Lexical Definition

‎ἀγάπη‎ agápē (ag-ah'-pay) love G:N-F
from ‎ἀγαπάω‎

(feast of) charity(-ably), dear, love.

Usage: 8 forms in 131 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
ἀγάπῃ in love 1Thess.3.12 • 1Tim.2.15 • Titus.2.2
love John.15.9 • John.15.10 • John.15.10 • 1Cor.4.21 • 1Cor.16.14 • 2Cor.6.6 • 2Cor.8.7 • Eph.1.4 • Eph.3.17 • Eph.4.2 • Eph.4.15 • Eph.4.16 • Eph.5.2 • Col.2.2 • 1Thess.5.13 • 1Tim.4.12 • 2Tim.1.13 • 2Tim.3.10 • Phlm.1.7 • 1John.4.16 • 1John.4.18 • 1John.4.18 • 2John.1.3 • 3John.1.6 • Jude.1.21
ἀγάπησ beloved Col.1.13
love Rom.8.35 • Rom.8.39 • Rom.15.30 • 2Cor.8.8 • 2Cor.8.24 • Gal.5.6 • Gal.5.13 • Phil.1.16 • 1Thess.5.8 • 1Tim.1.14 • Heb.6.10
of love 2Cor.13.11 • Phil.2.1 • 1Thess.1.3 • 2Tim.1.7 • 1Pet.5.14
to love Heb.10.24
ἀγάπην love Luke.11.42 • John.5.42 • John.13.35 • John.15.13 • Rom.5.8 • Rom.14.15 • 1Cor.13.1 • 1Cor.13.2 • 1Cor.13.3 • 1Cor.14.1 • 2Cor.2.4 • 2Cor.2.8 • Eph.1.15 • Eph.2.4 • Eph.3.19 • Phil.2.2 • Col.1.4 • Col.1.8 • Col.3.14 • 1Thess.3.6 • 2Thess.2.10 • 2Thess.3.5 • 1Tim.6.11 • 2Tim.2.22 • Phlm.1.5 • Phlm.1.9 • 1Pet.4.8 • 2Pet.1.7 • 1John.3.1 • 1John.3.16 • 1John.4.16 • Rev.2.4 • Rev.2.19
ἀγάπη love Matt.24.12 • John.17.26 • Rom.5.5 • Rom.12.9 • Rom.13.10 • Rom.13.10 • 1Cor.8.1 • 1Cor.13.4 • 1Cor.13.4 • 1Cor.13.4 • 1Cor.13.8 • 1Cor.13.13 • 1Cor.13.13 • 1Cor.16.24 • 2Cor.5.14 • 2Cor.13.13 • Gal.5.22 • Eph.6.23 • Phil.1.9 • 2Thess.1.3 • 1Tim.1.5 • 1Pet.4.8 • 1John.2.5 • 1John.2.15 • 1John.3.17 • 1John.4.7 • 1John.4.8 • 1John.4.9 • 1John.4.10 • 1John.4.12 • 1John.4.16 • 1John.4.17 • 1John.4.18 • 1John.5.3 • 2John.1.6 • Jude.1.2
ἀγάπαισ love feasts Jude.1.12
αγάπησ love LXX.Jer.2.2
of love LXX.Song.2.5 • LXX.Song.5.8
αγάπην a love LXX.Song.3.10
love LXX.2Sam.13.15 • LXX.Song.2.4 • LXX.Song.2.7 • LXX.Song.3.5 • LXX.Song.8.4 • LXX.Song.8.7
αγάπη O love LXX.Song.7.6
love LXX.Eccl.9.1 • LXX.Song.8.6 • LXX.Song.8.7
their love LXX.Eccl.9.6

Abbott-Smith

† ἀγάπη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX for אַהֲבָה, which is also rendered by ἀγάπησις and φιλία;]
love, goodwill, esteem. Outside of bibl. and eccl. books, there is no clear instance (with Deiss., LAE, 18:4, 70:2, cf. the same writer in Constr. Quar., ii, 4; and with MM, VGT, s.v., cf. Dr. Moulton in Exp. Times, xxvi, 3, 139). In NT, like ἀγαπάω, -ῶ,
1. Of men's love:
(a) to one another, Jo 13:35;
(b) to God, I Jo 2:5.
2. Of divine love;
(a) God's love: to men, Ro 5:8; to Christ, Jo 17:26;
(b) Christ's love to men: Ro 8:35.
3. In pl., love feasts: Ju 12 (DB, iii, 157).
SYN.: φιλία. ἀ., signifying properly (v.s. ἀγαπάω) love which chooses its object, is taken over from LXX, where its connotation is more general, into NT, and there used exclusively to express that spiritual bond of love between God and man and between man and man, in Christ, which is characteristic of Christianity. It is thus distinct from φιλία, friendship (Ja 4:4 only), στοργή, natural affection (in NT only in compounds, v.s. ἄστοργος) and ἔρως, sexual love, which is not used in NT, its place being taken by ἐπιθυμία. (Cf. ἀγαπάω; and v. Abbott, Essays, 70f.; DB, vol. i., 555; Cremer, 13, 593; MM, VGT, s.v.).

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
John 13:35 · 17:26
Romans 5:8 · 8:35
James 4:4
1 John 2:5
Jude 1:12

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἀγάπη-η, ἡ,

love, [LXX+2nd c.BC+] O; of the love of husband and wife, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

__2 especially love of God for man and of man for God, [LXX+1st c.AD+]:—also brotherly love, charity, [NT]
__II in plural, love-feast, [NT]
__III alms, charity, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
__IV ἀγάπηη θεῶν, title of Isis, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Jer.2.2 ☩ LXX.Song.2.7 ☩ Rom.5.8 ☩ 2Cor.5.14 ☩ Luke.11.42 ☩ 1Cor.13.1 ☩ 2Pet.2.13