Genesis 27:9
Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
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Revelation 22:15
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
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Genesis
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Deuteronomy
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Ruth
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21 verses
Song of Solomon
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Isaiah
11 verses
Hosea
22 verses
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21 verses
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76 verses
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11 verses
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21 verses
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אָהַב
ʼâhab · aw-hab'
38 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 27:9Strong's last: Hosea 12:7
Open full H157 profile →ἀγαπάω
agapáō · ag-ap-ah'-o
20 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: Luke 7:5Strong's last: 1 John 5:1
Open full G25 profile →φιλέω
philéō · fil-eh'-o
6 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 10:37Strong's last: Revelation 22:15
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H157
Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth:
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And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
H157
He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
H157
And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;
H157
And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
H157
The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
H157
For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
H157
He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
H157
What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
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For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
H157
The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
H157
The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
H157
Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
H157
The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
H157
For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
H157
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
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Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
H157
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
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The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
H157
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
H157
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
H157
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
H157
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
H157
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
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He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
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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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