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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 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 142 times in 109 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Mat 5:43–Rom 9:13)

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:43 - 'Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and shalt hate thine enemy;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:44 - but 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,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:46 - 'For, if ye may love those loving you, what reward have ye? do not also the tax-gatherers the same?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:24 - '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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:19 - honour thy father and mother, and, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:37 - And 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 --

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:39 - and the second is like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:21 - And 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.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:30 - and 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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:31 - and the second is like it, this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself; -- greater than these there is no other command.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:33 - and 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 neighbor as one's self, is more than all the whole burnt-offerings and the sacrifices.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:27 - 'But I say to you who are hearing, Love your enemies, do good to those hating you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:32 - and -- if ye love those loving you, what grace have ye? for also the sinful love those loving them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:35 - '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;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:5 - for he doth love our nation, and the synagogue he did build to us.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:42 - and they not having wherewith to give back, he forgave both; which then of them, say thou, will love him more?'

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:47 - 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.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:27 - And 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.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:43 - 'Wo to you, the Pharisees, because ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the market-places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:13 - '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.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:16 - for 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:19 - '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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:35 - the Father doth love the Son, and all things hath given into his hand;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:42 - Jesus 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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:17 - 'Because of this doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that again I may take it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:5 - And Jesus was loving Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:43 - for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:1 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:23 - And there was one of his disciples reclining (at meat) in the bosom of Jesus, whom Jesus was loving;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:34 - 'A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:15 - 'If ye love me, my commands keep,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:21 - he 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.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:23 - Jesus 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;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:24 - he 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:28 - ye 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 14:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:31 - but 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:9 - According as the Father did love me, I also loved you, remain in my love;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:12 - 'This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:17 - 'These things I command you, that ye love one another;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:23 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:24 - '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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 17:26 - and 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.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:26 - Jesus, therefore, having seen his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he was loving, he saith to his mother, 'Woman, lo, thy son;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:7 - That 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;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:15 - When, 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.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:16 - He 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.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:20 - And 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?')

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:28 - And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:37 - but in all these we more than conquer, through him who loved us;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:13 - according as it hath been written, 'Jacob I did love, and Esau I did hate.'

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