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ἀγάπη

ἀγάπη, love

ἀγάπ-η, ἡ,
  • love, [Supp: orig. in non-sexual sense but later w. some erotic connotation] LXX Je. 2.2, ἀ. καὶ μῖσος Ec. 9.1; dub. l. in PBerol. 9859 (ii B. C.), Phld. Lib. p.52 O; of the love of husband and wife, Sch. Ptol. Tetr. 52. [IG 14.2317 (Padua).
        • bloved one, Ca. 2.7; cp. as pers. n., SEG 19.422 (vi BC).]
      • 2 esp. love of God for man and of man for God, LXX Wi. 3.9, Aristeas 229; φόβος καὶ ἀ. Ph. 1.283, cf. Ep.Rom. 5.8, 2 Ep.Cor. 5.14, Ev.Luc. 11.42, al.:—also brotherly love, charity, 1 Ep.Cor. 13.1, al.
    • II in pl., the Christian agape, 2 Ep.Pet. 2.13 [Westcott Hort reading ἀπάταις -HD], Ep.Jud. 12.
    • III alms, charity, PGen. 14 (iv/v A. D.).
    • IV["delete the section", Supp., w. reff.] ἀγάπη θεῶν, title of Isis, POxy. 1380.109 (ii A. D.).

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