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Lexicon :: Strong's G25 - agapaō

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ἀγαπάω
Transliteration
agapaō (Key)
Pronunciation
ag-ap-ah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps from agan (much) [or cf φιλέω (G5368)]
mGNT
143x in 39 unique form(s)
TR
142x in 40 unique form(s)
LXX
217x in 55 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:21,5

Trench's Synonyms: xii. ἀγαπάω, φιλέω.

Strong’s Definitions

ἀγαπάω agapáō, ag-ap-ah'-o; perhaps from ἄγαν ágan (much) (or compare H5689); to love (in a social or moral sense):—(be-)love(-ed). Compare G5368.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 142x

The KJV translates Strong's G25 in the following manner: love (135x), beloved (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 142x
The KJV translates Strong's G25 in the following manner: love (135x), beloved (7x).
  1. of persons

    1. to welcome, to entertain, to be fond of, to love dearly

  2. of things

    1. to be well pleased, to be contented at or with a thing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀγαπάω agapáō, ag-ap-ah'-o; perhaps from ἄγαν ágan (much) (or compare H5689); to love (in a social or moral sense):—(be-)love(-ed). Compare G5368.
STRONGS G25:
ἀγαπάω, -ῶ; [imperfect ἠγάπων]; future ἀγαπήσω; 1 aorist ἠγάπησα; perfect active [1 person plural ἠγαπήκαμεν, 1 John 4:10 WH text], participle ἠγαπηκώς (2 Timothy 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: Luke 7:47; 1 John 4:7f; with the accusative of the person, to have a preference for, wish well to, regard the welfare of: Matthew 5:43ff; Matthew 19:19; Luke 7:5; John 11:5; Romans 13:8; 2 Corinthians 11:11; 2 Corinthians 12:15; Galatians 5:14; Ephesians 5:25, 28; 1 Peter 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, John 3:16; Romans 8:37; 2 Thessalonians 2:16; 1 John 4:11, 19; [noteworthy is Jude 1:1 L T Tr WH τοῖς ἐν Θεῷ πατρί ἠγαπημένοις; see ἐν, I. 4, and cf. Bp. Lightfoot on Colossians 3:12]; of the love which led Christ, in procuring human salvation, to undergo sufferings and death, Galatians 2:20; Ephesians 5:2; of the love with which God regards Christ, John 3:35; [John 3:20 L marginal reading]; John 10:17; 15:9; Ephesians 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: Matthew 6:24; Matthew 22:37; Romans 8:28; 1 Corinthians 2:9; 1 Corinthians 8:3; James 1:12; 1 Peter 1:8; 1 John 4:10, 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, Hebrews 1:9 (i. e. steadfastly to cleave to); τήν δόξαν, John 12:43; τήν πρωτοκαθεδρίαν, Luke 11:43; τό σκότος; and τό φῶς, John 3:19; τόν κόσμον. 1 John 2:15; τόν νῦν αἰῶνα, 2 Timothy 4:10, — both which last phrases signify to set the heart on earthly advantages and joys; τήν ψυχήν αὐτῶν, Revelation 12:11; ζωήν, 1 Peter 3:10 (to derive pleasure from life, render it agreeable to himself); to welcome with desire, long for: τήν ἐπιφάνειαν αὐτοῦ, 2 Timothy 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, John 13:1, cf. Lücke or Meyer at the passage (but others take ήγάπ. here more comprehensively, see Weiss's Meyer, Godet, Westcott, Keil]. The combination ἀγάπην ἀγαπᾶν τινα occurs, when a relative intervenes, in John 17:26; Ephesians 2:4 (2 Samuel 13:15 where τό μῖσος ἐμίσησεν αὐτήν is contrasted; cf. Genesis 49:25 εὐλόγησε σε εὐλογίαν; Psalms of Solomon 17:35 [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 1 Macc. 2:54.
On the difference between ἀγαπάω and φιλέω, see φιλέω. Cf. ἀγάπη, 1 at the end.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
49:25
2 Samuel
13:15
Matthew
5:43; 6:24; 19:19; 22:37
Luke
7:5; 7:47; 11:43
John
3:16; 3:19; 3:20; 3:35; 10:17; 11:5; 12:43; 13:1; 15:9; 17:26
Romans
8:28; 8:37; 13:8
1 Corinthians
2:9; 8:3
2 Corinthians
11:11; 12:15
Galatians
2:20; 5:14
Ephesians
1:6; 2:4; 5:2; 5:25; 5:28
Colossians
3:12
2 Thessalonians
2:16
2 Timothy
4:8; 4:8; 4:10
Hebrews
1:9
James
1:12
1 Peter
1:8; 1:22; 3:10
1 John
2:15; 4:7; 4:10; 4:10; 4:11; 4:19; 4:20
Jude
1:1
Revelation
12:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G25 matches the Greek ἀγαπάω (agapaō),
which occurs 143 times in 110 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Mat 5:43–Rom 9:13)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:43 - ἠκούσατε ὅτι ἐρρέθη ἀγαπήσεις G25 τὸν πλησίον σου καὶ μισήσεις τὸν ἐχθρόν σου
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:44 - ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν ἀγαπᾶτε G25 τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ὑμῶν καὶ προσεύχεσθε ὑπὲρ τῶν διωκόντων ὑμᾶς
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:46 - ἐὰν γὰρ ἀγαπήσητε G25 τοὺς ἀγαπῶντας G25 ὑμᾶς τίνα μισθὸν ἔχετε οὐχὶ καὶ οἱ τελῶναι τὸ αὐτὸ ποιοῦσιν
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:24 - οὐδεὶς δύναται δυσὶ κυρίοις δουλεύειν γὰρ τὸν ἕνα μισήσει καὶ τὸν ἕτερον ἀγαπήσει G25 ἑνὸς ἀνθέξεται καὶ τοῦ ἑτέρου καταφρονήσει οὐ δύνασθε θεῷ δουλεύειν καὶ μαμωνᾷ
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:19 - τίμα τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα καί ἀγαπήσεις G25 τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:37 - δὲ ἔφη αὐτῷ ἀγαπήσεις G25 κύριον τὸν θεόν σου ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ καρδίᾳ σου καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ ψυχῇ σου καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ διανοίᾳ σου
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:39 - δευτέρα δὲ ὁμοία αὐτῇ ἀγαπήσεις G25 τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:21 - δὲ Ἰησοῦς ἐμβλέψας αὐτῷ ἠγάπησεν G25 αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ἕν σε ὑστερεῖ ὕπαγε ὅσα ἔχεις πώλησον καὶ δὸς τοῖς πτωχοῖς καὶ ἕξεις θησαυρὸν ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ δεῦρο ἀκολούθει μοι
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:30 - καὶ ἀγαπήσεις G25 κύριον τὸν θεόν σου ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας σου καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ψυχῆς σου καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς διανοίας σου καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ἰσχύος σου
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:31 - δευτέρα αὕτη ἀγαπήσεις G25 τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν μείζων τούτων ἄλλη ἐντολὴ οὐκ ἔστιν
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:33 - καὶ τὸ ἀγαπᾶν G25 αὐτὸν ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς συνέσεως καὶ ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ἰσχύος καὶ τὸ ἀγαπᾶν G25 τὸν πλησίον ὡς ἑαυτὸν περισσότερόν ἐστιν πάντων τῶν ὁλοκαυτωμάτων καὶ θυσιῶν
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:27 - ἀλλὰ ὑμῖν λέγω τοῖς ἀκούουσιν ἀγαπᾶτε G25 τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ὑμῶν καλῶς ποιεῖτε τοῖς μισοῦσιν ὑμᾶς
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:32 - καὶ εἰ ἀγαπᾶτε G25 τοὺς ἀγαπῶντας G25 ὑμᾶς ποία ὑμῖν χάρις ἐστίν καὶ γὰρ οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ τοὺς ἀγαπῶντας G25 αὐτοὺς ἀγαπῶσιν G25
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:35 - πλὴν ἀγαπᾶτε G25 τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ὑμῶν καὶ ἀγαθοποιεῖτε καὶ δανίζετε μηδὲν ἀπελπίζοντες καὶ ἔσται μισθὸς ὑμῶν πολύς καὶ ἔσεσθε υἱοὶ ὑψίστου ὅτι αὐτὸς χρηστός ἐστιν ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀχαρίστους καὶ πονηρούς
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:5 - ἀγαπᾷ G25 γὰρ τὸ ἔθνος ἡμῶν καὶ τὴν συναγωγὴν αὐτὸς ᾠκοδόμησεν ἡμῖν
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:42 - μὴ ἐχόντων αὐτῶν ἀποδοῦναι ἀμφοτέροις ἐχαρίσατο τίς οὖν αὐτῶν πλεῖον ἀγαπήσει G25 αὐτόν
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:47 - οὗ χάριν λέγω σοι ἀφέωνται αἱ ἁμαρτίαι αὐτῆς αἱ πολλαί ὅτι ἠγάπησεν G25 πολύ δὲ ὀλίγον ἀφίεται ὀλίγον ἀγαπᾷ G25
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:27 - δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν ἀγαπήσεις G25 κύριον τὸν θεόν σου ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας σου καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ ψυχῇ σου καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ ἰσχύϊ σου καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ διανοίᾳ σου καὶ τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:43 - οὐαὶ ὑμῖν τοῖς Φαρισαίοις ὅτι ἀγαπᾶτε G25 τὴν πρωτοκαθεδρίαν ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς καὶ τοὺς ἀσπασμοὺς ἐν ταῖς ἀγοραῖς
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:13 - οὐδεὶς οἰκέτης δύναται δυσὶ κυρίοις δουλεύειν γὰρ τὸν ἕνα μισήσει καὶ τὸν ἕτερον ἀγαπήσει G25 ἑνὸς ἀνθέξεται καὶ τοῦ ἑτέρου καταφρονήσει οὐ δύνασθε θεῷ δουλεύειν καὶ μαμωνᾷ
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:16 - οὕτως γὰρ ἠγάπησεν G25 θεὸς τὸν κόσμον ὥστε τὸν υἱὸν τὸν μονογενῆ ἔδωκεν ἵνα πᾶς πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται ἀλλ᾽ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:19 - αὕτη δέ ἐστιν κρίσις ὅτι τὸ φῶς ἐλήλυθεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον καὶ ἠγάπησαν G25 οἱ ἄνθρωποι μᾶλλον τὸ σκότος τὸ φῶς ἦν γὰρ αὐτῶν πονηρὰ τὰ ἔργα
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:35 - πατὴρ ἀγαπᾷ G25 τὸν υἱόν καὶ πάντα δέδωκεν ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:42 - εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Ἰησοῦς εἰ θεὸς πατὴρ ὑμῶν ἦν ἠγαπᾶτε G25 ἂν ἐμέ ἐγὼ γὰρ ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐξῆλθον καὶ ἥκω οὐδὲ γὰρ ἀπ᾽ ἐμαυτοῦ ἐλήλυθα ἀλλ᾽ ἐκεῖνός με ἀπέστειλεν
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:17 - διὰ τοῦτό με πατὴρ ἀγαπᾷ G25 ὅτι ἐγὼ τίθημι τὴν ψυχήν μου ἵνα πάλιν λάβω αὐτήν
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:5 - ἠγάπα G25 δὲ Ἰησοῦς τὴν Μάρθαν καὶ τὴν ἀδελφὴν αὐτῆς καὶ τὸν Λάζαρον
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:43 - ἠγάπησαν G25 γὰρ τὴν δόξαν τῶν ἀνθρώπων μᾶλλον ἤπερ τὴν δόξαν τοῦ θεοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:1 - πρὸ δὲ τῆς ἑορτῆς τοῦ πάσχα εἰδὼς Ἰησοῦς ὅτι ἦλθεν αὐτοῦ ὥρα ἵνα μεταβῇ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου τούτου πρὸς τὸν πατέρα ἀγαπήσας G25 τοὺς ἰδίους τοὺς ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ εἰς τέλος ἠγάπησεν G25 αὐτούς
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:23 - ἦν ἀνακείμενος εἷς ἐκ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ κόλπῳ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ὃν ἠγάπα G25 Ἰησοῦς
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:34 - ἐντολὴν καινὴν δίδωμι ὑμῖν ἵνα ἀγαπᾶτε G25 ἀλλήλους καθὼς ἠγάπησα G25 ὑμᾶς ἵνα καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀγαπᾶτε G25 ἀλλήλους
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:15 - ἐὰν ἀγαπᾶτέ G25 με τὰς ἐντολὰς τὰς ἐμὰς τηρήσετε
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:21 - ἔχων τὰς ἐντολάς μου καὶ τηρῶν αὐτὰς ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν ἀγαπῶν G25 με δὲ ἀγαπῶν G25 με ἀγαπηθήσεται G25 ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρός μου κἀγὼ ἀγαπήσω G25 αὐτὸν καὶ ἐμφανίσω αὐτῷ ἐμαυτόν
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:23 - ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ἐάν τις ἀγαπᾷ G25 με τὸν λόγον μου τηρήσει καὶ πατήρ μου ἀγαπήσει G25 αὐτόν καὶ πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐλευσόμεθα καὶ μονὴν παρ᾽ αὐτῷ ποιησόμεθα
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:24 - μὴ ἀγαπῶν G25 με τοὺς λόγους μου οὐ τηρεῖ καὶ λόγος ὃν ἀκούετε οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμὸς ἀλλὰ τοῦ πέμψαντός με πατρός
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:28 - ἠκούσατε ὅτι ἐγὼ εἶπον ὑμῖν ὑπάγω καὶ ἔρχομαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς εἰ ἠγαπᾶτέ G25 με ἐχάρητε ἄν ὅτι πορεύομαι πρὸς τὸν πατέρα ὅτι πατὴρ μείζων μού ἐστιν
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:31 - ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα γνῷ κόσμος ὅτι ἀγαπῶ G25 τὸν πατέρα καὶ καθὼς ἐνετείλατο μοι πατήρ οὕτως ποιῶ ἐγείρεσθε ἄγωμεν ἐντεῦθεν
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:9 - καθὼς ἠγάπησέν G25 με πατήρ κἀγὼ ὑμᾶς ἠγάπησα G25 μείνατε ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ τῇ ἐμῇ
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:12 - αὕτη ἐστὶν ἐντολὴ ἐμή ἵνα ἀγαπᾶτε G25 ἀλλήλους καθὼς ἠγάπησα G25 ὑμᾶς
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:17 - ταῦτα ἐντέλλομαι ὑμῖν ἵνα ἀγαπᾶτε G25 ἀλλήλους
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:23 - ἐγὼ ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ σὺ ἐν ἐμοί ἵνα ὦσιν τετελειωμένοι εἰς ἕν ἵνα γινώσκῃ κόσμος ὅτι σύ με ἀπέστειλας καὶ ἠγάπησας G25 αὐτοὺς καθὼς ἐμὲ ἠγάπησας G25
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:24 - πάτερ δέδωκάς μοι θέλω ἵνα ὅπου εἰμὶ ἐγὼ κἀκεῖνοι ὦσιν μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ ἵνα θεωρῶσιν τὴν δόξαν τὴν ἐμὴν ἣν δέδωκάς μοι ὅτι ἠγάπησάς G25 με πρὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:26 - καὶ ἐγνώρισα αὐτοῖς τὸ ὄνομά σου καὶ γνωρίσω ἵνα ἀγάπη ἣν ἠγάπησάς G25 με ἐν αὐτοῖς κἀγὼ ἐν αὐτοῖς
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:26 - Ἰησοῦς οὖν ἰδὼν τὴν μητέρα καὶ τὸν μαθητὴν παρεστῶτα ὃν ἠγάπα G25 λέγει τῇ μητρί γύναι ἴδε υἱός σου
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:7 - λέγει οὖν μαθητὴς ἐκεῖνος ὃν ἠγάπα G25 Ἰησοῦς τῷ Πέτρῳ κύριός ἐστιν Σίμων οὖν Πέτρος ἀκούσας ὅτι κύριός ἐστιν τὸν ἐπενδύτην διεζώσατο ἦν γὰρ γυμνός καὶ ἔβαλεν ἑαυτὸν εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:15 - ὅτε οὖν ἠρίστησαν λέγει τῷ Σίμωνι Πέτρῳ Ἰησοῦς Σίμων Ἰωάννου ἀγαπᾷς G25 με πλέον τούτων λέγει αὐτῷ ναί κύριε σὺ οἶδας ὅτι φιλῶ σε λέγει αὐτῷ βόσκε τὰ ἀρνία μου
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:16 - λέγει αὐτῷ πάλιν δεύτερον Σίμων Ἰωάννου ἀγαπᾷς G25 με λέγει αὐτῷ ναί κύριε σὺ οἶδας ὅτι φιλῶ σε λέγει αὐτῷ ποίμαινε τὰ πρόβατά μου
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:20 - ἐπιστραφεὶς Πέτρος βλέπει τὸν μαθητὴν ὃν ἠγάπα G25 Ἰησοῦς ἀκολουθοῦντα ὃς καὶ ἀνέπεσεν ἐν τῷ δείπνῳ ἐπὶ τὸ στῆθος αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν κύριε τίς ἐστιν παραδιδούς σε
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:28 - οἴδαμεν δὲ ὅτι τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν G25 τὸν θεὸν πάντα συνεργεῖ εἰς ἀγαθόν τοῖς κατὰ πρόθεσιν κλητοῖς οὖσιν
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:37 - ἀλλ᾽ ἐν τούτοις πᾶσιν ὑπερνικῶμεν διὰ τοῦ ἀγαπήσαντος G25 ἡμᾶς
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:13 - καθὼς γέγραπται τὸν Ἰακὼβ ἠγάπησα G25 τὸν δὲ Ἠσαῦ ἐμίσησα

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