G25 – agapao – ἀγαπάω – to truly/unconditionally love, cherish

• Old Testament Hebrew
• New Testament Greek

Strong’s ID:

G25

Greek Word:

ἀγαπάω

Transliteration:

agapaō / agapao

Pronunciation:

ag-ap-ah’-o

Part of Speech:

verb

Etymology:

possibly from ἄγαν agan (much), or Hebrew origin H5689

Comparables:

G5368, to love (like a close friend), adore; fig. to kiss

Usage Count:

142

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Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon

to truly/unconditionally love, cherish

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Strong’s Greek Lexicon

perhaps from ἄγαν agan (much) [or compare H5689]; to love (in a social or moral sense):—(be-)love(-ed). Compare G5368.

Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.

Thayer’s Greek Definitions

1) of persons
1a) to welcome, to entertain, to be fond of, to love dearly
2) of things
2a) to be well pleased, to be contented at or with a thing

Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.

• G24 – aganaktesis – ἀγανάκτησις

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• G26 – agape – ἀγάπη