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agapē G26

ἀγάπη (agapē) means “love” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ἀγάπη Greek · G26 116 tagged occurrences in 106 verses

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

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G0026

ἀγάπη · agapē · love

ἀγάπη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX for אַהֲבָה, which is also rendered by ἀγάπησις and φιλία ;] love, goodwill, esteem. Outside of bibl. and eccl. books, there is no clear instance (with Deiss., LAE, 18:4, 70:2, cf. the same writer in Constr. Quar., ii, 4; and with MM, VGT, see word, cf. Dr. Moulton in Exp. Times, xxvi, 3, 139). In NT, like ἀγαπάω, -ῶ, 1. Of men's love: (a) to one another, Jhn.13:35; (b) to God, 1Jn.2:5. 2. Of divine love; (a) God's love: to men, Rom.5:8; to Christ, Jhn.17:26; (b) Christ's love to men: Rom.8:35. 3. In pl., love feasts: Ju 12 (DB, iii, 157). SYN.: φιλία. ἀ., signifying properly (see: ἀγαπάω) love which chooses its object, is taken over from LXX, where its connotation is more general, into NT, and there used exclusively to express that spiritual bond of love between God and man and between man and man, in Christ, which is characteristic of Christianity. It is thusdistinct from φιλία, friendship (Jas.4:4 only), στοργή, natural affection (in NT only in compounds, see: ἄστοργος) and ἔρως, sexual love, which is not used in NT, its place being taken by ἐπιθυμία. (Cf. ἀγαπάω; and see Abbott, Essays, 70f.; DB, vol. i., 555; Cremer, 13, 593; MM, VGT, see word). (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

love, benevolence, good will, esteem; plur: love-feasts.

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How translators render G26

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
love 96
of love 3
and love 2
love is 2
the love 2
beloved 1
from his love 1
i love you 1
it 1
love feasts 1
of the love 1
put on love 1
to love 1
with love 1
you love 1
your love 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
love 53
charity 24
the love 22
of love 5
dear 1
feasts of charity 1
in charity 1
in love 1
loves 1
of charity 1
of the love 1
the 1
the charity 1
unto love 1

Verses containing G26

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  1. Matthew 24:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.

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  2. Luke 11:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.

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  3. John 5:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.

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  4. John 13:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”

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  5. John 15:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  6. John 15:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.

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  7. John 15:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

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  8. 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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  9. Romans 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.

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  10. Romans 5:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

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  11. Romans 8:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

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  12. Romans 8:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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  13. Romans 12:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.

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  14. Romans 13:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

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  15. Romans 14:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.

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  16. Romans 15:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.

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  17. 1 Corinthians 4:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?

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  18. 1 Corinthians 8:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

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  19. 1 Corinthians 13:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.

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  20. 1 Corinthians 13:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

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  21. 1 Corinthians 13:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.

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  22. 1 Corinthians 13:4 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

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  23. 1 Corinthians 13:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.

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  24. 1 Corinthians 13:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.

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  25. 1 Corinthians 14:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Earnestly pursue love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.

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  26. 1 Corinthians 16:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do everything in love.

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  27. 1 Corinthians 16:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    My love be with all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen.

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  28. 2 Corinthians 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.

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  29. 2 Corinthians 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.

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  30. 2 Corinthians 5:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.

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  31. 2 Corinthians 6:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    in purity, knowledge, patience, and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love;

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  32. 2 Corinthians 8:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in the love we inspired in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.

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  33. 2 Corinthians 8:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I am not giving a command, but I am testing the sincerity of your love through the earnestness of others.

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  34. 2 Corinthians 8:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In full view of the churches, then, show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our boasting about you.

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  35. 2 Corinthians 13:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Finally, brothers, rejoice! Aim for perfect harmony, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.

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  36. 2 Corinthians 13:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.

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    Source alternate reference: 13.14

  37. Galatians 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. What matters is faith expressing itself through love.

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  38. Galatians 5:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.

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  39. Galatians 5:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

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  40. Ephesians 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love

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  41. Ephesians 1:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,

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  42. Ephesians 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,

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  43. Ephesians 3:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,

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  44. Ephesians 3:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

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  45. Ephesians 4:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

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  46. Ephesians 4:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.

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  47. Ephesians 4:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.

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  48. Ephesians 5:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

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  49. Ephesians 6:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Peace to the brothers and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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  50. Philippians 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,

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