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ἀγάπη

agapēlove
greekNew TestamentNoun · feminine116 occurrences24 books106 verses

Definition

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, John 13:35;

(b) to God, 1 John 2:5.

2. Of divine love;

(a) God's love: to men, Romans 5:8; to Christ, John 17:26;

(b) Christ's love to men: Romans 8:35.

3. In pl., love feasts: Jude 12 (DB, iii, 157).

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 (James 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).

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

116 total
  1. Matthew 24:12ἀγάπη · love
    Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.
  2. Luke 11:42ἀγάπην · love
    Woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.
  3. John 5:42ἀγάπην · love
    …but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.
  4. John 13:35ἀγάπην · you love
    By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”
  5. John 15:9ἀγάπῃ · love
    As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.
  6. John 15:10 (2×)ἀγάπῃ · love; ἀγάπῃ · love
    If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.
  7. John 15:13ἀγάπην · love
    Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
  8. John 17:26ἀγάπη · love
    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.”
  9. Romans 5:5ἀγάπη · love
    And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.
  10. Romans 5:8ἀγάπην · love
    But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
  11. Romans 8:35ἀγάπης · love
    Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
  12. Romans 8:39ἀγάπης · love
    …neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  13. Romans 12:9ἀγάπη · Love
    Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
  14. Romans 13:10 (2×)ἀγάπη · Love; ἀγάπη · love [is]
    Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
  15. Romans 14:15ἀγάπην · love
    If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.
  16. Romans 15:30ἀγάπης · love
    Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.
  17. 1 Corinthians 4:21ἀγάπῃ · love
    Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?
  18. 1 Corinthians 8:1ἀγάπη · love
    Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
  19. 1 Corinthians 13:1ἀγάπην · love
    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.
  20. 1 Corinthians 13:2ἀγάπην · love
    If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
  21. 1 Corinthians 13:3ἀγάπην · love
    If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.
  22. 1 Corinthians 13:4 (3×)ἀγάπη · Love; ἀγάπη · love; ἀγάπη · [It]
    Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
  23. 1 Corinthians 13:8ἀγάπη · Love
    Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.
  24. 1 Corinthians 13:13 (2×)ἀγάπη · [and] love; ἀγάπη · love
    And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.
  25. 1 Corinthians 14:1ἀγάπην · love
    Earnestly pursue love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.
  26. 1 Corinthians 16:14ἀγάπῃ · love
    Do everything in love.
  27. 1 Corinthians 16:24ἀγάπη · love
    My love be with all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen.
  28. 2 Corinthians 2:4ἀγάπην · I love you
    For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.
  29. 2 Corinthians 2:8ἀγάπην · [your] love
    Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.
  30. 2 Corinthians 5:14ἀγάπη · love
    For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
  31. 2 Corinthians 6:6ἀγάπῃ · love
    …in purity, knowledge, patience, and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love;
  32. 2 Corinthians 8:7ἀγάπῃ · love
    But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in the love we inspired in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
  33. 2 Corinthians 8:8ἀγάπης · love
    I am not giving a command, but I am testing the sincerity of your love through the earnestness of others.
  34. 2 Corinthians 8:24ἀγάπης · love
    In full view of the churches, then, show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our boasting about you.
  35. 2 Corinthians 13:11ἀγάπης · of love
    Finally, brothers, rejoice! Aim for perfect harmony, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
  36. 2 Corinthians 13:14ἀγάπη · love
    The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.
  37. Galatians 5:6ἀγάπης · love
    For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. What matters is faith expressing itself through love.
  38. Galatians 5:13ἀγάπης · love
    For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
  39. Galatians 5:22ἀγάπη · love
    But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
  40. Ephesians 1:4ἀγάπῃ · love
    For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
  41. Ephesians 1:15ἀγάπην · love
    For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,
  42. Ephesians 2:4ἀγάπην · love
    But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
  43. Ephesians 3:17ἀγάπῃ · love
    …so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,
  44. Ephesians 3:19ἀγάπην · of the love
    …of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
  45. Ephesians 4:2ἀγάπῃ · love
    …with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,