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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)
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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 ὁ 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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 217 times in 202 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 5 (Gen 22:2–1Sa 18:20)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:2 - He said, “Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:67 - Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and he took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her; thus Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:28 - Now Isaac loved Esau, because [fn]he had a taste for game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:18 - Now Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:20 - So Jacob served seven years for Rachel and they seemed to him but a few days because of his love for her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:30 - So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and indeed he loved Rachel more than Leah, and he served with [fn]Laban for another seven years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:32 - Leah conceived and bore a son and named him [fn]Reuben, for she said, “Because the LORD has [fn]seen my affliction; surely now my husband will love me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:3 - [fn]He was deeply attracted to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and [fn]spoke tenderly to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:3 - Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a [fn]varicolored tunic.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20 - “We said to my lord, ‘We have an old father and a little child of his old age. Now his brother is dead, so he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:6 - but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:18 - ‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:34 - ‘The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:37 - “[fn]Because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose [fn]their descendants after them. And He [fn]personally brought you from Egypt by His great power,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:10 - but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:5 - “You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:8 - but because the LORD loved you and kept the oath which He swore to your forefathers, the LORD brought you out by a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of [fn]slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:9 - “Know therefore that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps [fn]His covenant and [fn]His lovingkindness to a thousandth generation with those who love Him and keep His commandments;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:13 - “He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock, [fn]in the land which He swore to your forefathers to give you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:12 - “Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to [fn]fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:15 - “Yet on your fathers did the LORD set His affection to love them, and He chose their [fn]descendants after them, even you above all peoples, as it is this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:18 - “He executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and shows His love for the alien by giving him food and clothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:19 - “So show your love for the alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:1 - “You shall therefore love the LORD your God, and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:13 - “It shall come about, if you listen obediently to my commandments which I am commanding you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and all your soul,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:22 - “For if you are careful to keep all this commandment which I am commanding you to do, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and hold fast to Him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:3 - you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God is testing you to find out if you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:16 - “It shall come about if he says to you, ‘I will not go out from you,’ because he loves you and your household, since he fares well with you;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:9 - if you [fn]carefully observe all this commandment which I command you today, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in His ways always—then you shall add three more cities for yourself, besides these three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:15 - “If a man has two wives, the one loved and the other [fn]unloved, and both the loved and the [fn]unloved have borne him sons, if the firstborn son belongs to the [fn]unloved,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:16 - then it shall be in the day he [fn]wills what he has to his sons, he cannot make the son of the loved the firstborn before the son of the [fn]unloved, who is the firstborn.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:5 - “Nevertheless, the LORD your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you because the LORD your God loves you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:6 - “Moreover the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your [fn]descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:16 - in that I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, that you may live and multiply, and that the LORD your God may bless you in the land where you are entering to possess it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:20 - by loving the LORD your God, by obeying His voice, and by holding fast to Him; for [fn]this is your life and the length of your days, [fn]that you may live in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:15 - “But [fn]Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—
You are grown fat, thick, and sleek—
Then he forsook God who made him,
And scorned the Rock of his salvation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:5 - “And He was king in Jeshurun,
When the heads of the people were gathered,
The tribes of Israel together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:12 - Of Benjamin he said,
“May the beloved of the LORD dwell in security by Him,
Who shields him all the day,
And he dwells between His shoulders.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:26 - “There is none like the God of [fn]Jeshurun,
Who rides the heavens [fn]to your help,
And through the skies in His majesty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:5 - “Only be very careful to observe the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God and walk in all His ways and keep His commandments and hold fast to Him and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:11 - “So take diligent heed to yourselves to love the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:31 - “Thus let all Your enemies perish, O LORD;
But let those who love Him be like the rising of the sun in its might.”
And the land was undisturbed for forty years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:16 - Samson’s wife wept before him and said, “You only hate me, and you do not love me; you have propounded a riddle to the sons of my people, and have not told it to me.” And he said to her, “Behold, I have not told it to my father or mother; so should I tell you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:4 - After this it came about that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:15 - Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? You have deceived me these three times and have not told me where your great strength is.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:15 - “May he also be to you a restorer of life and a sustainer of your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you [fn]and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:5 - but to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, but the LORD had closed her womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:21 - Then David came to Saul and [fn]attended him; and [fn]Saul loved him greatly, and he became his armor bearer.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:16 - But all Israel and Judah loved David, and he went out and came in before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:20 - Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David. When they told Saul, the thing was agreeable [fn]to him.

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