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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”
Questions this word decides
- Is tithing required for Christians?
- What does Romans 14:5 mean about esteeming one day above another?
- What does 1 Timothy 2:12 mean about women teaching?
- Can a Christian lose their salvation?
- Is speaking in tongues for today?
- Is the rapture biblical?
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.