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ἀγάπη

agapēG0026

love

Used 116 times in the tagged text.

What it means

  • Of men's love:
  • Of divine love;
  • In pl., love feasts
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • ἀγάπη, -ης, ἡ
  • [in LXX for אַהֲבָה, which is also rendered by ἀγάπησις and φιλία ;]
  • love, goodwill, esteem. Outside of bibl. and eccl. books, there is no clear instance (with Deiss., LAE, 18:4, 70:2, cf. the same writer in Constr. Quar., ii, 4; and with MM, VGT, see word, cf. Dr. Moulton in Exp. Times, xxvi, 3, 139). In NT, like ἀγαπάω, -ῶ,
  • 1. Of men's love:
  • (a) to one another, Jhn.13:35;
  • (b) to God, 1Jn.2:5.
  • 2. Of divine love;
  • (a) God's love: to men, Rom.5:8; to Christ, Jhn.17:26;
  • (b) Christ's love to men: Rom.8:35.
  • 3. In pl., love feasts: Ju 12 (DB, iii, 157).
  • SYN.: φιλία. ἀ., signifying properly (see: ἀγαπάω) love which chooses its object, is taken over from LXX, where its connotation is more general, into NT, and there used exclusively to express that spiritual bond of love between God and man and between man and man, in Christ, which is characteristic of Christianity. It is thusdistinct from φιλία, friendship (Jas.4:4 only), στοργή, natural affection (in NT only in compounds, see: ἄστοργος) and ἔρως, sexual love, which is not used in NT, its place being taken by ἐπιθυμία. (Cf. ἀγαπάω; and see Abbott, Essays, 70f.; DB, vol. i., 555; Cremer, 13, 593; MM, VGT, see word). (AS)

Same idea, other words · Love

Hebrew uses one common word for love; Greek has several. Agape is the word the New Testament chooses most for God's love and ours, without making it a lesser or higher love than other words in every verse.

Where it appears

  • Matthew1
  • Luke1
  • John7
  • Romans9
  • 1 Corinthians14
  • 2 Corinthians9
  • Galatians3
  • Ephesians10
  • Philippians4
  • Colossians5
  • 1 Thessalonians5
  • 2 Thessalonians3
  • 1 Timothy5
  • 2 Timothy4
  • Titus1
  • Philemon3
  • Hebrews2
  • 1 Peter3
  • 2 Peter1
  • 1 John18
  • 2 John2
  • 3 John1
  • Jude3
  • Revelation2

Every use · 101–116 of 116 · BSB

  1. 1 John 4:16ἀγάπηνlove

    And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

  2. 1 John 4:16ἀγάπηlove

    And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

  3. 1 John 4:16ἀγάπῃlove

    And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

  4. 1 John 4:17ἀγάπηlove

    In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.

  5. 1 John 4:18ἀγάπῃ,love,

    There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.

  6. 1 John 4:18ἀγάπηlove

    There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.

  7. 1 John 4:18ἀγάπῃ.love.

    There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.

  8. 1 John 5:3ἀγάπηlove

    For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,

  9. 2 John 1:3ἀγάπῃ.¶love.

    Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, will be with us in truth and love.

  10. 2 John 1:6ἀγάπηlove

    And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.

  11. 3 John 1:6ἀγάπῃlove

    They have testified to the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.

  12. Jude 1:2ἀγάπηlove

    Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.

  13. Jude 1:12ἀγάπαιςlove feasts

    These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.

  14. Jude 1:21ἀγάπῃ[the] love

    keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.

  15. Revelation 2:4ἀγάπηνlove

    But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.

  16. Revelation 2:19ἀγάπηνlove

    I know your deeds—your love, your faith, your service, your perseverance—and your latter deeds are greater than your first.

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