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The Background of Love “God is love,” the writer of 1 John confidently declares. Yet this theologi-cally pleasing statement raises more questions than answers. In saying this, the writer of 1 John does not so much tell us about the nature or identity of God as to address a riddle with another riddle. That is, if God is love, then what is love?
It might seem more plausible to argue that agape appeared in the New Testament because the writers were familiar with the Greek version of the Hebrew Scriptures. However, this also is insufficient to account for the facts. Keywords: New Testament, Greek language, culture, agape, love, Hebrew Scriptures.
5 mar 2008 · Only Paul uses this verb in the New Testament. In other verses, it means ‘to endure’. But that is probably not the meaning here. The Corinthian passage is about God’s love. God’s love does not put up with things, enduring them as though they are unfair burdens that must be shouldered.
28 lip 2023 · The Hebrew word for love is ahavah, which is rooted in the more molecular word hav, 1 which means to give, revealing that, according to Judaism, giving is at the root of love. What does this etymological insight teach us both about the function of love and about how love functions?
The Fear and Love of God (Fear, Love, Choose) An analysis of the meanings of “fear” and “love” in Hebrew as “reverence” and “loyalty,” respectively. This lesson also examines the Hebrew term חשק to present God’s love for Israel’s ancestors as the rationale for divine election.
19 gru 2023 · Often, we approach love, whether secularly or theologically, through the Greek concepts of philia, eros, storge, and agape. Some ministers anachronistically use those words to describe love in the Hebrew Bible; others mistakenly believe that hesed is the only Hebrew word for love in scripture.
2 sty 2019 · hebrew word study – love – tov mo’ed –מאד טוב Genesis 1:31: “And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.”
