevolence, and animal desire. love is excited by pleasing qualities of any kind, as by kindness, benevolence, charity, and by the qualities which render social intercourse agreeable. In the latter case, love is ardent friendship, or a strong attachment springing from good will and esteem, and the pleasure derived from the company, civilities and kindness of others.
Between certain natural relatives, love seems to be in some cases instinctive. Such is the love of a mother for her child, which manifests itself toward an infant, before any particular qualities in the child are unfolded. This affection is apparently as strong in irrational animals as in human beings.
We speak of the love of amusements, the love of books, the love of money, and the love of whatever contributes to our pleasure or supposed profit.
The love of God is the first duty of man, and this springs from just views of his attributes or excellencies of character, which afford the highest delight to the sanctified heart. Esteem and reverence constitute ingredients in this affection, and a fear of offending him is its inseparable effect.
2. Courtship; chiefly in the phrase, to make love that is, to court; to woo; to solicit union in marriage.
3. Patriotism; the attachment one has to his native land; as the love of country.
4. Benevolence; good will.
God is love 1 John 4:7.
5. The object beloved.
The lover and the love of human kind.
6. A word of endearment.
Trust me, love
7. Picturesque representation of love
Such was his form as painters, when they show their utmost art, on naked loves bestow.
8. Lewdness.
He is not lolling on a lewd love-bed.
9. A thin silk stuff. obsolete
LOVE in idleness, a kind of violet.
Free of love a plant of the genus Cercis.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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