ἀγαπάω, -ῶ, [in LXX chiefly for אהב ;] to love, to feel and exhibit esteem and goodwill to a person, to prize and delight in a thing. 1. Of human affection, to men: τ. πλησίον, Mat.5:43; τ. ἐχθρούς, ib. 44; to Christ, Jhn.8:42; to God, Mat.22:37; with accusative of thing(s), Luk.11:43, Jhn.12:43, Eph.5:25, II Tim 4:8, 10, Heb.1:9, 1Pe.2:17, 3:10, 2Pe.2:15, 1Jn.2:15, Rev.12:11. 2. Of divine love; (a) God's love: to men, Rom.8:37; to Christ, Jhn.3:35; (b) Christ's love: to men, Mrk.10:21; to God, Jhn.14:31; with cogn. accusative, Jhn.17:26, Eph.2:4. SYN.: φιλέω. From its supposed etymology (Thayer, LS; but see also Boisacq) ἀ. is commonly understood properly to denote love based on esteem (diligo), as distinct from that expressed by φιλέω (amo), spontaneous natural affection, emotional and unreasoning. If this distinction holds, ἀ. is fitly used in NT of Christian love to God and man, the spiritual affection which follows the direction of the will, and which, therefore, unlike that feeling which is instinctive and unreasoned, can be commanded as a duty. (Cf. ἀγάπη, and v. Tr., Syn. §xii; Cremer, 9, 592; and esp. MM, VGT, see word) (AS)
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agapaō · to love · Greek
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Matthew 5:43 · ἀγαπήσεις‘Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and shalt hate thine enemy;Matthew 5:44 · ἀγαπᾶτεbut I—I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,Matthew 5:46 · ἀγαπήσητε · ἀγαπῶντας‘For, if ye may love those loving you, what reward have ye? do not also the tax-gatherers the same?Matthew 6:24 · ἀγαπήσει‘None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.Matthew 19:19 · ἀγαπήσειςhonour thy father and mother, and, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.’Matthew 22:37 · ἀγαπήσειςAnd Jesus said to him, ‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding—Matthew 22:39 · ἀγαπήσειςand the second is like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;Mark 10:21 · ἠγάπησενAnd Jesus having looked upon him, did love him, and said to him, ‘One thing thou dost lack; go away, whatever thou hast—sell, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me, having taken up the cross.’Mark 12:30 · ἀγαπήσειςand thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of thy soul, and out of all thine understanding, and out of all thy strength—this is the first command;Mark 12:31 · ἀγαπήσειςand the second is like it, this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;—greater than these there is no other command.’Mark 12:33 · ἀγαπᾶν · ἀγαπᾶνand to love Him out of all the heart, and out of all the understanding, and out of all the soul, and out of all the strength, and to love one’s neighbour as one’s self, is more than all the whole burnt-offerings and the sacrifices.’Luke 6:27 · ἀγαπᾶτε‘But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you,Luke 6:32 · ἀγαπᾶτε · ἀγαπῶντας · ἀγαπῶντας · ἀγαπῶσιν.and—if ye love those loving you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful love those loving them;Luke 6:35 · ἀγαπᾶτε‘But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;Luke 7:5 · ἀγαπᾷfor he doth love our nation, and the synagogue he did build to us.’Luke 7:42 · ἀγαπήσειand they not having wherewith to give back, he forgave both; which then of them, say thou, will love him more?’Luke 7:47 · ἠγάπησεν · ἀγαπᾷ.therefore I say to thee, her many sins have been forgiven, because she did love much; but to whom little is forgiven, little he doth love.’Luke 10:27 · ἀγαπήσειςAnd he answering said, ‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.’Luke 11:43 · ἀγαπᾶτε‘Woe to you, the Pharisees, because ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the market-places.Luke 16:13 · ἀγαπήσει,‘No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.’John 3:16 · ἠγάπησενfor God did so love the world, that His Son—the only begotten—He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.John 3:19 · ἠγάπησαν‘And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil;John 3:35 · ἀγαπᾷthe Father doth love the Son, and all things hath given into his hand;John 8:42 · ἠγαπᾶτεJesus then said to them, ‘If God were your father, ye were loving me, for I came forth from God, and am come; for neither have I come of myself, but He sent me;John 10:17 · ἀγαπᾷ‘Because of this doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that again I may take it;John 11:5 · ἨγάπαAnd Jesus was loving Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus,John 12:43 · ἠγάπησανfor they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.John 13:1 · ἀγαπήσας · ἠγάπησενAnd before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour hath come, that he may remove out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own who are in the world—to the end he loved them.John 13:23 · ἠγάπαAnd there was one of his disciples reclining (at meat) in the bosom of Jesus, whom Jesus was loving;John 13:34 · ἀγαπᾶτε · ἠγάπησα · ἀγαπᾶτε‘A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;John 14:15 · ἀγαπᾶτέ‘If ye love me, my commands keep,John 14:21 · ἀγαπῶν · ἀγαπῶν · ἀγαπηθήσεται · ἀγαπήσωhe who is having my commands, and is keeping them, that one it is who is loving me, and he who is loving me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.’John 14:23 · ἀγαπᾷ · ἀγαπήσειJesus answered and said to him, ‘If any one may love me, my word he will keep, and my Father will love him, and unto him we will come, and abode with him we will make;John 14:24 · ἀγαπῶνhe who is not loving me, my words doth not keep; and the word that ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s who sent me.John 14:28 · ἠγαπᾶτέye heard that I said to you—I go away, and I come unto you; if ye did love me, ye would have rejoiced that I said—I go on to the Father, because my Father is greater than I.John 14:31 · ἀγαπῶbut that the world may know that I love the Father, and according as the Father gave me command so I do; arise, we may go hence.John 15:9 · ἠγάπησέν · ἠγάπησα·According as the Father did love me, I also loved you, remain in my love;John 15:12 · ἀγαπᾶτε · ἠγάπησα‘This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;John 15:17 · ἀγαπᾶτε‘These things I command you, that ye love one another;John 17:23 · ἠγάπησας · ἠγάπησας.¶I in them, and Thou in me, that they may be perfected into one, and that the world may know that Thou didst send me, and didst love them as Thou didst love me.John 17:24 · ἠγάπησάς‘Father, those whom Thou hast given to me, I will that where I am they also may be with me, that they may behold my glory that Thou didst give to me, because Thou didst love me before the foundation of the world.John 17:26 · ἠγάπησάςand I made known to them Thy name, and will make known, that the love with which Thou lovedst me in them may be, and I in them.’John 19:26 · ἠγάπα,Jesus, therefore, having seen his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he was loving, he saith to his mother, ‘Woman, lo, thy son;’John 21:7 · ἠγάπαThat disciple, therefore, whom Jesus was loving saith to Peter, ‘The Lord it is!’ Simon Peter, therefore, having heard that it is the Lord, did gird on the outer coat, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea;John 21:15 · ἀγαπᾷςWhen, therefore, they dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, ‘Simon, son of Jonas, dost thou love me more than these?’ he saith to him, ‘Yes, Lord; thou hast known that I dearly love thee;’ he saith to him, ‘Feed my lambs.’John 21:16 · ἀγαπᾷςHe saith to him again, a second time, ‘Simon, son of Jonas, dost thou love me?’ he saith to him, ‘Yes, Lord; thou hast known that I dearly love thee;’ he saith to him, ‘Tend my sheep.’John 21:20 · ἠγάπαAnd Peter having turned about doth see the disciple whom Jesus was loving following, (who also reclined in the supper on his breast, and said, ‘Sir, who is he who is delivering thee up?’)Romans 8:28 · ἀγαπῶσινAnd we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;Romans 8:37 · ἀγαπήσαντοςbut in all these we more than conquer, through him who loved us;Romans 9:13 · ἠγάπησα,according as it hath been written, ‘Jacob I did love, and Esau I did hate.’Romans 9:25 · ἠγαπημένην · ἠγαπημένην.as also in Hosea He saith, ‘I will call what is not My people—My people; and her not beloved—Beloved,Romans 13:8 · ἀγαπᾶν· · ἀγαπῶνTo no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other—law he hath fulfilled,Romans 13:9 · ἀγαπήσειςfor, ‘Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet;’ and if there is any other command, in this word it is summed up, in this: ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;’1 Corinthians 2:9 · ἀγαπῶσινbut, according as it hath been written, ‘What eye did not see, and ear did not hear, and upon the heart of man came not up, what God did prepare for those loving Him—‘1 Corinthians 8:3 · ἀγαπᾷand if any one doth love God, this one hath been known by Him.2 Corinthians 9:7 · ἀγαπᾷeach one, according as he doth purpose in heart, not out of sorrow or out of necessity, for a cheerful giver doth God love,2 Corinthians 11:11 · ἀγαπῶwherefore? because I do not love you? God hath known!2 Corinthians 12:15 · ἀγαπῶν · ἀγαπῶμαι.and I most gladly will spend and be entirely spent for your souls, even if, more abundantly loving you, less I am loved.Galatians 2:20 · ἀγαπήσαντόςwith Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh—in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;Galatians 5:14 · ἀγαπήσειςfor all the law in one word is fulfilled—in this: ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;’Ephesians 1:6 · ἠγαπημένῳ,to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He did make us accepted in the beloved,Ephesians 2:4 · ἠγάπησενand God, being rich in kindness, because of His great love with which He loved us,Ephesians 5:2 · ἠγάπησενand walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,Ephesians 5:25 · ἀγαπᾶτε · ἠγάπησενThe husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it,Ephesians 5:28 · ἀγαπᾶν · ἀγαπῶν · ἀγαπᾷ·so ought the husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he who is loving his own wife—himself he doth love;Ephesians 5:33 · ἀγαπάτωbut ye also, every one in particular—let each his own wife so love as himself, and the wife—that she may reverence the husband.Ephesians 6:24 · ἀγαπώντωνThe grace with all those loving our Lord Jesus Christ—undecayingly! Amen.Colossians 3:12 · ἠγαπημένοι,Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,Colossians 3:19 · ἀγαπᾶτεthe husbands! love your wives, and be not bitter with them;1 Thessalonians 1:4 · ἠγαπημένοιhaving known, brethren beloved, by God, your election,1 Thessalonians 4:9 · ἀγαπᾶνAnd concerning the brotherly love, ye have no need of my writing to you, for ye yourselves are God-taught to love one another,2 Thessalonians 2:13 · ἠγαπημένοιAnd we—we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved by the Lord, that God did choose you from the beginning to salvation, in sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth,2 Thessalonians 2:16 · ἀγαπήσαςand may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who did love us, and did give comfort age-during, and good hope in grace,2 Timothy 4:8 · ἠγαπηκόσινhenceforth there is laid up for me the crown of the righteousness that the Lord—the Righteous Judge—shall give to me in that day, and not only to me, but also to all those loving his manifestation.2 Timothy 4:10 · ἀγαπήσαςfor Demas forsook me, having loved the present age, and went on to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia,Hebrews 1:9 · ἠγάπησαςthou didst love righteousness, and didst hate lawlessness; because of this did He anoint thee—God, thy God—with oil of gladness above thy partners;’Hebrews 12:6 · ἀγαπᾷfor whom the Lord doth love He doth chasten, and He scourgeth every son whom He receiveth;’James 1:12 · ἀγαπῶσινHappy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.James 2:5 · ἀγαπῶσινHearken, my brethren beloved, did not God choose the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the reign that He promised to those loving Him?James 2:8 · ἀγαπήσειςIf, indeed, royal law ye complete, according to the Writing, ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,’—ye do well;1 Peter 1:8 · ἀγαπᾶτε,whom, not having seen, ye love, in whom, now not seeing and believing, ye are glad with joy unspeakable and glorified,1 Peter 1:22 · ἀγαπήσατεYour souls having purified in the obedience of the truth through the Spirit to brotherly love unfeigned, out of a pure heart one another love ye earnestly,1 Peter 2:17 · ἀγαπᾶτε,to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.1 Peter 3:10 · ἀγαπᾶνfor ‘he who is willing to love life, and to see good days, let him guard his tongue from evil, and his lips—not to speak guile;2 Peter 2:15 · ἠγάπησεν,having forsaken a right way, they did go astray, having followed in the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who a reward of unrighteousness did love,1 John 2:10 · ἀγαπῶνhe who is loving his brother, in the light he doth remain, and a stumbling-block in him there is not;1 John 2:15 · ἀγαπᾶτε · ἀγαπᾷLove not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him,1 John 3:10 · ἀγαπῶνIn this manifest are the children of God, and the children of the devil; every one who is not doing righteousness, is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother,1 John 3:11 · ἀγαπῶμενbecause this is the message that ye did hear from the beginning, that we may love one another,1 John 3:14 · ἀγαπῶμεν · ἀγαπῶνwe—we have known that we have passed out of the death to the life, because we love the brethren; he who is not loving the brother doth remain in the death.1 John 3:18 · ἀγαπῶμενMy little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in work and in truth!1 John 3:23 · ἀγαπῶμενand this is His command, that we may believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and may love one another, even as He did give command to us,1 John 4:7 · ἀγαπῶμεν · ἀγαπῶνBeloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;1 John 4:8 · ἀγαπῶνhe who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.1 John 4:10 · ἠγαπήκαμεν · ἠγάπησενin this is the love, not that we loved God, but that He did love us, and did send His Son a propitiation for our sins.1 John 4:11 · ἠγάπησεν · ἀγαπᾶν·Beloved, if thus did God love us, we also ought one another to love;1 John 4:12 · ἀγαπῶμενGod no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us;1 John 4:19 · ἀγαπῶμεν · ἠγάπησενwe—we love him, because He—He first loved us;1 John 4:20 · ἀγαπῶ · ἀγαπῶν · ἀγαπᾶν·if any one may say—‘I love God,’ and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God—whom he hath not seen—how is he able to love?1 John 4:21 · ἀγαπῶν · ἀγαπᾷand this is the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.1 John 5:1 · ἀγαπῶν · ἀγαπᾷEvery one who is believing that Jesus is the Christ, of God he hath been begotten, and every one who is loving Him who did beget, doth love also him who is begotten of Him:1 John 5:2 · ἀγαπῶμεν · ἀγαπῶμενin this we know that we love the children of God, when we may love God, and His commands may keep;2 John 1:1 · ἀγαπῶThe Elder to the choice Kyria, and to her children, whom I love in truth, and not I only, but also all those having known the truth,2 John 1:5 · ἀγαπῶμενand now I beseech thee, Kyria, not as writing to thee a new command, but which we had from the beginning, that we may love one another,3 John 1:1 · ἀγαπῶThe Elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth!Jude 1:1 · ἠγαπημένοιςJudas, of Jesus Christ a servant, and brother of James, to those sanctified in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ kept—called,Revelation 1:5 · ἀγαπῶντιand from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born out of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth; to him who did love us, and did bathe us from our sins in his blood,Revelation 3:9 · ἠγάπησάlo, I make of the synagogue of the Adversary those saying themselves to be Jews, and are not, but do lie; lo, I will make them that they may come and bow before thy feet, and may know that I loved thee.Revelation 12:11 · ἠγάπησανand they did overcome him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life—unto death;Revelation 20:9 · ἠγαπημένην.and they did go up over the breadth of the land, and did surround the camp of the saints, and the beloved city, and there came down fire from God out of the heaven, and devoured them;