ἀγαπᾶτε (agapate)

ἀγαπᾶτε is an Ancient Greek form of ἀγαπάω, meaning “love, be fond of”. It is the 2nd person plural imperfect active indicative.

It can also be a form of ἀγαπάζω, “welcome warmly”.

Found 36 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

New Testament, Matthew 5.44: Ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀγαπᾶτε τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ὑμῶν καὶ προσεύχεσθε ὑπὲρ τῶν διωκόντων ὑμᾶς·

New Testament, John 14.15: Ἐὰν ἀγαπᾶτέ με, τὰς ἐντολὰς τὰς ἐμὰς τηρήσετε·

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.