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ἀγαπάω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ἀγαπάω
Greek transliteration: 
agapaō
Simplified transliteration: 
agapao
Principal Parts: 
ἀγαπήσω, ἠγάπησα, ἠγάπηκα, ἠγάπημαι ἠγαπήθην
Numbers
Strong's number: 
25
GK Number: 
26
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
143
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-1d(1a)
Gloss: 
to love; in the NT usually the active love of God for his Son and his people, and the active love his people are to have for God, each other, and even enemies
Definition: 
to love, value, esteem, feel or manifest generous concern for, be faithful towards; to delight in, to set store upon, Rev. 12:11

Greek-English Concordance for ἀγαπάω

1 John 5:1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves (agapōn | ἀγαπῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) the father loves (agapa | ἀγαπᾷ | pres act ind 3 sg) his child.
1 John 5:2 By this we know that we love (agapōmen | ἀγαπῶμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) the children of God: whenever we (agapōmen | ἀγαπῶμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) love (agapōmen | ἀγαπῶμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) God and obey his commandments.
2 John 1:1 The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love (agapō | ἀγαπῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) in truth (and not I alone, but also all who know the truth),
2 John 1:5 And now I ask you, dear lady — not as though I were writing a new commandment to you, but the one we have had from the beginning — that we love (agapōmen | ἀγαπῶμεν | pres act subj 1 pl) one another.
3 John 1:1 From the elder, to Gaius my dear brother, whom I love (agapō | ἀγαπῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) in truth.
Jude 1:1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to those who are called, who (ēgapēmenois | ἠγαπημένοις | perf pass ptcp dat pl masc) are (ēgapēmenois | ἠγαπημένοις | perf pass ptcp dat pl masc) loved (ēgapēmenois | ἠγαπημένοις | perf pass ptcp dat pl masc) in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
Revelation 1:5 and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the world. To him who loves (agapōnti | ἀγαπῶντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc) us and has freed us from our sins by his blood
Revelation 3:9 Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who claim to be Jews and are not, but lie — I will make them come and bow down before your feet and understand that I have loved (ēgapēsa | ἠγάπησα | aor act ind 1 sg) you.
Revelation 12:11 They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they (ēgapēsan | ἠγάπησαν | aor act ind 3 pl) did (ēgapēsan | ἠγάπησαν | aor act ind 3 pl) not love (ēgapēsan | ἠγάπησαν | aor act ind 3 pl) their lives even to death.
Revelation 20:9 And they marched up on the broad plain of the earth and encircled the camp of the saints and the beloved (ēgapēmenēn | ἠγαπημένην | perf pass ptcp acc sg fem) city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them.

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