ἀγαπητός

• ἀγαπατός (agapatós)

From ἀγαπάω (agapáō, “to love”) +‎ -τός (-tós).

ᾰ̓γᾰπητός • (ăgăpētós) m (feminine ᾰ̓γᾰπητή, neuter ᾰ̓γᾰπητόν); first/second declension

1. beloved, dear (sometimes with a sense of uniqueness: solely beloved)
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 5.18:

     νῦν αὖ παῖδ' ἀγαπητὸν ἀποκτεῖναι μεμάασιν

     nûn aû paîd’ agapētòn apokteînai memáasin

     Now in turn they desire to slay his beloved child.

2. desirable, delightful
3. worthy of love, loveable
4. That which causes contentment

• Ἀγαπητός (Agapētós)

• Greek: αγαπητός (agapitós)

• “ἀγαπητός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀγαπητός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀγαπητός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀγαπητός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἀγαπητός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀγαπητός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• G27 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • beloved idem, page 73.
  • dear idem, page 198.
  • delightful idem, page 208.
  • grateful idem, page 370.
  • gratifying idem, page 370.
  • loved idem, page 502.
  • lovely idem, page 502.
  • satisfactory idem, page 734.