Love in the Bible: 310 times in the King James Version | Thy Word is True

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love KJV

“Love” is in the King James Bible 310 times, in 280 verses. Jump to the verses ↓

ἀγάπη agapē 85 times
אהב אהב 'âhab 'âhêb 75 times
ἀγαπάω agapaō 73 times
אהבה 'ahăbâh 33 times
φιλέω phileō 10 times
רעיה ra‛yâh 9 times
דּוד דּד dôd dôd 7 times
φιλαδελφία philadelphia 4 times
חשׁק châshaq 3 times
ἐκ, ἐξ ek ex 1 time
θέλω, ἐθέλω thelō ethelō 1 time
ὁ, ἡ, τό ho hē to 1 time
No Strong's number mostly supplied words 1 time

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φιλάδελφος philadelphos 1 time
φίλανδρος philandros 1 time
φιλανθρωπία philanthrōpia 1 time
φιλαργυρία philarguria 1 time
φιλότεκνος philoteknos 1 time
עגב ‛egeb 1 time
עגבה ‛ăgâbâh 1 time
רחם râcham 1 time
רחם racham 1 time

3 verses in Ecclesiastes Show all

Ecclesiastes

3:8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
9:1 For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
9:6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

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