Strong's Lexicon
G25 — ἀγαπάω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G25 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀγαπάω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | perhaps from agan "much" or Hebrew agab |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 143 |
| Transliteration: | agapao |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ag-ap-ah'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to love (in a social or moral sense) {chiefly of the heart (wholehearted, unconditional, devoted) while G5368 is chiefly of the head (feelings, conditional, sentimental)} |
| KJV Renderings: | (be-)love(-ed) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀγαπάω, (ῶ; (imperfect ἠγάπων); future ἀγαπήσω; 1 aorist ἠγάπησα; perfect active (1 person plural ἠγαπήκαμεν, 1Jn 4:10 WH text), participle ἠγαπηκῶς (2Ti 4:8); passive (present ἀγαπῶμαι); perfect participle ἠγαπημένος; 1 future ἀγαπηθήσομαι; (akin to ἄγαμαι (Fick, Part 4:12; see ἀγαθός, at the beginning)); to love, to be full of good-will and exhibit the same: Luk 7:47; 1Jn 4:7 f; with the accusative of the person, to have a preference for, wish well to, regard the welfare of: Mat 5:43 ff; Mat 19:19; Luk 7:5; Joh 11:5; Rom 13:8; 2Co 11:11; 2Co 12:15; Gal 5:14; Eph 5:25; Eph 5:28; 1Pe 1:22, and elsewhere; used often in the First Epistle of John of the love of Christians toward one another; of the benevolence which god, in providing salvation for men, has exhibited by sending his Son to them and giving him up to death, Joh 3:16; Rom 8:37; 2Th 2:16; 1Jn 4:11; 1Jn 4:19; (noteworthy is Jud 1:1 L T Tr WH τοῖς ἐν Θεῷ πατρί ἠγαπημένοις; see ἐν, I. 4, and cf. Lightfoot on Col 3:12); of the love which led Christ, in procuring human salvation, to undergo sufferings and death, Gal 2:20; Eph 5:2; of the love with which god regards Christ, Joh 3:35; (v. L marginal reading); ; Eph 1:6. When used of love to a master, god or Christ, the word involves the idea of affectionate reverence, prompt obedience, grateful recognition of benefits received: Mat 6:24; Mat 22:37; Rom 8:28; 1Co 2:9; 1Co 8:3; Jas 1:12; 1Pe 1:8; 1Jn 4:10; 1Jn 4:20, and elsewhere. With an accusative of the thing ἀγαπάω denotes "to take pleasure in the thing, prize it above other things, be unwilling to abandon it or do without it": δικαιοσύνην, Heb 1:9 (i. e. steadfastly to cleave to); τήν δόξαν, Joh 12:43; τήν πρωτοκαθεδρίαν, Luk 11:43; τό σκότος; and τό φῶς, Joh 3:19; τόν κόσμον. 1Jn 2:15; τόν νῦν αἰῶνα, 2Ti 4:10, — both which last phrases signify to set the heart on earthly advantages and joys; τήν ψυχήν αὐτῶν, Rev 12:11; ζωήν, 1Pe 3:10 (to derive pleasure from life, render it agreeable to himself); to welcome with desire, long for: τήν ἐπιφάνειαν αὐτοῦ, 2Ti 4:8 (Wis 1:1 Wis 6:13; Sir 4:12, etc.; so of a person: ἠγαπήθη, Wis 4:10, cf. grimm at the passage). Concerning the unique proof of love which Jesus gave the apostles by washing their feet, it is said ἠγάπησεν αὐτούς, Joh 13:1, cf. Lücke or Meyer at the passage (but others take ἀγαπήσας here more comprehensively, see Weiss’s Meyer, godet, Westcott, Keil). The combination ἀγάπην ἀγαπᾶν τινα occurs, when a relative intervenes, in Joh 17:26; Eph 2:4 (2Sa 13:15 where τό μῖσος ὁ ἐμίσησεν αὐτήν is contrasted; cf. Gen 49:25 εὐλόγησε σε εὐλογίαν; Ps. Sal. (in manuscript Pseudepig. Vet. Test. edition Fabric. i., p. 966; Libri Apocr. etc., edition Fritzsche, p. 588) δόξαν ἥν ἐδόξασεν αὐτήν); cf. Winers grammar, § 32, 2; (Buttmann, 148f (129)); grimm on 1Ma 2:54. On the difference between ἀγαπάω and φιλέω, see φιλέω. Cf. ἀγάπη, 1 at the end
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀγαπάω ((be-)love(-ed))
Matthew 5:43
- KJV: Ye have heard that it hath been said Thou shalt love thy neighbour and hate thine enemy
- GK: ηκούσατε ότι ερρέθη αγαπήσεις τον πλησίον σου και μισήσεις τον εχθρόν σου
Matthew 5:44
- KJV: But I say unto you Love your enemies bless them that curse you do good to them that hate you and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you
- GK: εγώ δε λέγω υμίν αγαπάτε τους εχθρούς υμών ευλογείτε τους καταρωμένους υμάς καλώς ποιέιτε τους μισούντας υμάς και προσεύχεσθε υπέρ των επηρεαζόντων υμάς και διωκόντων υμάς
Matthew 5:46
- KJV: For if ye love them which love you what reward have ye do not even the publicans the same
- GK: εάν γαρ αγαπήσητε τους αγαπώντας υμάς τίνα μισθόν έχετε ουχί και οι τελώναι το αυτό ποιούσι
Matthew 6:24
- KJV: No man can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will hold to the one and despise the other Ye cannot serve God and mammon
- GK: ουδείς δύναται δυσί κυρίοις δουλεύειν η γαρ τον ένα μισήσει και τον έτερον αγαπήσει η ενός ανθέξεται και του ετέρου καταφρονήσει ου δύνασθε θεώ δουλεύειν και μαμμωνά
Matthew 19:19
- KJV: Honour thy father and mother and Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself
- GK: τίμα τον πατέρα σου και την μητέρα σου και αγαπήσεις τον πλησίον σου ως σεαυτόν
Matthew 22:37
- KJV: Jesus said unto him Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind
- GK: ο δε Ιησούς έφη αυτώ αγαπήσεις κύριον τον θεόν σου εν όλη τη καρδία σου και εν όλη τη ψυχή σου και εν όλη τη διανοία σου
Matthew 22:39
- KJV: And the second like unto it Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself
- GK: δευτέρα δε ομοία αυτή αγαπήσεις τον πλησίον σου ως σεαυτόν
Mark 10:21
- KJV: Then Jesus beholding him loved him and said unto him One thing thou lackest go thy way sell whatsoever thou hast and give to the poor and thou shalt have treasure in heaven and come take up the cross and follow me
- GK: ο δε Ιησούς εμβλέψας αυτώ ηγάπησεν αυτόν και είπεν αυτώ εν σοι υστερεί ύπαγε όσα έχεις πώλησον και δος τοις πτωχοίς και έξεις θησαυρόν εν ουρανώ και δεύρο ακολούθει μοι άρας τον σταυρόν
Mark 12:30
- KJV: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind and with all thy strength this the first commandment
- GK: και αγαπήσεις κύριον τον θεόν σου εξ όλης της καρδίας σου και εξ όλης της ψυχής σου και εξ όλης της διανοίας σου και εξ όλης της ισχύος σου αύτη πρώτη εντολή
Mark 12:31
- KJV: And the second like this Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself There is none other commandment greater than these
- GK: και δευτέρα ομοία αύτη αγαπήσεις τον πλησίον σου ως σεαυτόν μείζων τούτων άλλη εντολή ουκ έστι
Mark 12:33
- KJV: And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the soul and with all the strength and to love neighbour as himself is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices
- GK: και το αγαπάν αυτόν εξ όλης της καρδίας και εξ όλης της συνέσεως και εξ όλης της ψυχής και εξ όλης της ισχύος και το αγαπάν τον πλησίον ως εαυτόν πλείόν εστι πάντων των ολοκαυτωμάτων και των θυσίων
Luke 6:27
- KJV: But I say unto you which hear Love your enemies do good to them which hate you
- GK: αλλά υμίν λέγω τοις άκουουσιν αγαπάτε τους εχθρούς υμών καλώς ποιείτε τοις μισούσιν υμάς
Luke 6:32
- KJV: For if ye love them which love you what thank have ye for sinners also love those that love them
- GK: και ει αγαπάτε τους αγαπώντας υμάς ποία υμίν χάρις εστί και γαρ οι αμαρτωλοί τους αγαπώντας αυτούς αγαπώσι
Luke 6:35
- KJV: But love ye your enemies and do good and lend hoping for nothing again and your reward shall be great and ye shall be the children of the Highest for he is kind unto the unthankful and the evil
- GK: πλην αγαπάτε τους εχθρούς υμών και αγαθοποιείτε και δανείζετε μηδέν απελπίζοντες και έσται ο μισθός υμών πολύς και έσεσθε υιοί του υψίστου ότι αυτός χρηστός εστιν επί τους αχαρίστους και πονηρούς
Luke 7:5
- KJV: For he loveth our nation and he hath built us a synagogue
- GK: αγαπά γαρ το έθνος ημών και την συναγωγήν αυτός ωκοδόμησεν ημίν
Luke 7:42
- KJV: And when they had nothing to pay he frankly forgave them both Tell me therefore which of them will love him most
- GK: μη εχόντων δε αυτών αποδούναι αμφοτέροις εχαρίσατο τις ούν αυτών είπε πλείον αυτόν αγαπήσει
Luke 7:47
- KJV: Wherefore I say unto thee Her sins which are many are forgiven for she loved much but to whom little is forgiven loveth little
- GK: ου χάριν λέγω σοι αφέωνται αι αμαρτίαι αυτής αι πολλαί ότι ηγάπησε πολύ ω δε ολίγον αφίεται ολίγον αγαπά
Luke 10:27
- KJV: And he answering said Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy strength and with all thy mind and thy neighbour as thyself
- GK: ο δε αποκριθείς είπεν αγαπήσεις κύριον τον θεόν σου εξ όλης της καρδίας σου και εξ όλης της ψυχής σου και εξ όλης της ισχύος σου και εξ όλης της διανοίας σου και τον πλησίον σου ως σεαυτόν
Luke 11:43
- KJV: Woe unto you Pharisees for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues and greetings in the markets
- GK: ουαί υμίν τοις Φαρισαίοις ότι αγαπάτε την πρωτοκαθεδρίαν εν ταις συναγωγαίς και τους ασπασμούς εν ταις αγοραίς
Luke 16:13
- KJV: No servant can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will hold to the one and despise the other Ye cannot serve God and mammon
- GK: ουδείς οικέτης δύναται δυσί κυρίοις δουλεύειν η γαρ τον ένα μισήσει και τον έτερον αγαπήσει η ενός ανθέξεται και του ετέρου καταφρονήσει ου δύνασθε θεώ δουλεύειν και μαμωνά
John 3:16
- KJV: For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life
- GK: ούτω γαρ ηγάπησεν ο θεός τον κόσμον ώστε τον υιόν αυτού τον μονογενή έδωκεν ίνα πας ο πιστεύων εις αυτόν μη απόληται αλλ΄ έχη ζωήν αιώνιον
John 3:19
- KJV: And this is the condemnation that light is come into the world and men loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil
- GK: αύτη δε εστιν η κρίσις ότι το φως ελήλυθεν εις τον κόσμον και ηγάπησαν οι άνθρωποι μάλλον το σκότος η το φως ην γαρ πονηρά αυτών τα έργα
John 3:35
- KJV: The Father loveth the Son and hath given all things into his hand
- GK: ο πατήρ αγαπά τον υιόν και πάντα δέδωκεν εν τη χειρί αυτού
John 8:42
- KJV: Jesus said unto them If God were your Father ye would love me for I proceeded forth and came from God neither came I of myself but he sent me
- GK: είπεν αυτοίς ο Ιησούς ει ο θεός πατήρ υμών ην ηγαπάτε αν εμέ εγώ γαρ εκ του θεού εξήλθον και ήκω ουδέ γαρ απ΄ εμαυτού ελήλυθα αλλ΄ εκείνός με απέστειλε
John 10:17
- KJV: Therefore doth my Father love me because I lay down my life that I might take it again
- GK: διά τούτο ο πατήρ με αγαπά ότι εγώ τίθημι την ψυχήν μου ίνα πάλιν λάβω αυτήν
John 11:5
- KJV: Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus
- GK: ηγάπα δε ο Ιησούς την Μάρθαν και την αδελφήν αυτής και τον Λάζαρον
John 12:43
- KJV: For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God
- GK: ηγάπησαν γαρ την δόξαν των ανθρώπων μάλλον ήπερ την δόξαν του θεού
John 13:1
- KJV: Now before the feast of the passover when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father having loved his own which were in the world he loved them unto the end
- GK: προ δε της εορτής του πάσχα ειδώς ο Ιησούς ότι ελήλυθεν αυτού η ώρα ίνα μεταβή εκ του κόσμου τούτου προς τον πατέρα αγαπήσας τους ιδίους τους εν τω κόσμω εις τέλος ηγάπησεν αυτούς
John 13:23
- KJV: Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of his disciples whom Jesus loved
- GK: ην δε ανακείμενος εις των μαθητών αυτού εν τω κόλπω του Ιησού ον ηγάπα ο Ιησούς
John 13:34
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