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Word Study · Strong's G25 · Greek

ἀγαπάω

agapao

ag-ap-ah'-o

Strong's 1890 spelling: agapáō

to love (in a social or moral sense)

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to love (in a social or moral sense)

Rendered in the KJV as

(be-)love(-ed).

  • 143
    occurrencesin the New Testament
  • 22 of 27
    New Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 53
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 143 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 53

  • ἀγαπῶν14
  • ἀγαπᾶτε12
  • ἀγαπᾷ10
  • ἀγαπήσεις10
  • ἀγαπῶμεν10
  • ἠγάπησεν10
  • ἀγαπᾶν5
  • ἀγαπῶ5
  • ἀγαπῶσιν4
  • ἀγαπᾶν·3
  • ἀγαπήσας3
  • ἀγαπήσει3

and 41 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 59

  • loving21
  • loved10
  • do love7
  • You will love7
  • we may love6
  • having loved5
  • loves5
  • to love5
  • was loving4
  • He loved3
  • love3
  • to love;3

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 39

  • verb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singular14
  • verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singular12
  • verb · future active, statement · 2nd person singular10
  • verb · present active, statement · 3rd person singular9
  • verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)8
  • verb · present active, command · 2nd person plural7
  • verb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person plural7
  • verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 1st person singular5
  • verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 2nd person singular5
  • verb · imperfect active, statement · 3rd person singular5
  • verb · present active, statement · 1st person singular5
  • verb · present active, subjunctive · 2nd person plural5
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • V-PAP-NSM · 14
  • V-AAI-3S · 12
  • V-FAI-2S · 10
  • V-PAI-3S · 9
  • V-PAN · 8
  • V-PAM-2P · 7
  • V-PAS-1P · 7
  • V-AAI-1S · 5
  • V-AAI-2S · 5
  • V-IAI-3S · 5
  • V-PAI-1S · 5
  • V-PAS-2P · 5

All 143, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

John carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Matthew8 occurrences
Mark5 occurrences
Luke13 occurrences
John37 occurrences
Romans8 occurrences
1 Corinthians2 occurrences
2 Corinthians4 occurrences
Galatians2 occurrences
Ephesians10 occurrences
Colossians2 occurrences
1 Thessalonians2 occurrences
2 Thessalonians2 occurrences
2 Timothy2 occurrences
Hebrews2 occurrences
James3 occurrences
1 Peter4 occurrences
2 Peter1 occurrence
1 John28 occurrences
2 John2 occurrences
3 John1 occurrence
Jude1 occurrence
Revelation4 occurrences
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).