ἀγάπη

Vocabulary form:

ajgavph, -hV, hJ

Definition:

love

Erasmian:

Modern:

Frequency:

116

GK:

Root:

ajgaph

Cognates:

The agape was the early love feast of Christians.

Mnemonic Singing:

Love lifted me,
love lifted me,
when nothing else could help,
love lifted me.

Verse:

“And now remain faith, hope, and ἀγάπη; these three. And the greatest of these is ἀγάπη.” (1 Cor 13:13)

Mnemonics

Submitted by AWOL on Thu, 2018-09-06 09:55

Human souls have A GAP, A gap that can only be filled wIth LOVE.

3 John 1:6	They have testified to your love (agapē \| ἀγάπῃ \| dat sg fem) before the church. You will do well to help them on their way in a manner worthy of God,
Jude 1:2	May mercy, peace, and love (agapē \| ἀγάπη \| nom sg fem) be yours in ever increasing measure.
Jude 1:12	These people are blemishes on your love-feasts (agapais \| ἀγάπαις \| dat pl fem), feasting with you without reverence, caring only for themselves. They are waterless clouds, swept along by winds; autumn trees without fruit and uprooted — completely dead;
Jude 1:21	Keep yourselves in the love (agapē \| ἀγάπῃ \| dat sg fem) of God as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to grant you eternal life.
Revelation 2:4	But I do have this against you, that you have left your first love! (agapēn \| ἀγάπην \| acc sg fem)
Revelation 2:19	I know your works, your love (agapēn \| ἀγάπην \| acc sg fem) and faith and service and steadfast endurance, and that your recent works are greater than the first.