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ἀγάπη

First declension Noun; Feminine 기독교 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγάπη ἀγάπης

Structure: ἀγαπ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. love, affection, esteem
  2. specifically, the love between man and God, good will, benevolence,
  3. (in the plural) Christian love feasts

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ποιῶν κρίσιν προσηλύτῳ καὶ ὀρφανῷ καὶ χήρᾳ, καὶ ἀγαπᾷ τὸν προσήλυτον δοῦναι αὐτῷ ἄρτον καὶ ἱμάτιον. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 10:18)
  • καὶ πλεῖον ἀγαπᾷ ἄνθρωποσ τὴν ἰδίαν γυναῖκα μᾶλλον ἢ τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 4:25)
  • καὶ νῦν, παιδίον, ἀγάπα τοὺσ ἀδελφούσ σου καὶ μὴ ὑπερηφανεύου τῇ καρδίᾳ σου ἀπὸ τῶν ἀδελφῶν σου καὶ τῶν υἱῶν καὶ θυγατέρων τοῦ λαοῦ σου λαβεῖν σεαυτῷ ἐξ αὐτῶν γυναῖκα. διότι ἐν τῇ ὑπερηφανίᾳ ἀπώλεια καὶ ἀκαταστασία πολλή, καὶ ἐν τῇ ἀχρειότητι ἐλάττωσισ καὶ ἔνδεια μεγάλη. ἡ γὰρ ἀχρειότησ μήτηρ ἐστὶ τοῦ λιμοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 4:13)
  • καὶ δότω ἑνὶ τῶν φίλων τοῦ βασιλέωσ τῶν ἐνδόξων καὶ στολισάτω τὸν ἄνθρωπον, ὃν ὁ βασιλεὺσ ἀγαπᾷ, καὶ ἀναβιβασάτω αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὸν ἵππον καὶ κηρυσσέτω διὰ τῆσ πλατείασ τῆσ πόλεωσ λέγων. οὕτωσ ἔσται παντὶ ἀνθρώπῳ, ὃν ὁ βασιλεὺσ δοξάζει. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 6:9)
  • ἀγαπᾷ ἐλεημοσύνην καὶ κρίσιν, τοῦ ἐλέουσ Κυρίου πλήρησ ἡ γῆ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 32:5)

Synonyms

  1. love

  2. Christian love feasts

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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