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Strong's #5368: phileo (pronounced fil-eh'-o)

from 5384; 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 25 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 2309 and 1014, or as 2372 and 3563 respectively; the former being chiefly of the heart and the latter of the head); specially, to kiss (as a mark of tenderness):--kiss, love.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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phileō

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

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from G5384

Citing in TDNT: 9:114, 1262




Usage:

This word is used 26 times:

Matthew 6:5: "the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the"
Matthew 10:37: " He that loveth father or mother more than me is not"
Matthew 10:37: "worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more"
Matthew 23:6: "And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the"
Matthew 26:48: "a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast."
Mark 14:44: "a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take"
Luke 20:46: "in long robes, and love greetings in the markets,"
Luke 22:47: "and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him."
John 5:20: "For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth"
John 11:3: "Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick."
John 11:36: "Jews, Behold how he loved him!"
John 12:25: " He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his"
John 15:19: "world, the world would love his own: but because"
John 16:27: "the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved"
John 16:27: "you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that"
John 20:2: "disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away"
John 21:15: "thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed"
John 21:16: "thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed"
John 21:17: "thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus"
John 21:17: "third time, Simon, son of Jona, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because"
John 21:17: "unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him,"
John 21:17: "thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus"
1 Corinthians 16:22: "If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be"
Titus 3:15: "salute thee. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace"
Revelation 3:19: "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous"
Revelation 22:15: "idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie."









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