ἀγάπη

agapē

Greek G0026 Noun, feminine 116 occurrences in 106 verses

ἀγάπη love

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, Jhn.13:35;

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

2. Of divine love;

(a) God's love: to men, Rom.5:8; to Christ, Jhn.17:26;

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

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

SYN.: 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 (Jas.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). (AS)

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Concordance 106 verses

3 John 1:6 ἀγάπῃ

They have testified to the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.
Jude 1:2 ἀγάπη

Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
Jude 1:12 ἀγάπαις

These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.
Jude 1:21 ἀγάπῃ

keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.
Revelation 2:4 ἀγάπην

But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.
Revelation 2:19 ἀγάπην

I know your deeds—your love, your faith, your service, your perseverance—and your latter deeds are greater than your first.