Strong's Lexicon
G26 — ἀγάπη
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G26 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀγάπη |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G25 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 116 |
| Transliteration: | agape |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ag-ah'-pay |
| Meaning: | 1. love, i.e. affection or benevolence 2. (specially, plural) a love-feast |
| KJV Renderings: | (feast of) charity(-ably), dear, love |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀγάπη, (ης, ἡ, a purely Biblical and ecclesiastical word (for Wyttenbach, following Reiske’s conjecture, long ago restored ἀγαπήσων in place of ἀγάπης, ὧν in Plutarch, sympos. quaestt. 7, 6, 3 (vol. viii., p. 835, Reiske edition)). Secular authors from (Aristotle), Plutarch on used ἀγάπησις. "The Sept. use ἀγάπη for àÇäÂáÈä, Son 2:4-5; Son 2:7; Son 3:5; Son 3:10; Son 5:8; Son 7:6; Son 8:4; Son 8:6-7; ("It is noticeable that the word first makes its appearance as a current term in the Song of Solomon; — certainly no undesigned evidence respecting the idea which the Alexandrian LXX translators had of the love in this Song" (Zezschwitz, Profangraec. u. Biblical Sprachgeist, p. 63)); Jer 2:2; Ecc 9:1; Ecc 9:6; (2Sa 13:15). It occurs besides in Wis 3:9 Wis 6:19. In Philo and Josephus, I do not remember to have met with it. Nor is it found in the N. T. in Acts, Mark, or James; it occurs only once in Matthew and Luke, twice in Hebrews and Revelation, but frequently in the writings of Paul, John, Peter, Jude" (Bretschn. Lex. under the word); (Philo, deus immut. § 14). In signification it follows the verb ἀγαπάω; consequently it denotes
1. affection, good-will, love, benevolence: Joh 15:13; Rom 13:10; 1Jn 4:18. Of the love of men to men; especially of that love of Christians toward Christians which is enjoined and prompted by their religion, whether the love be viewed as in the soul or as expressed: Mat 24:12; 1Co 13:1-4; 1Co 13:8; 1Co 14:1; 2Co 2:4; Gal 5:6; Phm 1:5; Phm 1:7; 1Ti 1:5; Heb 6:10; Heb 10:24; Joh 13:35; 1Jn 4:7; Rev 2:4; Rev 2:19, etc. Of the love of men toward god: ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Θεοῦ; (obj. genitive (Winer’s grammar, 185 (175))), Luk 11:42; Joh 5:42; 1Jn 2:15 (τοῦ πατρός); . Of the love of god toward men: Rom 5:8; Rom 8:39; 2Co 13:13 (14). Of the love of god toward Christ: Joh 15:10; Joh 17:26. Of the love of Christ toward men: Joh 15:9; 2Co 5:14; Rom 8:35; Eph 3:19. In construction: ἀγάπην εἰς τινα, 2Co 2:8 (?); Eph 1:15 (L WH omit; Tr marginal reading brackets τήν ἀγάπην); τῇ ἐξ ὑμῶν ἐν ἡμῖν i. e. love going forth from your soul and taking up its abode as it were in ours, equivalent to your love to us, 2Co 8:7 (Winers grammar, 193 (181f); B. 329 (283)); μεθ’ ὑμῶν i. e. is present with (embraces) you, 1Co 16:24; μεθ’ ἡμῶν i. e. seen among us, 1Jn 4:17. Phrases: ἔχειν ἀγάπην εἰς τινα, 2Co 2:4; Col 1:4 (L T Tr, but WH brackets); 1Pe 4:8; ἀγάπην διδόναι to give a proof of love, 1Jn 3:1; ἀγαπᾶν ἀγάπην τινα, Joh 17:26; Eph 2:4 (see in ἀγαπάω, under the end); ἀγάπης τοῦ πνεύματος, i. e. enkindled by the Holy Spirit, Rom 15:30; ὁ υἱός τῆς ἀγάπης the Son who is the object of love, equivalent to ἀγαπητός, Col 1:13 (Winers grammar, 237 (222); (Buttmann, 162 (141))); ὁ Θεός τῆς ἀγάπης the author of love, 2Co 13:11; κόπος τῆς ἀγάπης troublesome service, toil, undertaken from love, 1Th 1:3; ἀγάπην τῆς ἀληθείας love which embraces the truth, 2Th 2:10; ὁ Θεός ἀγάπη ἐστιν god is wholly love, his nature is summed up in love, 1Jn 4:8; 1Jn 4:16; φίλημα ἀγάπης a kiss as a sign among Christians of mutual affection, 1Pe 5:14; διά τήν ἀγάπην that love may have opportunity of influencing thee (’in order to give scope to the power of love,’ DeWette, Wies.), Phm 1:9, cf. Phm 1:14; ἐν ἀγάπη lovingly, in an affectionate spirit, 1Co 4:21; on love as a basis (others, in love as the sphere or element), Eph 4:15 (where ἐν ἀγάπη is to be connected not with ἀληθεύοντες but with αὐξήσωμεν), Eph 4:16; ἐξ ἀγάπης influenced by love, Php 1:17 (16); κατά ἀγάπην in a manner befitting love, Rom 14:15. Love is mentioned together with faith and hope in 1Co 13:13; 1Th 1:3; Col 1:4; Heb 10:22-24. On the words ἀγάπη, ἀγαπᾶν, cf. gelpke in the Studien und Kritiken for 1849, p. 646f; on the idea and nature of Christian love see Köstlin, Lehrbgr. des Ev. Joh. etc., p. 248ff, 332ff; Rückert, Theologie, ii. 452ff; Lipsius, Paulin. Reehtfertigungsl., p. 188ff; (Reuss, Theol. Chret. livr. vii. chap. 13).
2. plural, ἀγαπαι, , agapae, love-feasts, feasts expressing and fostering mutual love which used to be held by Christians before the celebration of the Lord’s supper, and at which the poorer Christians mingled with the wealthier and partook in common with the rest of food provided at the expense of the wealthy: Jud 1:12 (and in 2Pe 2:13 L Tr text WH marginal reading), cf. 1Co 11:17 ff; Act 2:42; Act 2:46; Act 20:7; Tertullian, Apology c. 39, and ad Martyr. c, 3; Cypr. ad Quirin. 3, 3; Drescher, De vet. christ. Agapis. giess. 1824; Mangold in Schenkel 1:53f; (B. D. under the word ; Dict. of Christ. Antiq. under the word Agapae; more fully in McClintock and Strong, under the word ).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀγάπη ((feast of) charity(-ably))
Matthew 24:12
- KJV: And because iniquity shall abound the love of many shall wax cold
- GK: και διά το πληθυνθήναι την ανομίαν ψυγήσεται η αγάπη των πολλών
Luke 11:42
- KJV: But woe unto you Pharisees for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs and pass over judgment and the love of God these ought ye to have done and not to leave the other undone
- GK: αλλ΄ ουαί υμίν τοις Φαρισαίος ότι αποδεκατούτε το ηδύοσμον και το πήγανον και παν λάχανον και παρέρχεσθε την κρίσιν και την αγάπην του θεού ταύτα έδει ποιήσαι κακείνα μη αφιέναι
John 5:42
- KJV: But I know you that ye have not the love of God in you
- GK: αλλ΄ έγνωκα υμάς ότι την αγάπην του θεού ουκ έχετε εν εαυτοίς
John 13:35
- KJV: By this shall all know that ye are my disciples if ye have love one to another
- GK: εν τούτω γνώσονται πάντες ότι εμοί μαθηταί εστε εάν αγάπην έχητε εν αλλήλοις
John 15:9
- KJV: As the Father hath loved me so have I loved you continue ye in my love
- GK: καθώς ηγάπησέ με ο πατήρ καγώ ηγάπησα υμάς μείνατε εν τη αγάπη τη εμή
John 15:10
- KJV: If ye keep my commandments ye shall abide in my love even as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love
- GK: εάν τας εντολάς μου τηρήσητε μενείτε εν τη αγάπη μου καθώς εγώ τας εντολάς του πατρός μου τετήρηκα και μένω αυτού εν τη αγάπη
John 15:13
- KJV: Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends
- GK: μείζονα ταύτης αγάπην ουδείς έχει ίνα τις την ψυχήν αυτού θη υπέρ των φίλων αυτού
John 17:26
- KJV: And I have declared unto them thy name and will declare that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them and I in them
- GK: και εγνώρισα αυτοίς το όνομά σου και γνωρίσω ίνα η αγάπη ην ηγάπησάς με εν αυτοίς η καγώ εν αυτοίς
Romans 5:5
- KJV: And hope maketh not ashamed because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us
- GK: η δε ελπίς ου καταισχύνει ότι η αγάπη του θεού εκκέχυται εν ταις καρδίαις ημών διά πνεύματος αγίου του δοθέντος ημίν
Romans 5:8
- KJV: But God commendeth his love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us
- GK: συνίστησι δε την εαυτού αγάπην εις ημάς ο θεός ότι έτι αμαρτωλών όντων ημών χριστός υπέρ ημών απέθανεν
Romans 8:35
- KJV: Who shall separate us from the love of Christ tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword
- GK: τις ημάς χωρίσει από της αγάπης του χριστού θλίψις η στενοχωρία η διωγμός η λιμός η γυμνότης η κίνδυνος η μάχαιρα
Romans 8:39
- KJV: Nor height nor depth nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord
- GK: ούτε ύψωμα ούτε βάθος ούτε τις κτίσις ετέρα δυνήσεται ημάς χωρίσαι από της αγάπης του θεού της εν χριστώ Ιησού τω κυρίω ημών
Romans 12:9
- KJV: love be without dissimulation Abhor that which is evil cleave to that which is good
- GK: η αγάπη ανυπόκριτος αποστυγούντες το πονηρόν κολλώμενοι τω αγαθώ
Romans 13:10
- KJV: Love worketh no ill to his neighbour therefore love the fulfilling of the law
- GK: η αγάπη τω πλησίον κακόν ουκ εργάζεται πλήρωμα ουν νόμου η αγάπη
Romans 14:15
- KJV: But if thy brother be grieved with meat now walkest thou not charitably Destroy not him with thy meat for whom Christ died
- GK: ει δε διά βρώμα ο αδελφός σου λυπείται ουκέτι κατά αγάπην περιπατείς μη τω βρώματί σου εκείνον απόλλυε υπέρ ου χριστός απέθανεν
Romans 15:30
- KJV: Now I beseech you brethren for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake and for the love of the Spirit that ye strive together with me in prayers to God for me
- GK: παρακαλώ δε υμάς αδελφοί διά του κυρίου ημών Ιησού χριστού και διά της αγάπης του πνεύματος συναγωνίσασθαί μοι εν ταις προσευχαίς υπέρ εμού προς τον θεόν
1 Corinthians 4:21
- KJV: What will ye shall I come unto you with a rod or in love and the spirit of meekness
- GK: τι θέλετε εν ράβδω έλθω προς υμάς η εν αγάπη πνεύματί τε πραότητος
1 Corinthians 8:1
- KJV: Now as touching things offered unto idols we know that we all have knowledge Knowledge puffeth up but charity edifieth
- GK: περί δε των ειδωλοθύτων οίδαμεν ότι πάντες γνώσιν έχομεν η γνώσις φυσιοί η δε αγάπη οικοδομεί
1 Corinthians 13:1
- KJV: Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels and have not charity I am become sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal
- GK: εάν ταις γλώσσαις των ανθρώπων λαλώ και των αγγέλων αγάπην δε μη έχω γέγονα χαλκός ηχών η κύμβαλον αλαλάζον
1 Corinthians 13:2
- KJV: And though I have prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge and though I have all faith so that I could remove mountains and have not charity I am nothing
- GK: και εάν έχω προφητείαν και ειδώ τα μυστήρια πάντα και πάσαν την γνώσιν και εάν έχω πάσαν την πίστιν ώστε όρη μεθιστάνειν αγάπην δε μη έχω ουθέν ειμι
1 Corinthians 13:3
- KJV: And though I bestow all my goods to feed and though I give my body to be burned and have not charity it profiteth me nothing
- GK: και εάν ψωμίσω πάντα τα υπάρχοντά μου και εάν παραδώ το σώμά μου ίνα καυθήσωμαι αγάπην δε μη έχω ουδέν ωφελούμαι
1 Corinthians 13:4
- KJV: Charity suffereth long is kind charity envieth not charity vaunteth not itself is not puffed up
- GK: η αγάπη μακροθυμεί χρηστεύεται η αγάπη ου ζηλοί η αγάπη ου περπερεύεται ου φυσιούται
1 Corinthians 13:8
- KJV: Charity never faileth but whether prophecies they shall fail whether tongues they shall cease whether knowledge it shall vanish away
- GK: η αγάπη ουδέποτε εκπίπτει είτε δε προφητείαι καταργηθήσονται είτε γλώσσαι παύσονται είτε γνώσις καταργηθήσεται
1 Corinthians 13:13
- KJV: And now abideth faith hope charity these three but the greatest of these charity
- GK: νυνί δε μένει πίστις ελπίς αγάπη τα τρία ταύτα μείζων δε τούτων η αγάπη
1 Corinthians 14:1
- KJV: Follow after charity and desire spiritual but rather that ye may prophesy
- GK: διώκετε την αγάπην ζηλούτε δε τα πνευματικά μάλλον δε ίνα προφητεύητε
1 Corinthians 16:14
- KJV: Let all your things be done with charity
- GK: πάντα υμών εν αγάπη γινέσθω
1 Corinthians 16:24
- KJV: My love with you all in Christ Jesus Amen
- GK: η αγάπη μου μετά πάντων υμών εν χριστώ Ιησού αμήν
2 Corinthians 2:4
- KJV: For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears not that ye should be grieved but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you
- GK: εκ γαρ πολλής θλίψεως και συνοχής καρδίας έγραψα υμίν διά πολλών δακρύων ουχ ίνα λυπηθήτε αλλά την αγάπην ίνα γνώτε ην έχω περισσοτέρως εις υμάς
2 Corinthians 2:8
- KJV: Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm love toward him
- GK: διό παρακαλώ υμάς κυρώσαι εις αυτόν αγάπην
2 Corinthians 5:14
- KJV: For the love of Christ constraineth us because we thus judge that if one died for all then were all dead
- GK: η γαρ αγάπη του χριστού συνέχει ημάς κρίναντας τούτο ότι ει εις υπέρ πάντων απέθανεν άρα οι πάντες απέθανον