Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

ἀγαπάω

Vocabulary form: 
ajgapavw
Definition: 
I love, cherish
Frequency: 
143
GK: 
26
Root: 
ajgapa
Forms: 
ajgaphvsw, hjgavphsa, hjgavphka, hjgavphmai hjgaphvqhn
Cognates: 
Cognate verb of ajgavph and ajgaphtovV.

Biblical Concordance

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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