Strong's Concordance
agapé: love, goodwill
Original Word: ἀγάπη, ης, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: agapé
Phonetic Spelling: (ag-ah'-pay)
Short Definition: love
Definition: love, benevolence, good will, esteem; plur: love-feasts.
HELPS Word-studies
26 agápē – properly, love which centers in moral preference. So too in secular ancient Greek, 26 (agápē) focuses on preference; likewise the verb form (25 /agapáō) in antiquity meant "to prefer" (TDNT, 7). In the NT, 26 (agápē) typically refers to divine love (= what God prefers).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 26: ἀγάπηἀγάπη,
(ης,
ἡ, a purely Biblical and ecclesiastical word (for Wyttenbach, following Reiske's conjecture, long ago restored
ἀγαπήσων in place of
ἀγάπης,
ὧν in
Plutarch, sympos. quaestt. 7, 6, 3 (vol. viii., p. 835, Reiske edition)). Secular authors from (
Aristotle),
Plutarch on used
ἀγάπησις. "The
Sept. use
ἀγάπη for
אַהֲבָה,
Song of Solomon 2:4, 5, 7;
Song of Solomon 3:5, 10;
Song of Solomon 5:8;
Song of Solomon 7:6;
Song of Solomon 8:4, 6, 7; ("It is noticeable that the word first makes its appearance as a current term in the Song of Solomon; — certainly no undesigned evidence respecting the idea which the Alexandrian
LXX translators had of the love in this Song" (Zezschwitz, Profangraec. u. Biblical Sprachgeist, p. 63));
Jeremiah 2:2;
Ecclesiastes 9:1, 6; (
2 Samuel 13:15). It occurs besides in Wis. 3:9 Wis. 6:19. In
Philo and
Josephus, I do not remember to have met with it. Nor is it found in the N. T. in Acts, Mark, or James; it occurs only once in Matthew and Luke, twice in Hebrews and Revelation, but frequently in the writings of Paul, John, Peter, Jude" (Bretschn. Lex. under the word); (
Philo, deus immut. § 14). In signification it follows the verb
ἀγαπάω; consequently it denotes
1. affection, good-will, love, benevolence: John 15:13; Romans 13:10; 1 John 4:18. Of the love of men to men; especially of that love of Christians toward Christians which is enjoined and prompted by their religion, whether the love be viewed as in the soul or as expressed: Matthew 24:12; 1 Corinthians 13:1-4, 8; 1 Corinthians 14:1; 2 Corinthians 2:4; Galatians 5:6; Philemon 1:5, 7; 1 Timothy 1:5; Hebrews 6:10; Hebrews 10:24; John 13:35; 1 John 4:7; Revelation 2:4, 19, etc. Of the love of men toward God: ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Θεοῦ; (obj. genitive (Winer's Grammar, 185 (175))), Luke 11:42; John 5:42; 1 John 2:15 (τοῦ πατρός);
2. plural, ἀγαπαι, , agapae, love-feasts, feasts expressing and fostering mutual love which used to be held by Christians before the celebration of the Lord's supper, and at which the poorer Christians mingled with the wealthier and partook in common with the rest of food provided at the expense of the wealthy: Jude 1:12 (and in 2 Peter 2:13 L Tr text WH marginal reading), cf. 1 Corinthians 11:17ff; Acts 2:42, 46; Acts 20:7; Tertullian, Apology c. 39, and ad Martyr. c, 3; Cypr. ad Quirin. 3, 3; Drescher, De vet. christ. Agapis. Giess. 1824; Mangold in Schenkel 1:53f; (B. D. under the word
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
charity, love.
From agapao; love, i.e. Affection or benevolence; specially (plural) a love-feast -- (feast of) charity(-ably), dear, love.
see GREEK agapao
Forms and Transliterations
αγαπαις αγάπαις ἀγάπαις αγαπη αγάπη ἀγάπη ἀγάπῃ αγαπην αγάπην ἀγάπην αγαπης αγάπης ἀγάπης αγαπήσει αγαπήσεώς αγαπησιν αγάπησιν αγάπησίς agapais agápais agape agapē agápe agápē agápei agápēi agapen agapēn agápen agápēn agapes agapēs agápes agápēs
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