Strong’s Concordance
Definition - beloved, dearly loved
Word Origin - Derived from ἀγαπάω (agapaō), meaning “to love.”
Usage - The term “agapétos” is used in the New Testament to denote someone who is dearly loved or cherished. It is often used to describe the deep, unconditional love that God has for His people, as well as the love that believers are to have for one another. This word emphasizes a love that is selfless, sacrificial, and rooted in the will rather than emotion.
Helps Word-studies
27 agapētós (a verbal adjective, derived from 26 /agápē, “love”) – properly, divinely-loved; beloved (“loved by God”), i.e. personally experiencing God’s “agapē-love.”
K. Wuest helpfully translates 27 (agapētós) as “divinely-loved-ones” (Jude 17).
Jude 3: “Divinely-loved-ones (27 /agapētós), while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I had [a sense of] necessity to write to you, exhorting [you] to constantly, appropriately contend for the-once-delivered-for the saints-faith.”