What does μαθητής · ἀγαπάω · Ἰησοῦς mean in the Bible?
μαθητής · ἀγαπάω · Ἰησοῦς is a Greek phrase meaning "the disciple whom Jesus loved".
Greek · G3101, G25, G2424
ὁ μαθητὴς ἐκεῖνος ὃν ἠγάπα ὁ Ἰησοῦς
Disciple · to love (in a social or moral sense) · Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
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μαθητής G3101 disciple
Pronunciation mathētḗs
A learner committed to a teacher's instruction and way of life, not merely acquiring knowledge
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ἀγαπάω G25 to love (in a social or moral sense)
Pronunciation agapáō
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Ἰησοῦς G2424 Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Pronunciation Iēsoûs
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What does ὁ μαθητὴς ἐκεῖνος ὃν ἠγάπα ὁ Ἰησοῦς (ho mathētēs ekeinos hon ēgapa ho Iēsous) mean in the Bible?
μαθητής · ἀγαπάω · Ἰησοῦς is a Greek phrase meaning "the disciple whom Jesus loved".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3101, G25, G2424?
G3101, G25, G2424 is connected to 262 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. the disciple whom Jesus loved
Source Gloss
the disciple whom Jesus loved
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 8 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 8 Aligned forms 262 Case pattern Nominative (129) Number pattern Plural (235)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 5:1 · Matt 8:23 · Matt 9:14 · Matt 9:19 · Matt 12:1 · Matt 12:2 · Matt 13:10 · Matt 13:36 · Matt 14:12 · Matt 14:15 · Matt 14:19 · Matt 14:26 · Matt 15:2 · Matt 15:12 · Matt 15:23 · Matt 15:33 109×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 10:24 · Luke 6:40 · Luke 14:26 · Luke 14:27 · Luke 14:33 · John 9:28 · John 18:15 · John 18:16 · John 19:27 · John 19:38 · John 20:3 · John 20:4 · John 20:8 · John 21:7 · John 21:23 · John 21:24 20×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 8:21 · Matt 11:2 · Matt 26:18 · Matt 26:20 · Mark 3:7 · Mark 7:2 · Mark 8:10 · Mark 10:46 · Mark 11:1 · Mark 13:1 · Mark 14:13 · Mark 14:14 · Luke 6:17 · Luke 7:18 · Luke 9:40 · Luke 11:1 46×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 10:42 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Matt 9:10 · Matt 9:11 · Matt 9:37 · Matt 11:1 · Matt 14:19 · Matt 15:36 · Matt 16:20 · Matt 16:21 · Matt 16:24 · Matt 17:16 · Matt 19:23 · Matt 23:1 · Matt 26:1 · Matt 26:26 · Matt 26:36 · Matt 28:7 41×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 10:25 · John 19:27 · Acts 21:16 3×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 10:1 · Matt 12:49 · Matt 14:22 · Matt 15:32 · Matt 16:13 · Matt 20:17 · Matt 21:1 · Matt 22:16 · Matt 26:40 · Matt 26:45 · Mark 6:45 · Mark 8:1 · Mark 8:27 · Mark 8:33 · Mark 9:14 · Mark 9:31 39×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine John 19:26 · John 20:2 · John 21:20 3×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 143 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 78 aorist 32 future 16 perfect 10 imperfect 7
Voice
active 133 passive 10
Mood
indicative 73 participle 37 subjunctive 16 imperative 9 infinitive 8
NT Occurrences
Matthew 5:43 Ἀγαπήσεις future active indicative prospective Matthew 5:44 ἀγαπᾶτε present active imperative imperative Matthew 5:46 ἀγαπήσητε aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Matthew 5:46 ἀγαπῶντας present active participle participle Matthew 6:24 ἀγαπήσει future active indicative prospective Matthew 19:19 Ἀγαπήσεις future active indicative prospective Matthew 22:37 Ἀγαπήσεις future active indicative prospective Matthew 22:39 Ἀγαπήσεις future active indicative prospective Mark 10:21 ἠγάπησεν aorist active indicative completed Mark 12:30 ἀγαπήσεις future active indicative prospective Mark 12:31 Ἀγαπήσεις future active indicative prospective Mark 12:33 ἀγαπᾶν present active infinitive infinitive Mark 12:33 ἀγαπᾶν present active infinitive infinitive Luke 6:27 ἀγαπᾶτε present active imperative imperative Luke 6:32 ἀγαπᾶτε present active indicative ongoing Luke 6:32 ἀγαπῶντας present active participle participle Luke 6:32 ἀγαπῶντας present active participle participle Luke 6:32 ἀγαπῶσιν present active indicative ongoing Luke 6:35 ἀγαπᾶτε present active imperative imperative Luke 7:42 ἀγαπήσει future active indicative prospective Luke 7:47 ἠγάπησεν aorist active indicative completed Luke 7:47 ἀγαπᾷ present active indicative ongoing Luke 7:5 ἀγαπᾷ present active indicative ongoing Luke 10:27 Ἀγαπήσεις future active indicative prospective Luke 11:43 ἀγαπᾶτε present active indicative ongoing Luke 16:13 ἀγαπήσει future active indicative prospective John 3:16 ἠγάπησεν aorist active indicative completed John 3:19 ἠγάπησαν aorist active indicative completed John 3:35 ἀγαπᾷ present active indicative ongoing John 8:42 ἠγαπᾶτε imperfect active indicative background John 10:17 ἀγαπᾷ present active indicative ongoing John 11:5 ἠγάπα imperfect active indicative background John 12:43 ἠγάπησαν aorist active indicative completed John 13:1 ἀγαπήσας aorist active participle participle John 13:1 ἠγάπησεν aorist active indicative completed John 13:23 ἠγάπα imperfect active indicative background John 13:34 ἀγαπᾶτε present active subjunctive subjunctive John 13:34 ἠγάπησα aorist active indicative completed John 13:34 ἀγαπᾶτε present active subjunctive subjunctive John 14:15 ἀγαπᾶτέ present active subjunctive subjunctive
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Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ὁ μαθητὴς ἐκεῖνος ὃν ἠγάπα ὁ Ἰησοῦς is built from this root:
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
H5689 Related Hebrew
יְהוֹשׁוּעַ yĕhwōšûʿa H3091 Related Hebrew
Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain