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Storge Love
What Is Storge?
Storge Love in
the Bible
by Jack Zavada
Storge (pronounced stor-JAY)
is a Greek word that is used in Christianity to mean family love, the bond
among mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, sisters, and brothers.
The Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon defines storge as
"cherishing one's kindred,
especially parents or children; the mutual love of parents and children and
wives and husbands; loving affection; prone to love; loving tenderly; chiefly
of the reciprocal tenderness of parents and children."
Storge Love in the Bible
In
English, the word love has many meanings, but the ancient Greeks had four words
to describe different forms of love precisely: eros, philae, agape,
and storge
As with eros, the exact Greek
term storge does
not appear in the Bible. However, the opposite form is used twice in the New
Testament.
Astorgos means
"without love, devoid of affection,
without affection to kindred, hard-hearted, unfeeling," and is found
in the book of Romans and 2 Timothy.
In Romans 1:31, unrighteous people are described as "foolish, faithless, heartless,
ruthless" (ESV). The Greek word translated "heartless" is astorgos.
And
in 2 Timothy 3:3, the disobedient generation living in the last days is marked
as "heartless, unappeasable,
slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good" (ESV).
Again, "heartless" is translated astorgos. So, a
lack of storge, the natural love among family members, is a sign of end times.
A compound form of storge is found in
Romans 12:10: "Love one another with
brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor." (ESV)
In this verse, the Greek word
translated "love" is philostorgos,
putting together philos and storge.
It
means "loving dearly, being devoted,
being very affectionate, loving in a way characteristic of the relationship
between husband and wife, mother and child, father and son, etc."
Examples of Storge in the Scriptures
Many
examples of family love are found in Scripture, such as the love and mutual
protection among Noah and his wife, their sons, and daughters-in-law in
Genesis; the love of Jacob for his sons; and the strong love the sisters
Martha and Mary in the gospels had for their brother Lazarus.
The
family was a vital part of ancient Jewish culture. In the Ten Commandments,
God charges his people to:
Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in
the land the LORD your God is giving you. (Exodus
20:12, NIV)
When we become followers of
Jesus Christ, we enter into the family of God. Our lives are bound together by
something stronger than physical ties — the bonds of the Spirit.
We are related by something
more powerful than human blood — the blood of Jesus Christ. God calls his
family to love one another with the deep affection of storge love.
Jack Zavada
· Created
and manages and blogs at Inspiration-For-Singles.com
· Published
several books about Christian lifestyle topics
· Contributes
to numerous self-growth and Christian-based websites
· Former
newspaper reporter, technical editor, and public relations director
Experience
Jack
Zavada is a former writer for ThoughtCo who concentrates his contribution on
Christian topics and lifestyle. Jack began his 45-year career as a police and
government newspaper reporter and Associated Press wire editor. He later served
as a technical editor at the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research
Laboratory (CERL). Other positions held include being a publications editor and
a communications director.
As
a writer, Jack focuses his work into three genres, Christian lifestyles,
self-help, and western fiction. Other than his work for ThoughtCo, Jack also
contributes to several Christian-focused websites including
Bible-Reflections.net, SelfGrowth.com, LivingWordBaptist.net,
JustMeCatholicFaith.com, and WZAKClevland.com. Jack created, manages and blogs
at his website Inspiration-For-Singles.com. The site also serves as a platform
for marketing his self-help eBooks. He also writes and publishes western
fiction under the pen name of Calder Boone.
Education
Jack
Zavada earned a Master Arts (M.A.) in English Composition and a Bachelor
Science (B.S.) in English literature, both from Illinois State University.
Awards
and Publications
· Hope for Hurting Singles: A
Christian Guide to Overcoming Life's Challenges(Pine Cone Press,
1st edition, 2017)
· Outsmarting Loneliness (Pine
Cone Press, 2012)
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