'Loved' in the Bible
but to Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but Yahweh had shut up her womb.
David came to Saul, and stood before him. He loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer.
It happened, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.
Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
Saul saw and knew that Yahweh was with David; and Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him.
Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.