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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - ἀγαπάω
ἀγαπάω
G25
Transliteration: agapáō
Pronunciation: ag-ap-ah'-o
Definition: love
- Original: ἀγαπάω - Transliteration: Agapao - Phonetic: ag-ap-ah'-o ἄγαν agan (much; or compare [H5689" class="dictionary-topic-link">H5689]); to love (in a social or moral sense): - (be-) love (-ed). Compare G5368" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5368.
- Definition:
1. of persons
a. to welcome, to entertain, to be fond of, to love dearly
2. of things
a. to be well pleased, to be contented at or with a thing
- Origin: perhaps from agan (much) [or cf G5368" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5368] - TDNT entry: 01:21,5 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: Perhaps from