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ἀγάπη

agápē · Greek · Strong's G26 · 116 occurrences

The KJV renders 9 different Hebrew and Greek words as “love”

What it means

love, i.e. affection or benevolence; specially (plural) a love-feast

from G25 (ἀγαπάω);

How the KJV renders it

charity, dear, love

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

love
also renders philéō (G5368), thélō (G2309), ʼahab (H158), ʼahăbâh (H160), dôwd (H1730), châbab (H2245), râcham (H7355), raʻyâh (H7474)
dear
also renders agapētós (G27), tímios (G5093), éntimos (G1784), yaqqîyr (H3357)

Questions this word decides

Where it appears

116 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Corinthians 4:21 N-DSF1 Corinthians 8:1 N-NSF1 Corinthians 13:1 N-ASF1 Corinthians 13:2 N-ASF1 Corinthians 13:3 N-ASF1 Corinthians 13:4 N-NSF1 Corinthians 13:8 N-NSF1 Corinthians 13:13 N-NSF1 Corinthians 14:1 N-ASF1 Corinthians 16:14 N-DSF1 Corinthians 16:24 N-NSF1 John 2:5 N-NSF1 John 2:15 N-NSF1 John 3:1 N-ASF1 John 3:16 N-ASF1 John 3:17 N-NSF1 John 4:7 N-NSF1 John 4:8 N-NSF1 John 4:9 N-NSF1 John 4:10 N-NSF1 John 4:12 N-NSF1 John 4:16 N-ASF1 John 4:17 N-NSF1 John 4:18 N-DSF1 John 5:3 N-NSF1 Peter 4:8 N-ASF1 Peter 5:14 N-GSF1 Thessalonians 1:3 N-GSF1 Thessalonians 3:6 N-ASF1 Thessalonians 3:12 N-DSF1 Thessalonians 5:8 N-GSF1 Thessalonians 5:13 N-DSF1 Timothy 1:5 N-NSF1 Timothy 1:14 N-GSF1 Timothy 2:15 N-DSF1 Timothy 4:12 N-DSF1 Timothy 6:11 N-ASF2 Corinthians 2:4 N-ASF2 Corinthians 2:8 N-ASF2 Corinthians 5:14 N-NSF2 Corinthians 6:6 N-DSF2 Corinthians 8:7 N-DSF2 Corinthians 8:8 N-GSF2 Corinthians 8:24 N-GSF2 Corinthians 13:11 N-GSF2 Corinthians 13:13 N-NSF2 John 1:3 N-DSF2 John 1:6 N-NSF2 Peter 1:7 N-ASF2 Thessalonians 1:3 N-NSF2 Thessalonians 2:10 N-ASF2 Thessalonians 3:5 N-ASF2 Timothy 1:7 N-GSF2 Timothy 1:13 N-DSF2 Timothy 2:22 N-ASF2 Timothy 3:10 N-DSF3 John 1:6 N-DSFColossians 1:4 N-ASFColossians 1:8 N-ASFColossians 1:13 N-GSF

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.