ἈΓΑΠΩ, ἀγαπω
AGAPŌ, agapō
Sounds Like: ah-gah-POH
Translations: I love, I like, I desire, I am fond of
From the root: ἈΓΑΠΆΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to love, like, or be fond of someone or something. It is a verb used to express affection, preference, or a deep sense of care. It can be used in various contexts, from divine love to human affection, and often implies a volitional, self-sacrificial love rather than a purely emotional one.
Inflection: First Person, Singular, Present, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G0025 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Trallians — 4:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 1 — 3:4
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΓΑΠΆΩ.
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.
- ἈΓΑΠΗΘΗΣΗ — you will be loved, you will be esteemed
- ἈΓΑΠΗΣΑΝΤΟΣ — of the one who loved, of him who loved, of having loved
- ἈΓΑΠΗΣΩΜΕΝ — let us love, we may love, we should love
- ἈΓΑΠΩΜΑΙ — I am loved, to be loved
- ἈΓΑΠΩΝΤΑΣ — those loving, the ones loving, loving
- ἈΓΑΠΩΣΑΣ — loving, having loved
- ἨΓΑΠΗΚΕΝ — he has loved, she has loved, it has loved
- ἨΓΑΠΗΚΕΝΑΙ — to have loved
- ἨΓΑΠΗΚΟΣΙ — having loved, those who have loved
- ἨΓΑΠΗΚΩΣ — having loved, having cherished, having esteemed, having been fond of
- ἨΓΑΠΗΜΕΝΕ — beloved, a beloved one, dear one
- ἨΓΑΠΗΜΕΝΗΝ — beloved, a beloved one, loved, a loved one, dear
- ἨΓΑΠΗΜΕΝΗΣ — (of) beloved, (of) dear, (of) loved one
- ἨΓΑΠΗΜΕΝΟΙ — beloved, loved, dear ones, the beloved ones
- ἨΓΑΠΗΜΕΝΟΙΣ — (to) the beloved, (to) the loved ones, (to) the dear ones
- ἨΓΑΠΗΜΕΝΟΣ — beloved, a beloved, loved one, dear one
- ἨΓΑΠΗΜΕΝΩ — (to) the beloved one, (to) a beloved one, (to) the loved one, (to) a loved one
- ἨΓΑΠΗΣΑ — I loved, I have loved
- ἨΓΑΠΗΣΑΝ — they loved, they have loved, they did love
- ἨΓΑΠΗΣΑΤΕ — you loved, you have loved
- ἨΓΑΠΗΣΕΝ — loved, he loved, she loved, it loved
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