Definition

beloved

Etymology

from G25 (ἀγαπάω);

Word family

• ἀγαπάω agapáō

How the KJV renders it

• (dearly
• well) beloved
• dear

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.