Strong's Greek · G25

ἀγαπάω

agapáō

(be-)love(-ed)

Definition

to love (in a social or moral sense)

Derivation

perhaps from (much) (or compare G5689);

Appears 143 times in Scripture

Matthew 5:46

If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even tax collectors do the same?

Romans 9:13

So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”

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 5:43

You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’

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.”

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 5:44

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Matthew 19:19

honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”

James 2:8

If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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