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The Greek word agapetos

Related to the Greek noun “agape” and the Greek verb “agapao,” the Greek adjective agapetos” means “esteemed” or beloved.”  This term is scattered throughout the New Testament, the first occurrence being in Mt. 3:17.  For all the other places this adjective occurs see Mt. 12:18; 17:5; Mk. 1:11; 9:7; 12:6; Lk. 3:22; 9:35; 20:13; Acts 15:25; Rom. 1:7; 11:28; 12:19; 16:5, 8, 9, 12; 1 Cor. 4:14, 17; 10:14; 15:58; 2 Cor. 7:1; 12:19; Eph. 5:1; 6:21; Phil. 2:12; 4:1; Col. 1:7; 4:7, 9, 14; 1 Thess. 2:8; 1 Tim. 6:2; 2 Tim. 1:2, 16; Heb. 6:9; Jas. 1:16, 19; 2:5; 1 Pet. 2:11; 4:12; 2 Pet. 1:17; 3:1, 8, 14, 15, 17; 1 Jn. 2:7; 3:2, 21; 4:1, 7, 11; 3 Jn. 1, 2, 5, 11; Jude 3, 17, 20.