ἀγάπη G26
G26 is the Greek word ἀγάπη, transliterated agápē. The King James Version most often renders it love.
What it means
love, i.e. affection or benevolence; specially (plural) a love-feast.
Where it comes from
from G25 (ἀγαπάω).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 108 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: (feast of) charity(-ably), dear, love.
Verses using ἀγάπη
The first 40 of 99 verses, quoted in full.
Matthew 24:12 · KJV
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
Luke 11:42 · KJV
But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
John 5:42 · KJV
But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
John 13:35 · KJV
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
John 15:10 · KJV
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
John 15:13 · KJV
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
John 17:26 · KJV
And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
Romans 5:5 · KJV
And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Romans 5:8 · KJV
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 8:35 · KJV
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Romans 8:39 · KJV
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 12:9 · KJV
Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
Romans 13:10 · KJV
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Romans 14:15 · KJV
But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
Romans 15:30 · KJV
Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;
1 Corinthians 4:21 · KJV
What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
1 Corinthians 8:1 · KJV
Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
1 Corinthians 13:1 · KJV
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
1 Corinthians 13:2 · KJV
And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
1 Corinthians 13:3 · KJV
And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
1 Corinthians 13:4 · KJV
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
1 Corinthians 13:8 · KJV
Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
1 Corinthians 13:13 · KJV
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
1 Corinthians 14:1 · KJV
Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
1 Corinthians 16:14 · KJV
Let all your things be done with charity.
1 Corinthians 16:24 · KJV
My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.
2 Corinthians 2:4 · KJV
For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
2 Corinthians 2:8 · KJV
Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.
2 Corinthians 5:14 · KJV
For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
2 Corinthians 6:6 · KJV
By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
2 Corinthians 8:7 · KJV
Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.
2 Corinthians 8:8 · KJV
I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
2 Corinthians 8:24 · KJV
Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.
2 Corinthians 13:11 · KJV
Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
2 Corinthians 13:14 · KJV
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
Galatians 5:13 · KJV
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Galatians 5:22 · KJV
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Ephesians 1:15 · KJV
Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
Ephesians 2:4 · KJV
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
Ephesians 3:19 · KJV
And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
Common questions
What does Strong's G26 mean?
G26 is the Greek word ἀγάπη (agápē), meaning love, i.e. affection or benevolence; specially (plural) a love-feast.
How is G26 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it love (77 times), charity (25 times), charitably (1 time), after charity (1 time), dear (1 time), among others.
How many times does G26 appear in the Bible?
ἀγάπη (agápē) is tagged in 99 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does G26 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from G25 (ἀγαπάω).
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