The Greek verb agapao can denote devotion to evil, unlike the noun Agape

Evidence

Keep in mind that the Greek verb agapao can also have a negative connotation. In other words, we can agapao—totally give ourselves over to—bad things like “darkness” (John 3:19); “the praise of men” (John 12:43); “this present world,” as well as “good things like loving God and others.” So don’t confuse the verb agapao with the noun Agape, because they mean totally different things. Agapao is what we totally commit ourselves to and what we surrender our lives to, which can be good or bad. Whereas Agape is the supernatural, one-sided, other-centered, and unconditional Love of God. Agape never has a negative usage, so do not confuse the noun Agape (God’s Love) with the verb agapao (what we give ourselves over to). — Chuck Missler, The Kingdom, Power and Glory, 877

Categorization

• DEFINE: A genuinely useful lexical distinction: agapao as volitional devotion to anything vs. Agape as God’s character.
• XREF: Plausibly relevant to discussions of ‘love of the world’ and worldly attachment in ascetic and monastic literature. — connects to: Greek distinguishes divergent loves that English collapses into one word — Chuck Missler, The Kingdom, Power and Glory: The…, 955