Very significantly, not once is the term éros found in the Christian Greek Scriptures. The Roman counterpart to Eros is the more familiar Cupid, usually shown with a bow and arrow. Because Eros was the name the later Greek poets gave their god of love, who was the son of Aphrodítē, éros came to be the name for romantic love, love between the sexes. In the Greek language, however, four separate and distinct words are used: éros, storgé, philéo and agápe. In the English language we speak of “love” between the sexes, “love” of a mother for her child, “love” of friends and the unselfish “love” of God.
A case in point are its words for “love.” Additionally, Greek is a very specific and exact language and the koine Greek of that time was highly developed, making it the best medium for the exact expression of thought. This fact made for their greatest possible distribution in the shortest time possible. AT THE time the Christian Greek Scriptures were written, Greek was the universal language.
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