Word study · Greek
agapaō
to love
Say it: ah-gah-PAH-oh (approximate)
ἀγαπάω
What it means
The verb of self-giving love. "God so loved the world" (3:16) uses it, and the Father loves the Son (3:35).
Range of meaning
- LoveCare for another that shows itself in action.
- PreferChoose one over another.
In John
- Chapter 3
"God so loved the world" (3:16, 3:19, 3:35).
- Chapter 13
"Love one another. Just as I have loved you" (13:1, 13:23, 13:34-35).
- Chapter 15
"As the Father has loved me, I have loved you" (15:9-17).
- Chapter 21
"Do you love me more than these?" (21:15-16).
Every verse (27)
- John 3:16
- John 3:19
- John 3:35
- John 8:42
- John 10:17
- John 11:5
- John 12:43
- John 13:1
- John 13:23
- John 13:34
- John 14:15
- John 14:21
- John 14:23
- John 14:24
- John 14:28
- John 14:31
- John 15:9
- John 15:12
- John 15:17
- John 17:23
- John 17:24
- John 17:26
- John 19:26
- John 21:7
- John 21:15
- John 21:16
- John 21:20
Verses where G0025 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources