ἀγαπάω agapáō

Greek · Strong's G25 · used 143 times in 110 verses

Meaning

to love (in a social or moral sense)

In the King James Version: (be-)love(-ed)

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

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Where it is used

Matthew 5:43 You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’
Matthew 5:44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Matthew 5:46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even tax collectors do the same?
Matthew 6:24 No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Matthew 19:19 honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”
Matthew 22:37 Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
Matthew 22:39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
Mark 10:21 Jesus looked at him, loved him, and said to him, “There is one thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”
Mark 12:30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
Mark 12:31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”
Mark 12:33 and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. This is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
Luke 6:27 But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
Luke 6:32 If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
Luke 6:35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
Luke 7:5 for he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.”
Luke 7:42 When they were unable to repay him, he forgave both of them. Which one, then, will love him more?”
Luke 7:47 Therefore I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven, for she has loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little.”
Luke 10:27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
Luke 11:43 Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.
Luke 16:13 No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:19 And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
John 3:35 The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
John 8:42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.
John 10:17 The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again.
John 11:5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
John 12:43 For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.
John 13:1 It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.
John 13:23 One of His disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was reclining at His side.
John 13:34 A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.
John 14:15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
John 14:21 Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
John 14:23 Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
John 14:24 Whoever does not love Me does not keep My words. The word that you hear is not My own, but it is from the Father who sent Me.
John 14:28 You heard Me say, ‘I am going away, and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.
John 14:31 But I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us go on from here.
John 15:9 As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.
John 15:12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.
John 15:17 This is My command to you: Love one another.
John 17:23 I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.
John 17:24 Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
John 17:26 And 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.”
John 19:26 When Jesus saw His mother and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, “Woman, here is your son.”
John 21:7 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it) and jumped into the sea.
John 21:15 When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.”
John 21:16 Jesus asked a second time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus told him, “Shepherd My sheep.”
John 21:20 Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them. He was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper to ask, “Lord, who is going to betray You?”
Romans 8:28 And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
Romans 8:37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
Romans 9:13 So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
Romans 9:25 As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”
Romans 13:8 Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Romans 13:9 The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
1 Corinthians 2:9 Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
1 Corinthians 8:3 But the one who loves God is known by God.
2 Corinthians 9:7 Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.
2 Corinthians 11:11 Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!
2 Corinthians 12:15 And for the sake of your souls, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?
Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Galatians 5:14 The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”