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Greek adjective · G27

ἀγαπητός

agapetosag-ap-ay-tos'

beloved

61 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: agapētós

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G27is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 21 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 13
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G27

beloved

The King James renders it: (dearly, well) beloved, dear.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

agapetos is rendered "beloved". It stands 61 times in the Greek text, across twenty-one books.

  • Seven of the uses stand in Romans, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 3:17And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
  • The Greek text spells it thirteen different ways.

The first use

And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”

Matthew 3:17ἀγαπητὸς

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • beloved61

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

ἀγαπάωagapaoto loveUses143
ἀγάπηagapeloveUses114

The words it stands beside

All 61, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

13 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • ἀγαπητοί25
  • ἀγαπητόν6
  • ἀγαπητὸς6
  • ἀγαπητός5
  • ἀγαπητοὶ4
  • ἀγαπητῷ4
  • ἀγαπητέ3
  • ἀγαπητὰ2
  • ἀγαπητοῖς2
  • ἀγαπητήν1
  • ἀγαπητοί.¶1
  • ἀγαπητὸν1

and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • adjective · vocative (address) · masculine plural27A-VPM
  • adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular11A-NSM
  • adjective · accusative (object) · masculine singular6A-ASM
  • adjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular3A-DSM
  • adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine plural3A-NPM
  • adjective · vocative (address) · masculine singular3A-VSM
  • adjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural2A-DPM
  • adjective · accusative (object) · neuter plural1A-APN
  • adjective · accusative (object) · feminine singular1A-ASF
  • adjective · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular1A-DSN
  • adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1A-GSM
  • adjective · nominative (subject) · neuter plural1A-NPN

Matthew

three uses
  • And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”

    Matthew 3:17

    • ἀγαπητὸςagapetosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: beloved
  • “Here is My Servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations.

    Matthew 12:18

    • ἀγαπητόςagapetosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: beloved
  • While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”

    Matthew 17:5

    • ἀγαπητὸςagapetosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: beloved

Mark

three uses
  • And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”

    Mark 1:11

    • ἀγαπητόςagapetosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: beloved
  • Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is My beloved Son. Listen to Him!”

    Mark 9:7

    • ἀγαπητόςagapetosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: beloved
  • Finally, having one beloved son, he sent him to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

    Mark 12:6

    • ἀγαπητόνagapetonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: beloved

Luke

two uses
  • and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”

    Luke 3:22

    • ἀγαπητόςagapetosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: beloved
  • ‘What shall I do?’ asked the owner of the vineyard. ‘I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will respect him.’

    Luke 20:13

    • ἀγαπητόνagapetonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: beloved

Acts

one use
  • So we all agreed to choose men to send to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

    Acts 15:25

    • ἀγαπητοῖςagapetoisadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: beloved

Romans

seven uses
  • To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

    Romans 1:7

    • ἀγαπητοῖςagapetoisadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: beloved
  • Regarding the gospel, they are enemies on your account; but regarding election, they are loved on account of the patriarchs.

    Romans 11:28

    • ἀγαπητοὶagapetoiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: beloved
  • Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”

    Romans 12:19

    • ἀγαπητοίagapetoiadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: beloved
  • Greet also the church that meets at their house. Greet my beloved Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.

    Romans 16:5

    • ἀγαπητόνagapetonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: beloved
  • Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord.

    Romans 16:8

    • ἀγαπητόνagapetonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: beloved
  • Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my beloved Stachys.

    Romans 16:9

    • ἀγαπητόνagapetonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: beloved
  • Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, women who have worked hard in the Lord. Greet my beloved Persis, who has worked very hard in the Lord.

    Romans 16:12

    • ἀγαπητήνagapetenadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: beloved

1 Corinthians

four uses
  • I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.

    1 Corinthians 4:14

    • ἀγαπητὰagapetaadjective · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: beloved
  • That is why I have sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which is exactly what I teach everywhere in every church.

    1 Corinthians 4:17

    • ἀγαπητὸνagapetonadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: beloved
  • Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

    1 Corinthians 10:14

    • ἀγαπητοίagapetoiadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: beloved
  • Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

    1 Corinthians 15:58

    • ἀγαπητοίagapetoiadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: beloved

2 Corinthians

two uses
  • Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

    2 Corinthians 7:1

    • ἀγαπητοίagapetoiadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: beloved
  • Have you been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you up.

    2 Corinthians 12:19

    • ἀγαπητοίagapetoiadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: beloved

Ephesians

two uses
  • Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,

    Ephesians 5:1

    • ἀγαπητὰagapetaadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: beloved
  • Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will tell you everything, so that you also may know about me and what I am doing.

    Ephesians 6:21

    • ἀγαπητὸςagapetosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: beloved

Philippians

three uses
  • Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.

    Philippians 2:12

    • ἀγαπητοίagapetoiadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: beloved
  • Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, that is how you must stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.

    Philippians 4:1

    • ἀγαπητοὶagapetoiadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: beloved
    • ἀγαπητοί.¶agapetoiadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: beloved

Colossians

four uses
  • You learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,

    Colossians 1:7

    • ἀγαπητοῦagapetouadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: beloved
  • Tychicus will tell you all the news about me. He is a beloved brother, a faithful minister, and a fellow servant in the Lord.

    Colossians 4:7

    • ἀγαπητὸςagapetosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: beloved
  • With him I am sending Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They will tell you about everything here.

    Colossians 4:9

    • ἀγαπητῷagapetoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: beloved
  • Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas send you greetings.

    Colossians 4:14

    • ἀγαπητὸςagapetosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: beloved

1 Thessalonians

one use
  • We cared so deeply that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our own lives as well. That is how beloved you have become to us.

    1 Thessalonians 2:8

    • ἀγαπητοὶagapetoiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: beloved

1 Timothy

one use
  • Those who have believing masters should not show disrespect because they are brothers, but should serve them all the more, since those receiving their good service are beloved believers. Teach and encourage these principles.

    1 Timothy 6:2

    • ἀγαπητοὶagapetoiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: beloved

2 Timothy

one use
  • To Timothy, my beloved child: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

    2 Timothy 1:2

    • ἀγαπητῷagapetoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: beloved

Philemon

two uses
  • Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker,

    Philemon 1:1

    • ἀγαπητῷagapetoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: beloved
  • no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a beloved brother. He is especially beloved to me, but even more so to you, both in person and in the Lord.

    Philemon 1:16

    • ἀγαπητόνagapetonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: beloved

Hebrews

one use
  • Even though we speak like this, beloved, we are convinced of better things in your case—things that accompany salvation.

    Hebrews 6:9

    • ἀγαπητοίagapetoiadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: beloved

James

three uses
  • Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.

    James 1:16

    • ἀγαπητοίagapetoiadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: beloved
  • My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

    James 1:19

    • ἀγαπητοίagapetoiadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: beloved
  • Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?

    James 2:5

    • ἀγαπητοίagapetoiadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: beloved

1 Peter

two uses
  • Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.

    1 Peter 2:11

    • Ἀγαπητοίagapetoiadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: Beloved
  • Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.

    1 Peter 4:12

    • Ἀγαπητοίagapetoiadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: Beloved

2 Peter

six uses
  • For He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to Him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

    2 Peter 1:17

    • ἀγαπητόςagapetosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: beloved
  • Beloved, this is now my second letter to you. Both of them are reminders to stir you to wholesome thinking

    2 Peter 3:1

    • ἀγαπητοίagapetoiadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: beloved
  • Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

    2 Peter 3:8

    • ἀγαπητοίagapetoiadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: beloved
  • Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight.

    2 Peter 3:14

    • ἀγαπητοίagapetoiadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: beloved
  • Consider also that our Lord’s patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom God gave him.

    2 Peter 3:15

    • ἀγαπητὸςagapetosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: beloved
  • Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing.

    2 Peter 3:17

    • ἀγαπητοίagapetoiadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: beloved

1 John

six uses
  • Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.

    1 John 2:7

    • Ἀγαπητοίagapetoiadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: Beloved
  • Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.

    1 John 3:2

    • Ἀγαπητοίagapetoiadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: Beloved
  • Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God,

    1 John 3:21

    • Ἀγαπητοίagapetoiadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: Beloved
  • Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

    1 John 4:1

    • Ἀγαπητοίagapetoiadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: Beloved
  • Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

    1 John 4:7

    • Ἀγαπητοίagapetoiadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: Beloved
  • Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

    1 John 4:11

    • Ἀγαπητοίagapetoiadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: Beloved

3 John

four uses
  • The elder, To the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth:

    3 John 1:1

    • ἀγαπητῷagapetoadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: beloved
  • Beloved, I pray that in every way you may prosper and enjoy good health, as your soul also prospers.

    3 John 1:2

    • ἀγαπητέagapeteadjective · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Beloved
  • Beloved, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, and especially since they are strangers to you.

    3 John 1:5

    • ἀγαπητέagapeteadjective · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Beloved
  • Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.

    3 John 1:11

    • Ἀγαπητέagapeteadjective · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Beloved

Jude

three uses
  • Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.

    Jude 1:3

    • Ἀγαπητοίagapetoiadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: Beloved
  • But you, beloved, remember what was foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ

    Jude 1:17

    • ἀγαπητοίagapetoiadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: beloved
  • But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,

    Jude 1:20

    • ἀγαπητοίagapetoiadjective · vocative (address) · masculine pluraltagged: beloved

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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