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GreekG0026Noun (Feminine)

ἀγάπη

agapē

104Occurrences
G0026Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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

from G25 (ἀγαπάω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
love, goodwill, esteem. Outside of bibl. and eccl. books, there is no clear instance . In NT, like ἀγαπάω, -ῶ
1.Of men's love
(b)to God
2.Of divine love
(a)God's love
(b)Christ's love to men
3.In pl., love feasts.
Synonyms
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 ( 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.
LXX: for אַהֲבָה, which is also rendered by ἀγάπησις and φιλία

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

ἀγάπη appears 104 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 John
14
1 Corinthians
11
Ephesians
10
2 Corinthians
8
Romans
8
John
6
1 Thessalonians
5
1 Timothy
5

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 13:1BSB

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.

1 John 4:12BSB

No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.

2 Corinthians 5:14BSB

For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.

Colossians 3:14BSB

And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.

John 17:26BSB

And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.