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ἀγαπητός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀγαπητός ἀγαπητή ἀγαπητόν

Structure: ἀγαπητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: 분사형 a)gapa/w,

Sense

  1. beloved, dear (sometimes with a sense of uniqueness: solely beloved)
  2. desirable, delightful
  3. worthy of love, loveable
  4. That which causes contentment

Examples

  • καὶ ἐκχεῶ ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον Δαυὶδ καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺσ κατοικοῦντασ Ἱερουσαλὴμ πνεῦμα χάριτοσ καὶ οἰκτιρμοῦ, καὶ ἐπιβλέψονται πρόσ με ἀνθ̓ ὧν κατωρχήσαντο καὶ κόψονται ἐπ̓ αὐτὸν κοπετόν, ὡσ ἐπ̓ ἀγαπητῷ, καὶ ὀδυνηθήσονται ὀδύνην ὡσ ἐπὶ τῷ πρωτοτόκῳ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Zachariae 12:10)
  • καὶ ἐρῶ πρὸσ αὐτόν. τί αἱ πληγαὶ αὗται ἀναμέσον τῶν χειρῶν σου̣ καὶ ἐρεῖ. ἃσ ἐπλήγην ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τῷ ἀγαπητῷ μου. (Septuagint, Prophetia Zachariae 13:6)
  • καὶ ὡσ ἡ ὠδίνουσα ἐγγίζει τοῦ τεκεῖν καὶ ἐπὶ τῇ ὠδῖνι αὐτῆσ ἐκέκραξεν, οὕτωσ ἐγενήθημεν τῷ ἀγαπητῷ σου διὰ τὸν φόβον σου, Κύριε. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 26:17)
  • Ο ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΣ Γαίῳ τῷ ἀγαπητῷ, ὃν ἐγὼ ἀγαπῶ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ. (IWANOU G, chapter 1 2:1)
  • ὃν ἔπεμψα πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ εἰσ αὐτὸ τοῦτο ἵνα γνῶτε τὰ περὶ ἡμῶν καὶ παρακαλέσῃ τὰσ καρδίασ ὑμῶν, σὺν Ὀνησίμῳ τῷ πιστῷ καὶ ἀγαπητῷ ἀδελφῷ, ὅσ ἐστιν ἐξ ὑμῶν· (PROS KOLASSAEIS, chapter 1 97:1)

Synonyms

  1. beloved

  2. desirable

  3. worthy of love

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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