love

Greek Noun Female

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, see word, cf. Dr. Moulton in Exp. Times, xxvi, 3, 139). In NT, like ἀγαπάω, -ῶ, 1) Of men's love: (a) to one another, Jhn.13:35; (b) to God, 1Jn.2:5. 2) Of divine love; (a) God's love: to men, Rom.5:8; to Christ, Jhn.17:26; (b) Christ's love to men: Rom.8:35. 3) In pl, love feasts: Ju 12 (DB, iii, 157). SYN.: φιλία. ἀ, signifying properly (see: 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 thusdistinct from φιλία, friendship (Jas.4:4 only), στοργή, natural affection (in NT only in compounds, see: ἄστοργος) and ἔρως, sexual love, which is not used in NT, its place being taken by ἐπιθυμία. (Cf. ἀγαπάω; and see Abbott, Essays, 70f; DB, vol. i, 555; Cremer, 13, 593; MM, VGT, see word). (AS)

love

Greek Noun Female

ἀγάπ-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) ἀγάπη θεῶν, title of Isis, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

love, i.e. affection or benevolence; specially (plural) a love-feast; (feast of) charity(-ably), dear, love; from g25 (ἀγαπάω)