Greek word study

ἀγαπάωagapáō I love

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

Translated in the King James as: (be-)love(-ed)

Appears 143 times in Scripture

Origin: perhaps from (much) (or compare G5689);

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Where it appears

Matthew 8×
Matt 5:43Matt 5:44Matt 5:46Matt 6:24Matt 19:19Matt 22:37Matt 22:39+ 1 more in Matthew
Mark 5×
Mark 10:21Mark 12:30Mark 12:31Mark 12:33+ 1 more in Mark
Luke 13×
Luke 6:27Luke 6:32Luke 6:35Luke 7:5Luke 7:42Luke 7:47Luke 10:27Luke 11:43Luke 16:13+ 4 more in Luke
John 37×
John 3:16John 3:19John 3:35John 8:42John 10:17John 11:5John 12:43John 13:1John 13:23John 13:34John 14:15John 14:21John 14:23John 14:24John 14:28John 14:31John 15:9John 15:12John 15:17John 17:23John 17:24John 17:26John 19:26John 21:7John 21:15+ 12 more in John
Romans 8×
Rom 8:28Rom 8:37Rom 9:13Rom 9:25Rom 13:8Rom 13:9+ 2 more in Romans
1 Corinthians 2×
1 Cor 2:91 Cor 8:3
2 Corinthians 4×
2 Cor 9:72 Cor 11:112 Cor 12:15+ 1 more in 2 Corinthians
Galatians 2×
Gal 2:20Gal 5:14
Ephesians 10×
Eph 1:6Eph 2:4Eph 5:2Eph 5:25Eph 5:28Eph 5:33Eph 6:24+ 3 more in Ephesians
Colossians 2×
Col 3:12Col 3:19
1 Thessalonians 2×
1 Thess 1:41 Thess 4:9
2 Thessalonians 2×
2 Thess 2:132 Thess 2:16
2 Timothy 2×
2 Tim 4:82 Tim 4:10
Hebrews 2×
Heb 1:9Heb 12:6
James 3×
James 1:12James 2:5James 2:8
1 Peter 4×
1 Pet 1:81 Pet 1:221 Pet 2:171 Pet 3:10
2 Peter 1×
2 Pet 2:15
1 John 28×
1 John 2:101 John 2:151 John 3:101 John 3:111 John 3:141 John 3:181 John 3:231 John 4:71 John 4:81 John 4:101 John 4:111 John 4:121 John 4:191 John 4:201 John 4:211 John 5:11 John 5:2+ 11 more in 1 John
2 John 2×
2 John 1:12 John 1:5
3 John 1×
3 John 1:1
Jude 1×
Jude 1:1
Revelation 4×
Rev 1:5Rev 3:9Rev 12:11Rev 20:9

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA), Dodson Greek Lexicon (public domain). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.