Definition of "agape" []

• In a state of wonder or amazement, as with the mouth wide open. (adverb)
• Wide open. (adverb)
• Christianity Love as revealed in Jesus, seen as spiritual and selfless and a model for humanity. (noun)
• Love that is spiritual, not sexual, in its nature. (noun)
• Christianity In the early Christian Church, the love feast accompanied by Eucharistic celebration. (noun)

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• "For _nuni menei_ (nothing can rob us of the word) _pistis, elpis, agape, ta tria tauta; meizpon de touton he agape_. '"
• "New Testament the same idea is expressed in the Greek word agape, which is variously translated as love, compassion, charity, etc."
• "The word for love in the Bible is from the Greek word "agape," which is defined as death to the self, or the ego."