Bible word study
Agape (Strong’s G26): Meaning in the Bible
Agape (ἀγάπη) is the Greek word numbered G26 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as love, i.e. affection or benevolence; specially (plural) a love-feast. In the King James Bible it is translated (feast of) charity(-ably), dear, love..
- Original wordἀγάπη
- Transliterationagápē
- Pronunciationag-ah'-pay
- Strong’s numberG26
- LanguageGreek
The full Strong’s definition
Derivation. from G25;
How the King James Bible translates it
And Christ
Christians read the cross as this love made visible: God gave his Son not because we deserved it but because he chose to. Jesus made it the mark of his followers, that they love one another as he has loved them.
The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.
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