ἀγαπητός agapētos

Greek word for “beloved” · Strong’s G27 · used 61 times in 60 verses

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Meaning

ἀγαπητός, -ή, -όν; (ἀγαπάω);

How it is translated

Glosses given for agapētos in context, with how often each is used:

• beloved 60
• my beloved 1

Where it is used

Also in 9 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

2 Peter 3 (5), Romans 16 (4), 3 John 1 (4), Colossians 4 (3), 1 John 4 (3), Jude 1 (3), 1 Corinthians 4 (2), Philemon 1 (2), James 1 (2), 1 John 3 (2)

Forms

• ἀγαπητοί 17
• Ἀγαπητοί 9
• ἀγαπητὸς 6
• ἀγαπητόν 6
• ἀγαπητός 5
• ἀγαπητοὶ 4
• ἀγαπητῷ 4
• ἀγαπητοῖς 2
• ἀγαπητὰ 2
• ἀγαπητέ 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with agapētos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἀδελφός adelphos “brother” 13
• εὐδοκέω eudokeō “to delight” 7
• πιστός pistos “faithful” 7
• ἀσπάζομαι aspazomai “to pay respects to” 5
• υἱός uhios “son” 8
• φωνή phōnē “voice/sound” 6
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 8
• καθώς kathōs “as/just as” 6
• γράφω graphō “to write” 6
• τέκνον teknon “child” 5
• σωτηρία sōtēria “salvation” 4
• ἐντρέπω entrepō “to cause shame” 3

Key verses

The verses using agapētos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 3:17 — And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
• Matthew 17:5 — While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well…
• Romans 1:7 — To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 Corinthians 15:58 — Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in…
• 2 Corinthians 7:1 — Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
• Philippians 2:12 — Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and…
• James 1:19 — Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
• James 2:5 — Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
• 1 Peter 2:11 — Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
• 1 John 3:2 — Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall…
• 1 John 4:1 — Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
• Jude 1:3 — Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.