2001 Translation

AGAPĒ, agapē

Sounds Like: ah-GAH-pay

Translations: love, a love, charity

From the root: ἈΓΑΠΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a deep, unconditional, and benevolent love, often used in a spiritual or divine sense. It is a selfless and sacrificial love, distinct from other forms of love like eros (romantic love) or philia (friendship love). It can be used to describe God's love for humanity, or the love that believers should have for God and for one another.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G0026 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:229

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 1:4, 11:8

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 9:21

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 21:8, 49:4, 49:5, 49:6, 50:1, 50:3, 62:2

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 0:1, 1:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 2:2, 7:3, 9:1, 9:3
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 12:1, 13:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 1:3, 3:2, 4:1, 9:1, 14:1, 20:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 1:1, 6:2, 9:2, 11:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to Polycarp — 1:2, 6:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Trallians — 6:1, 8:1, 13:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Magnesians — 5:2, 7:1

Mathetes

• Letter to Diognetus — 12:5

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 4:2
• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 0:1

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 12:1, 16:4

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Psalms of Solomon — 18:4
• Ecclesiastes — 9:6
• Song of Solomon — 7:6, 8:6, 8:7
• Wisdom — 3:9, 6:18

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 8 — 1:9

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 9 — 15:2, 17:4, 18:4

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 3 — 8:4, 8:7

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 24:12
• John — 15:9, 15:10, 17:26
• Romans — 5:5, 12:9, 13:10
• 1 Corinthians — 4:21, 8:1, 13:4, 13:8, 13:13, 16:14, 16:24
• 2 Corinthians — 5:14, 6:6, 8:7, 13:13
• Galatians — 5:22
• Ephesians — 1:4, 3:18, 4:2, 4:15, 4:16, 5:2, 6:23
• Philippians — 1:9
• Colossians — 2:2
• 1 Thessalonians — 3:12, 5:13
• 2 Thessalonians — 1:3
• 1 Timothy — 1:5, 2:15, 4:12
• 2 Timothy — 1:13, 3:10
• Titus — 2:2
• Philemon — 1:7
• 1 Peter — 4:8
• 1 John — 2:5, 2:15, 3:17, 4:7, 4:8, 4:9, 4:10, 4:12, 4:16, 4:17, 4:18, 5:3
• 2 John — 1:3, 1:6
• 3 John — 1:6
• Jude — 1:2, 1:21

Twelve Disciples

• The Didache — 10:5, 16:3

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΓΑΠΗ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ἈΓΑΠΗΝ — love, a love, charity
• ἈΓΑΠΗΣΙΣ — love, affection, a love, an affection

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