# G0026 --- ## Gary’s Bible Definition - Noun; see [[G0025]] for the verb - God is love - Moral preference - Love is an aspect of the fruit of the Spirit [[Galatians_05|Galatians 5.22-23]] - From [[1_Corinthians_13|1 Corinthians 13]]: - Love IS: patient, kind, - Love DOES: rejoice in the truth, bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things - Love is NOT: proud, rude, self-seeking, easily angered, fail - Love DOES NOT: envy, boast, keep an account of wrongs, take pleasure in evil --- ## Root Transliteration (Phonetic Spelling) - agapé (ag-ah'-pay) --- ## Strong's Definition & Usage - Definition: love, goodwill - Usage: love, benevolence, good will, esteem; plur: love-feasts --- ## Part of Speech - Noun --- ## BSB Translation - --- ## NASB Translation - Love (112), love (1), love's (1) - Beloved (1) - love feasts (1) --- ## NASB Word Origin - from agapaó [[G0025]] --- ## Occurrences - 116 --- ## Occurrences Link - https://biblehub.com/greek/strongs_26.htm --- ## BibleHub Link - https://biblehub.com/greek/26.htm --- ## Helps Word Studies - 26 agápē – properly, love which centers in moral preference. So too in secular ancient Greek, 26 (agápē) focuses on preference; likewise the verb form ([[G0025]] /agapáō) in antiquity meant "to prefer" (TDNT, 7). In the NT, 26 (agápē) typically refers to divine love (= what God prefers). --- ## Blue Letter Bible - Outline - affection, good will, love, benevolence, brotherly love - love feasts --- ## Blue Letter Bible - Strong's Definition - ἀγάπη agápē, ag-ah'-pay; from [[G0025]]; love, i.e. affection or benevolence; specially (plural) a love-feast:—(feast of) charity(-ably), dear, love. --- ## Blue Letter Bible - Vines - 1. Feast: - 1.1. "love," is used in the plural in Jude 1:12, signifying "love feasts," RV (AV, "feasts of charity"); in the corresponding passage, 2 Peter 2:13, the most authentic mss. have the word apate, in the plural, "deceivings." - 1.2. Notes: - 1.2.1. (1) In 1 Corinthians 10:27 the verb kaleo, "to call," in the sense of inviting to one's house, is translated "biddeth you (to a feast);" in the most authentic texts there is no separate phrase representing "to a feast," as in some mss., eis deipnon (No. 2). - 1.2.2. (2) In Mark 14:2; John 2:23 the AV translates heorte (see No. 1) by "feast day" (RV, "feast"). - 1.2.3. (3) For the "Feast of the Dedication," John 10:22, see DEDICATION. - 2. Love (Noun and Verb): - 2.1. the significance of which has been pointed out in connection with A, No. 1, is always rendered "love" in the RV where the AV has "charity," a rendering nowhere used in the RV; in Romans 14:15, where the AV has "charitably," the RV, adhering to the translation of the noun, has "in love." - 2.2. Note: In the two statements in 1 John 4:8, 16, "God is love," both are used to enjoin the exercise of "love" on the part of believers. While the former introduces a declaration of the mode in which God's love has been manifested (1 John 4:9, 10), the second introduces a statement of the identification of believers with God in character, and the issue at the Judgment Seat hereafter (1 John 4:17), an identification represented ideally in the sentence "as He is, so are we in this world." - 3. Love Feasts: - 3.1. is used in the plural in Jude 1:12, and in some mss. in 2 Peter 2:13; RV marg., "many ancient authorities read 'deceivings,'" (apatais); so the AV. These love feasts arose from the common meals of the early churches (cp. 1 Corinthians 11:21). They may have had this origin in the private meals of Jewish households, with the addition of the observance of the Lord's Supper. There were, however, similar common meals among the pagan religious brotherhoods. The evil dealt with at Corinth (l.c.) became enhanced by the presence of immoral persons, who degraded the feasts into wanton banquets, as mentioned in 2 Peter and Jude. In later times the agape became detached from the Lord's Supper. --- ## Transliteration Details - --- ## Date - Initial - 2019.11.16 - Revised - 2023.09.29 ---