ἀγαπητός
agapētós · G27 · Greek · 61 occurrences
Meanings
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object of one’s affection, one who is loved, beloved, dear
(Derivative of ἀγαπάω ‘to love,’) Pertaining to one who or that which is loved
ExamplesMatthew 12:18 “BEHOLD, MY SERVANT WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN; MY BELOVED IN WHOM MY SOUL DELIGHTS; I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT UPON HIM, AND HE WILL PROCLAIM JUSTICE TO THE GENTILES.
Mark 12:6 “He had one more man to send, a beloved son; he sent him to them last of all, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’
Luke 20:13 “Now the owner of the vineyard said, ‘What am I to do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.’
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only, only dear
Pertaining to one who is the only one of his or her class, but at the same time is particularly loved and cherished
ExamplesMatthew 3:17 and behold, a voice from the heavens said, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
Matthew 12:18 “BEHOLD, MY SERVANT WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN; MY BELOVED IN WHOM MY SOUL DELIGHTS; I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT UPON HIM, AND HE WILL PROCLAIM JUSTICE TO THE GENTILES.
Matthew 17:5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to Him!”
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
10 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἐγώI, we 9
- θεόςGod 1
Named alongside itApposition
15 occurrences in 12 groups
- υἱόςson 7
- Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀντιλαμβάνομαιto help 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- σύνwith, together with 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 2 words
- יְדִיד yᵉdîyd · H3039 · lovely, beloved, loved one
- Hebrew יְדִיד (yedid) and Greek ἀγαπητός (agapētos) both denote 'beloved' as a term of endearment or description of one who is loved, with יְדִיד carrying connotations of friendship/amiability alongside affection while ἀγαπητός emphasizes the agapē-rooted quality of being loved or cherished.
- יָחִיד yâchîyd · H3173 · only one, precious one, favorite
- יָחִיד (yâchîyd, H3173) denotes the semantic core of 'only/sole child' with the emotional weight of preciousness inherent to that status, naturally rendered by ἀγαπητός (agapētós, G27) (ἀγαπητός, 'beloved') in contexts where the 'only child' aspect implies 'uniquely cherished'; the Greek term emphasizes the affective valence ('beloved') while the Hebrew emphasizes the relational uniqueness ('only one'), but both converge on the loved status of a singular/precious person, typically in parent-child or divine-human relational contexts.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Object of one’s affection, one who is loved, beloved, dear25.45
- This adjective denotes one held in loving regard, as in Matthew 3:17's declaration from heaven, "This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."
- Only, only dear58.53
- The adjective also denotes the singular, only one of its kind, as in Mark 12:6's parable of a vineyard owner who had still one to send, a beloved son, whom he sent last of all.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (ῆ, (ἀγαπάω), beloved, esteemed, dear, favorite; (opposed to ἐχθρός, Rom 11:28): ὁ υἱός…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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