ΚΑΤΕΦΙΛΗΣΑΝ, κατεφιλησαν
KATEPHILĒSAN, katephilēsan
Sounds Like: kah-teh-fee-LEE-san
Translations: they kissed, they kissed fervently, they kissed repeatedly
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΦΙΛΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition κατά (kata, 'down' or 'intensively') and the verb φιλέω (phileō, 'to love' or 'to kiss'). The compound verb means 'to kiss down upon' or 'to kiss fervently/repeatedly'. It implies a strong, affectionate, or even passionate kiss, often with a sense of devotion or deep emotion. It is used to describe an action of kissing someone thoroughly or many times.
Inflection: Aorist, Indicative, Active, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G2705 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 6:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΦΙΛΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΑΤΑΦΙΛΕΙΝ — to kiss, to kiss much, to kiss fervently, to kiss repeatedly
- ΚΑΤΑΦΙΛΕΩ — to kiss fervently, to kiss repeatedly, to kiss tenderly, to kiss much
- ΚΑΤΑΦΙΛΗΣΑΙ — to kiss fervently, to kiss repeatedly, to kiss tenderly, to kiss much
- ΚΑΤΑΦΙΛΗΣΑΣ — having kissed, kissing, to kiss fervently, to kiss repeatedly, to kiss tenderly
- ΚΑΤΑΦΙΛΗΣΕΙ — he will kiss, he will kiss fervently, he will kiss much
- ΚΑΤΑΦΙΛΗΣΩ — to kiss fervently, to kiss repeatedly, to kiss much
- ΚΑΤΑΦΙΛΗΣΩΝ — kissing, having kissed, to kiss deeply, to kiss fervently
- ΚΑΤΑΦΙΛΟΥΣΑ — kissing fervently, kissing repeatedly, kissing tenderly
- ΚΑΤΕΦΙΛΕΙ — kissed, kissed fervently, kissed repeatedly, kissed much
- ΚΑΤΕΦΙΛΗΣΑ — kissed, kissed fervently, kissed repeatedly, kissed much
- ΚΑΤΕΦΙΛΗΣΕΝ — he kissed, she kissed, it kissed, he kissed fervently, she kissed fervently, it kissed fervently
- ΚΑΤΕΦΙΛΟΥΝ — kissed, kissed fervently, kissed repeatedly, kept kissing
- ΚΑΤΕΦΙΛΩΝ — kissed, embraced, kissed much, kissed fervently
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