G5368 – phileo – φιλέω to love (like a close friend), adore; fig. to kiss

Strong’s ID:
G5368
Greek Word:
φιλέω
Transliteration:
phileo
Pronunciation:
fil-eh’-o
Part of Speech:
verb
Etymology:
from G5384
Comparables:
G25, to dearly/unconditionally love, cherish
Usage Count:
25
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Find “phileo” in the Bible (New Testament)

Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon

1) to love (like a close friend)
2) adore (i.e., admire, esteem, respect)
3) to kiss (i.e., to love on, to show affection toward)

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Strong’s Greek Lexicon

from G5384; to be a friend to (fond of [an individual or an object]), i.e. have affection for (denoting personal attachment, as a matter of sentiment or feeling; while G25 is wider, embracing especially the judgment and the deliberate assent of the will as a matter of principle, duty and propriety: the two thus stand related very much as G2309 and G1014, or as G2372 and G3563 respectively; the former being chiefly of the heart and the latter of the head); specifically, to kiss (as a mark of tenderness):—kiss, love.

Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.

Thayer’s Greek Definitions

1) to love
1a) to approve of
1b) to like
1c) sanction
1d) to treat affectionately or kindly, to welcome, befriend
2) to show signs of love
2a) to kiss
3) to be fond of doing
3a) be wont, use to do

Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.