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A key-word search index to the contents of this site, entries that begin with the letter L, section Love to Lystra. (The other sections under L are Labour to Lawlessness, Lay to Leviticus and Lia Fail to Loukas.)

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Love, loved, loves, loving

• The Greek text of the NT contains two different nouns for love, agapê and philia, with the related verbs agapaô and phileô. The NT Greek also contains the adjective agapêtos, "beloved", and numerous combinations based on philia and phileô.
  • Old Greek had also the noun erôs and the verb eraô, but they not used in the NT, other than indirectly in the name Erastos, "beloved".
• Some have built dogmas around how the different Greek words for "love", agapê and philia, are used in the NT, but there really is no great difference between agapê and philia. They could be used parallelly, interchangeably, one for the other. An example of how agapê and philia are used of the same thing:
  • In the phrase "one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved" (John 13:23), the verb is agapaô, but in the phrase "the other disciple, whom Jesus loved" (John 20:2), the verb is phileô. (A note: Both passages seem to refer to John himself.)
• But, the words agapê and agapaô are in the NT more frequent than philia and phileô:
  • The verb agapaô occurs around 142 times, the verb phileô only 25.
  • The noun agapê occurs in about 116 NT passages, but the noun philia is found only in James 4:4, "love of the world".
  • In the Greek LXX, the Septuagint, the proportions are similar, but not quite the same.
  • The word philia, "love", occurs in the NT even in several word-combinations, among them:
    • Philarguria, "love of money", and philarguros, "loving money". (For more on those words, look under the heading "Philarguria, philarguros".)
    • Philautos ("lovers of themselves", 2 Timothy 3:2). (The essay ea15c.htm has more on 2 Timothy 3.)
• At times, some English bible-versions render even other Greek words as "love", such as the 1769 KJ version in Mark 12:38, where the Greek text has thelô which meant "to will", "to intend", "to wish".
• Some claim that love is the same as "the fulfilment of the law of the Old Covenant". Is that true? → ec08c.htm – (ec11c.htm)
• "And he said to him, Have love for the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest rule. And a second like it is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself." (Matthew 22:37-39, BBE) → eb13e.htm – ec07d.htm – eb12b.htm – eg08b.htm – ec14b.htm
• If one loves God, does mean that one gives a lot of money to some church or preacher? – Look under the heading "Silver and gold", and see also the essay ea04c.htm which is about the word and concept "worship".
• Loving one's neighbour means doing things for others, to their benefit, without expecting anything in return. → eb12b.htm – eb13e.htm – em07b.htm – eb10b.htm
• True love towards other humans is very much connected with righteousness. → eg08b.htm
• Faith must go hand in hand with love, and good works. → eb10b.htm
• Many bible-versions have in 1 Timothy 6:10 such wordings as "the love of money is the root of all evil" or "the love money is a root of all kinds of evils". But, the Greek text of that passage really means "for the love of money is a root of all these evils". And then, the context shows what particular evils Paul referred to. → em08c.htm – (ea15c.htm) – Look also under the heading "Philarguria, philarguros".
• The Pharisees loved money, and they loved the best seats in synagogue. → eo12c.htm
• Luke 11:42, "But a curse is on you, Pharisees! for you make men give a tenth of every sort of plant, and give no thought to right and the love of God". → em01d.htm
• The word amateur comes from the Latin word amator, "one who loves". On "amateur theologians" versus "professional" ones. → es07c.htm
• Jesus taught his disciples that they were not to love the riches of this world. But, he also taught that with the means they had, they should do works of love – charity. → eb13e.htm
• The saints had received the love of God poured out in their hearts through the Holy Spirit that was given to them. → eb02c.htm
• "Love never fails"; "love is the fulfilling of the law". "And now faithfulness, hope, love, these three remain; and the greatest of these is love." → ec08c.htm
• Habitual lying causes love to die – or is an indication of the lack of love. → eo05c.htm
• Matthew 5:44 "But I say to you, Love your enemies". → ew02c.htm
• "No man may be a servant to two masters. For he will have hate for the one and love for the other, or he will keep to the one and have no respect for the other." → eb10b.htm
• Matthew 24:12, "And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold". → eo09e.htm
• "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." → ex05b.htm
• John 13:35, "By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another". → ec09b.htm
• 1 Corinthians 8:1, "Knowledge breeds conceit, while love builds up character". → ef03b.htm
• Paul to the saints in Colosse, "But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection". → eb06b.htm
• Paul warned Timothy about men who were lovers of themselves and lovers of money, empty pretenders. → ea15c.htm
• Hebrews 13:5 – Paul to the Jewish saints: "Keep your life free from love of money". → em01d.htm – eo03d.htm – Look also under the heading "Philarguria, philarguros".
• 1 John 3:17-18, "But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him? My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth". → em07b.htm
• 1 Peter 5:14, The apostle Peter to certain elders: "Feed the flock of God among you, be guardians of it; not by compulsion but willingly; not because of love of shameful gain but as volunteers". → ea15c.htm
• Revelation 3:9, "I will make them come and bow before your feet, and may know that I loved you". → ea03d.htm
• Revelation 2:4 "But I have this against you, that you have left your first love". → ea03d.htm
• Revelation 3:19, "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent". → ea03d.htm
• Look under the headings "Social welfare", "Widow, widows", "Good works", "Charitable, charities, charity", "Sick, sickness, sickly" and "Righteousness".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Loyal, loyalty

• Matthew 6:24, "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other". → eb13e.htm – ew04d.htm
• Look also under the heading "Faith, faithful, faithfulness".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

LSR (bible-translation) → es09c.htm

Lubim (2 Chronicles 12:3 and 16:8 and Nahum 3:9 in the 1769 KJ version) – Look under the heading "Libya".

Lucas (Greek Loukas) – Look further down, under the heading "Luke".

Lucifer

• Lucifer is a Latin word. It does not appear in the Hebrew, Aramaic or Greek texts of the Bible.
• The reason why the makers of the KJ version (1611) put "Lucifer" in Isaiah 14:12, is probably that they copied that Latin word from the Catholic, Vulgate version.
  • The Hebrew wording in Isaiah 14:12 was heylel ben shachar, "shining son of the morning". (A note: Some interpret the Hebrew wording as "Howl, son of the morning".) Important: The words heylel ben shachar did not refer to Satan; they were mocking words that referred to the king of Babylon. → ed05c.htm
• Some claim that "Satan was originally called Lucifer". But, the Bible does not say that. Again, "Lucifer" is a Latin word, a part of a Catholic translation of something in Isaiah 14:12 which referred to the king of Babylon. → ed05c.htm
• Look also under the headings "Devil" and "Babel", "Babylon".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Lucre

• A note: The word "lucre" which appears in the 1769 KJ version, comes from the Latin noun lucrum which referred to [the love or pursuit of] "gain", "wealth", "profit", "riches".
  • In the KJV-1769 Old Testament, "lucre" appears in one passage, 1 Samuel 8:3. There, the Hebrew word is betsa, referring to covetousness and dishonest gain.
  • In the KJV-1769 New Testament, "lucre" appears in 1 Timothy 3:3 and 8, Titus 1:7 and 11, and 1 Peter 5:2. The Greek expressions used are aischrokerdês, aischrokerdôs and aischros kerdos, which refer to [lust for] filthy, defiled gain [money]. → ee05b.htm – em08c.htm
• "Filthy lucre" – greediness for money in connection with religion. → ee05b.htm – em08c.htm
• Look also under the headings "Philarguria, philarguros", "Silver and gold", "Defilement", "Unclean", "Materialism" and "Mammon".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Luke, saint Luke, Lucas, Loukas

• "The book of Luke" or "the gospel of Luke" – see a few lines down.
• The name Luke (Greek Loukas) appears only in Colossians 4:14, 2 Timothy 4:11 and Philemon 1:24. It is said that Loukas was a contracted, Greek form of the Latin name Lucanus which meant "Lucanian", "of Lucania". (Lucania was a district in southern Italy; its inhabitants were called Lucani, singular Lucanus.)
• Was Luke "a physician"? The answer is that we do not know. Some have translated the phrase ho iatros ho agapêtos in Colossians 4:14 as "beloved physician", but it is not clear what the noun iatros really referred to in that case. (Iatros meant "healer", from the verb iaomai, "to heal", which appears in some 20 NT passages, among them Luke 9:2.) It could of course be that Luke had worked as a physician of some kind, but it could also be that he was a "healer" in the meaning that he had the gift of healing of the type that is mentioned in 1 Corinthians 12:9 and 12:28-30.
• The book or gospel of Luke – that book is in fact anonymous. The name "Luke" does not appear in that book, and we do not know who wrote it. Catholic writers have claimed that it was written by the Luke, but that cannot be verified.
• For parallel accounts, look under the headings "Matthew", "Mark" and "John". Look also under the heading "Acts (the book of Acts)".
• Passages in the book of Luke ("the Gospel according to Luke"), mentioned at this site:
• Luke 1
  • 16-17 → et02c.htm
  • 17 → (ea09b.htm)
  • 31-33 → ey12b.htm
  • 32 → ey14b.htm
  • 33 → eo01b.htm
  • 80 → (ey10b.htm)
• Luke 2
  • 1-3 → eb04c.htm – eb05b.htm
  • 5 → (eb04c.htm)
  • 24 → (eo16b.htm)
  • 40 → (ea12c.htm)
• Luke 4
  • 5-7 → (ea04c.htm)
  • 5-8 → ey10b.htm
  • 8 → ea04c.htm
  • 16-21 → ex05b.htm
  • 17-21 → ec05c.htm – ed04c.htm
• Luke 5
  • 32 → eb02c.htm
  • 35 → (eb11c.htm)
• Luke 6
  • 14-16 → es04-2.htm
  • 18 → (ea12c.htm)
  • 22-33 → eb04c.htm
  • 37 → ea07b.htm
  • 40 → (ea06c.htm)
  • 43-45 → em08c.htm
  • 47-49 → (ea05c.htm)
  • 48 → (ey14b.htm)
• Luke 7
  • 24 → (ed07b.htm)
• Luke 8
  • 11 → em08c.htm
  • 14-15 → em08c.htm
• Luke 9
  • 1 → ea09b.htm – es06d.htm (see even footnote) – (em05e.htm)
  • 1-2 → ey10b.htm
  • 1-6 → em05e.htm
  • 6-10 → ey10b.htm
  • 8 → em05e.htm
  • 10 → em05e.htm – (em02c.htm)
  • 20 → ea08b.htm
  • 25 → (em08c.htm)
  • 52 → (ed07b.htm)
• Luke 10
  • 1 → ey10b.htm
  • 1-9 → em05e.htm
  • 17 → em05e.htm
  • 17-18 → ed04c.htm
  • 19 → ea09b.htm
  • 25-27 → ec06f.htm
  • 40 → ee02b.htm
  • 27 → ec06f.htm
• Luke 11
  • 2 → eb11c.htm – eb04c.htm
  • 5-13 → eb11c.htm
  • 13 → eb01c.htm
  • 37-41 → ee05b.htm
  • 42-44 → em01d.htm – eo12c.htm
  • 50-51 → ew11c.htm
• Luke 12
  • 1 → ex01c.htm
  • 1-2 → eo12c.htm
  • 13-21 → eb13e.htm
  • 13-34 → eo10d.htm
  • 29-34 → eb11c.htm
  • 31-32 → eb04c.htm – eo01b.htm
  • 31-33 → eb08c.htm
  • 31-37 → eb13e.htm
• Luke 13
  • 20-21 → (ex01c.htm)
• Luke 14
  • 10 → (ea04c.htm)
  • 13 → (eb13e.htm)
  • 27-35 → eo14c.htm
• Luke 15
  • 25 → (ee01c.htm)
  • 27-29 → (ec07d.htm)
• Luke 16
  • 1-13 → (eo10d.htm) – (eb04c.htm)
  • 8 → (em07b.htm)
  • 9 → (eb04c.htm)
  • 14-16 → eo12c.htm – ec02d.htm
  • 16 → (ec08c.htm)
  • 17 → (ec01c.htm) – (ec02d.htm) – (ec12c.htm)
• Luke 17
  • 20-21 → eo01b.htm
  • 21 → eo01b.htm – (eo10d.htm)
  • 29 → et08b.htm
• Luke 18
  • 1-7 → eb11c.htm
  • 9-14 → eo12c.htm
  • 22-25 → eb13e.htm
  • 24-45 → eo10d.htm
• Luke 19
  • 8-9 → em07b.htm – (eb13e.htm)
  • 14 → eo01b.htm
• Luke 20
  • 17 → (ea05c.htm) – (ea01d.htm)
  • 27 → (ed02c.htm) – (eo13b.htm)
  • 34-36 → ed02c.htm
  • 47 → (em08c.htm) – (eo12c.htm)
• Luke 21
  • 7-36 → eg04b.htm
  • 8 → eo09e.htm – (eo02d.htm)
  • 16 → eo10d.htm
  • 32 → (eg05b.htm)
• Luke 22
  • 17-20 → ec04g.htm
  • 24-26 → ee03c.htm – ee04c.htm
  • 25-27 → (es06d.htm)
  • 29-30 → eo10d.htm
  • 69 → ea09b.htm
• Luke 23
  • 26 → (em01d.htm)
  • 42-43 → eb04c.htm
  • 45-46 → (ex05b.htm)
• Luke 24
  • 27 → (ec08c.htm)
  • 44 → ec13c.htm – ec01c.htm – ec05c.htm – ec08c.htm – ec06f.htm
  • 47 → (ey10b.htm)
  • 49 → ea09b.htm
  • 52 → (ea04c.htm)
• Look also under the headings "Matthew", "Mark" and "John" (parallel accounts, and more), and under the heading "Acts (the book of Acts)".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Lukewarm

• Revelation 3:15-16, "I know your works; you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot. So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to spit you out of my mouth". → ea03d.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Lust, lusts

• 1 Timothy 6:9, "But those that want to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts". → em08c.htm
• 2 Timothy 3:3-5, "... men of unsubdued lusts, savage, having no love for what is good, traitors, reckless, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God [...] turn away from such men". → ea15c.htm – ea10c.htm
• The saints were to be "partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust" (2 Peter 1:4). → eb05b.htm
• Paul wrote to the saints and believers in Ephesus that they were to "put off [...] the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts". → eb06b.htm
• When Paul addressed the elders from Ephesus (Acts 20), he pointed out that he had not lusted for anyone's money but had always supported himself through his own, manual work. → em02c.htm
• Look also under the heading "Covet".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

LXX

• The "LXX" or "Septuagint" is an ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament. It is thought that the translation of the Hebrew text into Greek took place in stages between the 3rd and 1st centuries BCE, in Alexandria in Egypt. (In those days, there were many Jews in Alexandria.)
• The Septuagint is included in one of the oldest bible that are known, the Codex Sinaiticus which was produced some time between the years 325 and 360 CE. (All known full-length OT-manuscripts in Hebrew are of much later date, circa from year 1000 and later. The so-called "Dead Sea Scrolls", which are thought to be of earlier date, contain only small fragments of the OT.)
• "LXX" stands for "seventy" – in old Rome, letters were also used as numerals. "L" stood 50, "X" for 10. Thus, LXX = L + X + X = 50 + 10 + 10, which adds up to 70. See also the next point.
• The word "Septuagint" comes from the Latin phrase interpretatio septuaginta virorum, "translation of the seventy interpreters". (In Greek, η μεταφρασις των εβδομήκοντα, he metaphrasis tôn hebdomêkonta, "the translation by the seventy".) How many the translators in actual fact were, is not known with certainty.
• The word "Decalogue" comes from the LXX version's Greek translation tous deka logous, "the ten words", in Exodus 34:28. → ec06f.htm
• LXX, LXXE and LXXM, when used at this site as short names for bible-translations. → es09c.htm
• Many computer bibles have modules that contain the LXX (Septuagint), sometimes with English translation or even with morphological data. → es02c.htm
• The word "clergy" is in a twisted way derived from the Greek word klêros in Deuteronomy 18 in the LXX version. → es07c.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Lycia (Greek, Lukia)

• Lycia (Acts 27:5) was a region in what today is Asiatic Turkey, by the Mediterranean coast.
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Lydia (Greek, Ludia)

• Lydia (Acts 16:14 and Acts 16:40) was a person's name, but also a geographical area in the western part of what today is Asiatic Turkey. The borders of Lydia are not easy to define, and they varied with time.
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Lying – Look under the heading "Liar, liars, lie, lies, lying".

Lystra (Greek, Lustra)

• Lystra was an inland town in what today is Asiatic Turkey, circa 240 kilometres (150 miles) west of the apostle Paul's hometown Tarsus. Lystra is mentioned in Acts 14:6, 8 and 21 and 16:1 and 2, and 2 Timothy 3:11.
• Some claim that Timothy was born in Lystra, but the Bible only says that Paul met Timothy there.
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

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