Definition

love, i.e. affection or benevolence; specially (plural) a love-feast

Etymology

from G25 (ἀγαπάω);

Where the KJV renders it

• (feast of) charity(-ably)
• dear
• love

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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