What does φιλέω · ἀγαπάω mean in the Bible?
φιλέω · ἀγαπάω is a Greek phrase meaning "love, affection, covenantal love".
Greek · G5368, G25
φιλέω / ἀγαπάω
To love · to love (in a social or moral sense)
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φιλέω G5368 to love
Pronunciation philéō
Emotional, affectionate love of friendship and preference, contrasting ἀγαπάω's love of duty and respect
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ἀγαπάω G25 to love (in a social or moral sense)
Pronunciation agapáō
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What does φιλέω / ἀγαπάω (phileō / agapaō) mean in the Bible?
φιλέω · ἀγαπάω is a Greek phrase meaning "love, affection, covenantal love".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G5368, G25?
G5368, G25 is connected to 25 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. love, affection, covenantal love
Source Gloss
love, affection, covenantal love
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 4 Aligned forms 25 Tenses Present, Imperfect, Aorist, Perfect Voices Active
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 6×
Present Active Matt 10:37 · John 12:25 · Rev 22:15 · Luke 20:46 · Titus 3:15 6×
Indicative states a fact or reality 15×
Present Active John 5:20 · John 16:27 · 1 Cor 16:22 · John 11:3 · John 21:17 · John 21:15 · John 21:16 · Matt 6:5 · Matt 23:6 11×
Imperfect Active John 11:36 · John 15:19 · John 20:2 3×
Perfect Active John 16:27 1×
Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 3×
Aorist Active Matt 26:48 · Mark 14:44 2×
Present Active Rev 3:19 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Aorist Active Luke 22:47 1×
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
φιλέω / ἀγαπάω 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
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