Word Study · Strong's G26 · Greek
ἀγάπη
agape
ag-ah'-pay
Strong's 1890 spelling: agápē
“love, i.e. affection or benevolence”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
love, i.e. affection or benevolence; specially (plural) a love-feast
Rendered in the KJV as
(feast of) charity(-ably), dear, love.
- 114occurrencesin the New Testament
- 24 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 15inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 114 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 15
- ἀγάπη30
- ἀγάπην27
- ἀγάπῃ19
- ἀγάπης15
- ἀγάπῃ,5
- ἀγάπη,3
- ἀγάπῃ.¶3
- ἀγάπην,3
- ἀγάπη.¶2
- ἀγάπην.2
- ἀγάπαις1
- ἀγάπῃ.1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 16
- love79
- love,10
- love.7
- Love3
- of love3
- in love2
- [Let] love [be]1
- [the] love1
- beloved1
- in love,1
- love [is].1
- love feasts1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular35
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular33
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular28
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular17
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-NSF · 35
- N-ASF · 33
- N-DSF · 28
- N-GSF · 17
- N-DPF · 1
All 114, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 1 John18 of 114 · 16%
- 1 Corinthians14 of 114 · 12%
- Ephesians10 of 114 · 9%
- Romans9 of 114 · 8%
- 2 Corinthians8 of 114 · 7%
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Matthew1 occurrence
John7 occurrences
- John 5:42ἀγάπηνagapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularbut I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.here: love
- John 13:35ἀγάπηνagapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularBy this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.”here: love
- John 15:9ἀγάπῃagapēnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularAs the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.here: love
- John 15:10ἀγάπῃagapēnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularIf you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.here: love
- John 15:10ἀγάπῃ.¶agapēnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularIf you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.here: love.
- John 15:13ἀγάπηνagapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularGreater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.here: love
- John 17:26ἀγάπηagapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularAnd 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.”here: love
Romans9 occurrences
- Romans 5:5ἀγάπηagapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularAnd hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.here: love
- Romans 5:8ἀγάπηνagapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularBut God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.here: love
- Romans 8:35ἀγάπηςagapēsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularWho shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?here: love
- Romans 8:39ἀγάπηςagapēsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularneither 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.here: love
- Romans 12:9ἀγάπηagapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularLove must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.here: [Let] love [be]
- Romans 13:10ἀγάπηagapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularLove does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.here: Love
- Romans 13:10ἀγάπη.¶agapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularLove does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.here: love [is].
- Romans 14:15ἀγάπηνagapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularIf 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.here: love
- Romans 15:30ἀγάπηςagapēsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularNow 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.here: love
1 Corinthians14 occurrences
- 1 Corinthians 4:21ἀγάπῃagapēnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularWhich do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?here: love
- 1 Corinthians 8:1ἀγάπηagapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularNow about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.here: love
- 1 Corinthians 13:1ἀγάπηνagapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularIf I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.here: love
- 1 Corinthians 13:2ἀγάπηνagapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularIf 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.here: love
- 1 Corinthians 13:3ἀγάπηνagapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularIf I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.here: love
- 1 Corinthians 13:4ἀγάπηagapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularLove is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.here: Love
- 1 Corinthians 13:4ἀγάπηagapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularLove is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.here: love
- 1 Corinthians 13:4ἀγάπηagapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularLove is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.here: love
- 1 Corinthians 13:8ἀγάπηagapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularLove 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.here: Love
- 1 Corinthians 13:13ἀγάπη,agapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularAnd now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.here: love,
- 1 Corinthians 13:13ἀγάπη.¶agapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularAnd now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.here: love.
- 1 Corinthians 14:1ἀγάπην·agapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularEarnestly pursue love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.here: love;
- 1 Corinthians 16:14ἀγάπῃagapēnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularDo everything in love.here: love
- 1 Corinthians 16:24ἀγάπηagapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularMy love be with all of you in Christ Jesus. Amen.here: love
2 Corinthians8 occurrences
- 2 Corinthians 2:4ἀγάπηνagapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularFor 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.here: love
- 2 Corinthians 2:8ἀγάπην.agapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularTherefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him.here: love.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14ἀγάπηagapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularFor Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.here: love
- 2 Corinthians 6:6ἀγάπῃagapēnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularin purity, knowledge, patience, and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love;here: love
- 2 Corinthians 8:7ἀγάπῃ,agapēnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularBut 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.here: love,
- 2 Corinthians 8:8ἀγάπηςagapēsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularI am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others.here: love
- 2 Corinthians 8:24ἀγάπηςagapēsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularIn full view of the churches, then, show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our boasting about you.here: love
- 2 Corinthians 13:11ἀγάπηςagapēsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularFinally, 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.here: of love
Galatians3 occurrences
- Galatians 5:6ἀγάπηςagapēsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularFor in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.here: love
- Galatians 5:13ἀγάπηςagapēsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularFor you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.here: love
- Galatians 5:22ἀγάπη,agapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularBut the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,here: love,
Ephesians10 occurrences
- Ephesians 1:4ἀγάπῃagapēnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularFor He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In lovehere: love
- Ephesians 1:15ἀγάπηνagapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularFor this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,here: love
- Ephesians 2:4ἀγάπηνagapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularBut because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,here: love
- Ephesians 3:17ἀγάπῃagapēnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularso that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,here: love
- Ephesians 3:19ἀγάπηνagapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularof the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.here: love
- Ephesians 4:2ἀγάπῃ,agapēnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularwith all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,here: love,
- Ephesians 4:15ἀγάπῃagapēnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularInstead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.here: love
- Ephesians 4:16ἀγάπῃ.¶agapēnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularFrom 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.here: love.
- Ephesians 5:2ἀγάπῃagapēnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularand walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.here: love
- Ephesians 6:23ἀγάπηagapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularPeace to the brothers and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.here: love
Philippians3 occurrences
- Philippians 1:9ἀγάπηagapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularAnd this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,here: love
- Philippians 2:1ἀγάπης,agapēsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularTherefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,here: of love,
- Philippians 2:2ἀγάπηνagapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularthen make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose.here: love
Colossians5 occurrences
- Colossians 1:4ἀγάπηνagapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularbecause we have heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and your love for all the saints—here: love
- Colossians 1:8ἀγάπηνagapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularand who also informed us of your love in the Spirit.here: love
- Colossians 1:13ἀγάπηςagapēsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularHe has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,here: beloved
- Colossians 2:2ἀγάπῃagapēnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularthat they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,here: love
- Colossians 3:14ἀγάπην,agapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularAnd over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.here: love,
1 Thessalonians5 occurrences
- 1 Thessalonians 1:3ἀγάπηςagapēsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularand continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.here: of love
- 1 Thessalonians 3:6ἀγάπηνagapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularBut just now, Timothy has returned from his visit with the good news about your faith, your love, and the fond memories you have preserved, longing to see us just as we long to see you.here: love
- 1 Thessalonians 3:12ἀγάπῃagapēnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularAnd may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows,here: in love
- 1 Thessalonians 5:8ἀγάπηςagapēsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularBut since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation.here: love
- 1 Thessalonians 5:13ἀγάπῃagapēnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularIn love, hold them in highest regard because of their work. Live in peace with one another.here: love
2 Thessalonians3 occurrences
- 2 Thessalonians 1:3ἀγάπηagapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularWe are obligated to thank God for you all the time, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing more and more, and your love for one another is increasing.here: love
- 2 Thessalonians 2:10ἀγάπηνagapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularand with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.here: love
- 2 Thessalonians 3:5ἀγάπηνagapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularMay the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.here: love
1 Timothy5 occurrences
- 1 Timothy 1:5ἀγάπηagapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularThe goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.here: love
- 1 Timothy 1:14ἀγάπηςagapēsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularAnd the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.here: love
- 1 Timothy 2:15ἀγάπῃagapēnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularWomen, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control.here: in love
- 1 Timothy 4:12ἀγάπῃagapēnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularLet no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.here: love
- 1 Timothy 6:11ἀγάπην,agapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularBut you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.here: love,
2 Timothy4 occurrences
- 2 Timothy 1:7ἀγάπηςagapēsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularFor God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.here: of love
- 2 Timothy 1:13ἀγάπῃagapēnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularHold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.here: love
- 2 Timothy 2:22ἀγάπην,agapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularFlee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.here: love,
- 2 Timothy 3:10ἀγάπῃ,agapēnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularYou, however, have observed my teaching, my conduct, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my perseverance,here: love,
Philemon3 occurrences
- Philemon 1:5ἀγάπηνagapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularbecause I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints.here: love
- Philemon 1:7ἀγάπῃagapēnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularI take great joy and encouragement in your love, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints.here: love
- Philemon 1:9ἀγάπηνagapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularI prefer to appeal on the basis of love. For I, Paul, am now aged, and a prisoner of Christ Jesus as well.here: love
Hebrews2 occurrences
- Hebrews 6:10ἀγάπηςagapēsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularFor God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.here: love
- Hebrews 10:24ἀγάπηςagapēsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularAnd let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.here: to love
1 Peter3 occurrences
- 1 Peter 4:8ἀγάπηνagapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularAbove all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.here: love
- 1 Peter 4:8ἀγάπηagapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularAbove all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.here: love
- 1 Peter 5:14ἀγάπης.agapēsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularGreet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to all of you who are in Christ.here: of love.
2 Peter1 occurrence
1 John18 occurrences
- 1 John 2:5ἀγάπηagapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularBut if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:here: love
- 1 John 2:15ἀγάπηagapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularDo not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.here: love
- 1 John 3:1ἀγάπηνagapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularBehold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.here: love
- 1 John 3:16ἀγάπηνagapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularBy this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.here: love
- 1 John 3:17ἀγάπηagapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularIf anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?here: love
- 1 John 4:7ἀγάπηagapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularBeloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.here: love
- 1 John 4:8ἀγάπηagapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularWhoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.here: love
- 1 John 4:9ἀγάπηagapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularThis is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.here: love
- 1 John 4:10ἀγάπη,agapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularAnd love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.here: love,
- 1 John 4:12ἀγάπηagapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularNo one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.here: love
- 1 John 4:16ἀγάπηνagapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularAnd we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.here: love
- 1 John 4:16ἀγάπηagapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularAnd we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.here: love
- 1 John 4:16ἀγάπῃagapēnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularAnd we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.here: love
- 1 John 4:17ἀγάπηagapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularIn this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.here: love
- 1 John 4:18ἀγάπῃ,agapēnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularThere is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.here: love,
- 1 John 4:18ἀγάπηagapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularThere is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.here: love
- 1 John 4:18ἀγάπῃ.agapēnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularThere is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.here: love.
- 1 John 5:3ἀγάπηagapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularFor this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,here: love
2 John2 occurrences
- 2 John 1:3ἀγάπῃ.¶agapēnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularGrace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, will be with us in truth and love.here: love.
- 2 John 1:6ἀγάπηagapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularAnd this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.here: love
Jude3 occurrences
- Jude 1:2ἀγάπηagapēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularMercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.here: love
- Jude 1:12ἀγάπαιςagapaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluralThese men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.here: love feasts
- Jude 1:21ἀγάπῃagapēnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularkeep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.here: [the] love
Revelation2 occurrences
- Revelation 2:4ἀγάπηνagapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularBut I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.here: love
- Revelation 2:19ἀγάπηνagapēnnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularI know your deeds—your love, your faith, your service, your perseverance—and your latter deeds are greater than your first.here: love
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