lover
15 occurrences across the corpus
King James Version
And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
KJV Apocrypha (Catholic Deuterocanon)
I loved her, and sought her out from my youth, I desired to make her my spouse, and I was a lover of her beauty.
For she is privy to the mysteries of the knowledge of God, and a lover of his works.
But thou sparest all: for they are thine, O Lord, thou lover of souls.
Now was there accused unto Nicanor one Razis, one of the elders of Jerusalem, a lover of his countrymen, and a man of very good report, who for his kindness was called a father of the Jews.
Then Onias answered, saying, This is a lover of the brethren, who prayeth much for the people, and for the holy city, to wit, Jeremias the prophet of God.
KJV Apocrypha (Eastern Orthodox Additions)
But we thy people, whom thou hast called thy firstborn, thy only begotten, and thy fervent lover, are given into their hands.
Jubilees
Ishmael and Hagar, his maid-servant, when he sent them away. And in everything wherein He had tried him, he was found faithful, and his soul was not impatient, and he was not slow to act; for he was faithful and a lover of the Lord.
OT Pseudepigrapha
TEN the merciful God, good 'and lover of men, looked upon Adam and Eve, and upon their blood, which they had held up as an offering unto Him; without an order from Him for so doing. But He wondered at them; and accepted their offerings.
In reply to the question he said, 'By recognizing that a lie brings great disgrace upon all men, and more especially upon kings. For since they have the power to do whatever they wish, why should they resort to lies? In addition to this you must always remember, O King, that God is a lover of the truth.
'To keep oneself,' he answered, 'free from bribery and to practise sobriety during the greater part of one's life, to honour rightousness above all things, and to make friends of men of this type. For God, too, is a lover of justice! 13 Having signified his approval, the king said to another, 'What is the true mark of piety?'
I have been united to I-run, for the Lover has found the Beloved,