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Strong's #2705: kataphileo (pronounced kat-af-ee-leh'-o)

from 2596 and 5368; to kiss earnestly:--kiss.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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kataphileō

1) to kiss much, kiss again and again, kiss tenderly

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: of Latin origin

Citing in TDNT: 9:114, 1262




Usage:

This word is used 6 times:

Matthew 26:49: "Hail, master; and kissed him."
Mark 14:45: "Master, master; and kissed him."
Luke 7:38: "of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed"
Luke 7:45: "I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet."
Luke 15:20: "and fell on his neck, and kissed him."
Acts 20:37: "they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,"









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