John 5:42ἀγάπην
but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.
Romans 5:5ἀγάπη
And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.
1 Corinthians 4:21ἀγάπῃ
Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and with a gentle spirit?
2 Corinthians 2:4ἀγάπην
For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.
Ephesians 1:4ἀγάπῃ
For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
1 John 2:5ἀγάπη
But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:

Abbott-Smith

ἀγάπη, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX for אַהֲבָה, which is also rendered by ἀγάπησις and φιλία ;]
love, goodwill, esteem. Outside of bibl. and eccl. books, there is no clear instance (with Deiss., LAE, 18:4, 70:2, cf. the same writer in Constr. Quar., ii, 4; and with MM, VGT, see word, cf. Dr. Moulton in Exp. Times, xxvi, 3, 139). In NT, like ἀγαπάω, -ῶ,

1. Of men's love:

(a) to one another, Jhn.13:35;

(b) to God, 1Jn.2:5.

2. Of divine love;

(a) God's love: to men, Rom.5:8; to Christ, Jhn.17:26;

(b) Christ's love to men: Rom.8:35.

3. In pl., love feasts: Ju 12 (DB, iii, 157).
SYN.: φιλία. ἀ., signifying properly (see: ἀγαπάω) love which chooses its object, is taken over from LXX, where its connotation is more general, into NT, and there used exclusively to express that spiritual bond of love between God and man and between man and man, in Christ, which is characteristic of Christianity. It is thusdistinct from φιλία, friendship (Jas.4:4 only), στοργή, natural affection (in NT only in compounds, see: ἄστοργος) and ἔρως, sexual love, which is not used in NT, its place being taken by ἐπιθυμία. (Cf. ἀγαπάω; and see Abbott,

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Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.