AGAPH outside the New Testament

Jonathan Burke jburke at sprint.com.au
Fri Jun 14 10:44:02 EDT 2002




Hi David,

>
I think that it is a similar thing to English  in this instance.

In English "love" can mean a pure, selfless emotion, or lust, or can relate
to enjoying chocolate.
>

Yep, gotcha.  Strong desire.  That sort of thing.  But I would expect
something like EPITHUMEO to be used.  What's so special about AGAPH?
Why is it used in the NT alternately to PHILEO?  And why is EROS never used?

>
The problem seems to me to be the idea that each Greek word has a special
restricted meaning.
>

The problem for me at the moment is finding a Greek meaning I can trust.
You quote a lexicon on B-Trans, and you get three people telling you why
it's out of date.  :p

Jonathan Burke.





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