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agapaō G25

ἀγαπάω (agapaō) means “to love” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ἀγαπάω Greek · G25 143 tagged occurrences in 110 verses

Pronunciation guide: ag-ap-ah'-o Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G0025

ἀγαπάω · agapaō · to love

ἀγαπάω, -ῶ, [in LXX chiefly for אהב ;] to love, to feel and exhibit esteem and goodwill to a person, to prize and delight in a thing. 1. Of human affection, to men: τ. πλησίον, Mat.5:43; τ. ἐχθρούς, ib. 44; to Christ, Jhn.8:42; to God, Mat.22:37; with accusative of thing(s), Luk.11:43, Jhn.12:43, Eph.5:25, II Tim 4:8, 10, Heb.1:9, 1Pe.2:17, 3:10, 2Pe.2:15, 1Jn.2:15, Rev.12:11. 2. Of divine love; (a) God's love: to men, Rom.8:37; to Christ, Jhn.3:35; (b) Christ's love: to men, Mrk.10:21; to God, Jhn.14:31; with cogn. accusative, Jhn.17:26, Eph.2:4. SYN.: φιλέω. From its supposed etymology (Thayer, LS; but see also Boisacq) ἀ. is commonly understood properly to denote love based on esteem (diligo), as distinct from that expressed by φιλέω (amo), spontaneous natural affection, emotional and unreasoning. If this distinction holds, ἀ. is fitly used in NT of Christian love to God and man, the spiritual affection which follows the direction of the will, and which, therefore, unlike that feeling which is instinctive and unreasoned, can be commanded as a duty. (Cf. ἀγάπη, and v. Tr., Syn. §xii; Cremer, 9, 592; and esp. MM, VGT, see word) (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem.

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How translators render G25

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
love 36
loved 17
loves 17
does not love 5
to love 5
we love 5
you love 5
i love 3
must love 3
will love 3
beloved 2
do you love 2
has loved 2
he loved 2
he loves 2
i have loved 2
let us love 2
my beloved 2
we should love 2
you have loved 2
you loved 2
beloved one 1
crave 1
have i loved 1
have loved 1
having loved 1
i do not love 1
i loved 1
in his love of 1
in love 1
she has loved 1
they did not love 1
they loved 1
who are beloved 1
who are loved 1
who love 1
who loves 1
will be loved 1
will you love me 1
you love him 1
you would love 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
love 26
loved 15
loveth 12
thou shalt love 10
ye love 8
he that loveth 6
beloved 5
to love 5
we love 5
he loved 3
i love 3
that love 3
thou hast loved 3
will love 3
hath loved 2
having loved 2
i have loved 2
lovest thou 2
the beloved 2
them which love 2
they loved 2
doth 1
hast loved 1
have i loved 1
have loved 1
he love 1
he loveth 1
he who loveth 1
him that loved 1
i be loved 1
let us 1
let us love 1
love ye 1
shall be loved 1
she loved 1
them 1
those that love 1
thou lovedst 1
to them that love 1
unto him that loved 1
we should love 1
which hath loved 1
ye loved 1
ye would love 1

Verses containing G25

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  1. Matthew 5:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’

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  2. Matthew 5:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

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  3. Matthew 5:46 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even tax collectors do the same?

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  4. Matthew 6:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

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  5. Matthew 19:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”

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  6. Matthew 22:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

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  7. Matthew 22:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

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  8. Mark 10:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus looked at him, loved him, and said to him, “There is one thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

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  9. Mark 12:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’

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  10. Mark 12:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”

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  11. Mark 12:33 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. This is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

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  12. Luke 6:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

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  13. Luke 6:32 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.

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  14. Luke 6:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

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  15. Luke 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    for he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.”

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  16. Luke 7:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When they were unable to repay him, he forgave both of them. Which one, then, will love him more?”

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  17. Luke 7:47 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Therefore I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven, for she has loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little.”

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  18. Luke 10:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

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  19. Luke 11:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.

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  20. Luke 16:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

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  21. John 3:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

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  22. John 3:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.

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  23. John 3:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

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  24. John 8:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.

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  25. John 10:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again.

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  26. John 11:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

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  27. John 12:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.

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  28. John 13:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.

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  29. John 13:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    One of His disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was reclining at His side.

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  30. John 13:34 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.

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  31. John 14:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

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  32. John 14:21 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”

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  33. John 14:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.

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  34. John 14:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Whoever does not love Me does not keep My words. The word that you hear is not My own, but it is from the Father who sent Me.

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  35. John 14:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You heard Me say, ‘I am going away, and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.

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  36. John 14:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us go on from here.

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  37. John 15:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.

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  38. John 15:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

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  39. John 15:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is My command to you: Love one another.

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  40. John 17:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.

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  41. John 17:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

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  42. John 17:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.”

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  43. John 19:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, here is your son.”

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  44. John 21:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it) and jumped into the sea.

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  45. John 21:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.”

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  46. John 21:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus asked a second time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus told him, “Shepherd My sheep.”

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  47. John 21:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them. He was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper to ask, “Lord, who is going to betray You?”

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  48. Romans 8:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

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  49. Romans 8:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

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  50. Romans 9:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

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