ἀγαπητός

agapētos · beloved

Greek · Strong's G27 · Adjective · Sounds like: ag-ap-ay-tos' · 61 occurrences

Word meanings

Short definition

ἀγαπητός, -ή, -όν
(ἀγαπάω), [in LXX chiefly for יָתִיד, יָדִיד ;]
beloved (see M, Pr., 221);
(a) by God: of Christ, Mat.3:17; of men, Rom.1:7;
(b) by Christians, of one another: 1Co.4:14; frequently as form of address, ib. 10:14; opposite to ἐχθρός, Rom.11:28 (see AR, Eph., 229; Cremer, 17; MM, VGT, see word).
(AS)

Strong's dictionary

from ἀγαπάω; beloved:--(dearly, well) beloved, dear.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Liddell-Scott-Jones)
ἀγαπ-ητός, ή, όν,
Doric dialect ἀγαπ-ᾱτός, ά, όν, that wherewith one must be content [Refs], hence of only children, μοῦνος ἐὼν ἀ.[NT+8th c.BC+]; ἀγαπητός· μονογενής, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2 to be acquiesced in (as the least in a choice of evils), [Refs 5th c.BC+] —hence, ἀγαπητόν [ἐστι] one must be content, εἰ.., ἐάν.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with infinitive, [Refs]
II of things, desirable, ἤθη[Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2 of persons, beloved, ἀδελφὲ ἀγαπητέ[LXX]: in letters, as a term of address, [NT]
III adverb -τῶς gladly, contentedly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2 just enough to content one, barely, scarcely, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Every occurrence

  1. 1 Timothy 6:2 ἀγαπητοὶ agapētoi · Describes something

    And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but let them serve them the rather, because they that partake of the benefit are believing and beloved. These things teach and exhort.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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