2001 Translation

AGAPĒS, agapēs

Sounds Like: ah-GAH-pays

Translations: of love, of charity, of affection, of goodwill

From the root: ΑΓΑΠΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a deep, unconditional love, often described as 'charity' in older translations. It is a noun in the genitive case, indicating possession or relationship, so it often translates as 'of love' or 'belonging to love'. It is used to describe divine love, brotherly love, or the love between people.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine

Strong’s number: G0026 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 6:5, 9:7, 21:9

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 49:2, 49:5, 50:5, 51:2, 54:1, 62:2

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 0:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 6:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 2:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Trallians — 3:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Magnesians — 1:1, 1:2, 14:1

Mathetes

• Letter to Diognetus — 9:2, 11:8

Polycarp of Smyrna

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

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 15:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Song of Solomon — 2:5, 5:8
• Jeremiah — 2:2

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Romans — 8:35, 8:39, 15:30
• 2 Corinthians — 8:8, 8:24, 13:11
• Galatians — 5:6, 5:13
• Philippians — 1:16, 2:1
• Colossians — 1:13
• 1 Thessalonians — 1:3, 5:8
• 1 Timothy — 1:14
• 2 Timothy — 1:7
• Hebrews — 6:10, 10:24
• 1 Peter — 5:14

From the same root

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

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.

• ἈΓΑΠΑΙΣ — to love feasts, to acts of love, to loves
• ἈΓΑΠΗΣΕΩΣ — of love, of charity, of affection
• ἈΚΙΑΓΑΠΗΤΟΝ — unloved, unlovable, not beloved
• ΑΓΑΠΑΙΣ — to love, for love, by love, with love, in love, loves, acts of love, charities
• ΑΓΑΠΗ — love, charity, affection, a love
• ΑΓΑΠΗΝ — love, a love
• ΑΓΑΠΗΣ — of love, of charity, of affection
• ΑΓΑΠΗΣΕΩΣ — of love, of charity
• ΑΓΑΠΗΣΙ — love, charity, (to) love, (to) charity
• ΑΓΑΠΗΣΙΣ — love, affection, benevolence, a love, an affection, a benevolence
• ΑΓΑΠ‾Η‾ — love, a love

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