AGAPE

Agape

Agape, often translated "unconditional love", is one of the Koine Greek words translated into English as love, one which became particularly appropriated in Christian theology as the love of God or Christ for humankind. In the New Testament, it refers to the covenant love of God for humans, as well as the human reciprocal love for God; the term necessarily extends to the love of one’s fellow man. Although the word does not have specific religious connotation, the word has been used by a variety of contemporary and ancient sources, including biblical authors and Christian authors. Greek philosophers at the time of Plato and other ...

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agape

Noun

  1. the love of God for mankind, or the benevolent love of Christians for others.
  2. spiritual, altruistic, beneficial love which wills good for others.
  3. a love feast, especially one held in the early Christian Church in connection with the eucharist.

Adjective

  1. Being in a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention; as with mouth hanging open.
  2. wide open.

Adverb

  1. In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention.
  2. open wide.


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