| Love - Defined...
From Strong's Concordance
Hebrew - Old Testament
'âhab 'âhêb -
aw-hab', aw-habe'
A primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or
otherwise): - (be-) love
(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
châshaq -
khaw-shak'
A primitive root; to cling, that is, join (figuratively) to
love,
delight in; elliptically to deliver: -
have a delight, (have a) desire, fillet, long, set (in)
love.
‛âgab -
aw-gab'
A primitive root; to breathe after, that is, to love
(sensually): - dote, lover.
racham -
rakh'-am
Compassion
(in the plural); by extension the womb
(as cherishing the foetus); by implication a maiden: - bowels,
compassion, damsel, tender love,
(great, tender) mercy, pity, womb.
Greek - New Testament
agapao -
ag-ap-ah'-o
To love (in a social or moral sense): - (be-) love (-ed).
agape -
ag-ah'-pay
From "agapo";
that is, affection or benevolence; specifically (plural) a
feast: - (feast of) charity ([-ably]), dear, love.
philadelphia -
fil-ad-el-fee'-ah
From "philadelphos"; fraternal affection: - brotherly love (kindness),
love of the brethren.
philadelphos -
fil-ad'-el-fos
Fond
of brethren, that is,
fraternal: - love
as brethren.
philandros -
fil'-an-dros
Fond
of man, that is,
affectionate as a wife: - love
their husbands.
philanthrōpia -
fil-an-thro-pee'-ah
Fondness
of mankind, that
is, benevolence (“philanthropy”): - kindness, love towards man.
philarguria -
fil-ar-goo-ree'-ah
Avarice:
- love
of money.
phileo -
fil-eh'-o
To be a friend to (fond
of [an individual or an object]), that is, have affection
for (denoting personal attachment, as a matter of sentiment or
feeling; while "agapo" 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); specifically to kiss (as a mark
of tenderness): - kiss, love.
philoprōteuo -
fil-op-rot-yoo'-o
A compound; to be fond of
being first, that is, ambitious of distinction: - to have the
preeminence.
philoteknos -
fil-ot'-ek-nos
Fond
of one’s children, that
is, maternal: - love
their children.
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