ΦΙΛΩ, φιλω
PHILŌ, philō
Sounds Like: phi-LEH-oh
Translations: I love, I like, I kiss, I am fond of
From the root: ΦΙΛΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to love, like, or be fond of someone or something. It often implies a strong affection, friendship, or personal attachment, and can also mean to kiss. It is used to describe a personal, emotional connection, as opposed to a more general or divine love.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, First Person Singular
Strong’s number: G5368 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:41
Clement of Alexandria
- To the Newly Baptized — 1:6
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Maccabees — 8:11, 11:26, 13:36
- Proverbs — 22:24
- Job — 6:27
- Sirach — 7:12, 14:13, 19:8, 20:23, 33:20, 37:5
- John — 21:15, 21:16, 21:17
- Revelation — 3:19
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 5 — 8:294
- Book 6 — 11:239, 12:258
- Book 7 — 8:164, 10:233
- Book 11 — 7:298
- Book 13 — 7:102, 7:127
- Book 15 — 11:409
- Book 16 — 8:261, 9:290
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 4:27
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 25:124
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 27:4
- 1 Maccabees — 13:36
- Proverbs — 22:24
- Job — 6:27
- Sirach — 7:12, 14:13, 19:8, 20:23, 30:28, 37:5
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΕΩ.
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.
- ἈΝΤΙΦΙΛΩ — to love in return, to return love, to reciprocate love
- ἘΦΙΛΕΙ — he was loving, he loved, he used to love, he was fond of, he liked
- ἘΦΙΛΕΙΤΟ — was being loved, was loved, was fond of, was kissed
- ἘΦΙΛΗΣΑ — I loved, I kissed
- ἘΦΙΛΗΣΕΝ — he loved, she loved, it loved, he kissed, she kissed, it kissed
- ἘΦΙΛΙΑΣΑ — you befriended, you made friends, you became friends
- ΕΦΙΛΕΙ — he was loving, he loved, she was loving, she loved, it was loving, it loved, he used to love, she used to love, it used to love
- ΕΦΙΛΗΑΣΑ — I loved, I kissed, I used to love, I used to kiss
- ΕΦΙΛΗΣΑ — I kissed, they kissed, I loved, they loved
- ΕΦΙΛΗΣΕΝ — he loved, he kissed, he showed affection, he was fond of
- ΕΦΙΛΙΑΣΑ — I loved, I was loving, I kissed, I became a friend
- ΠΕΦΙΛΗΚΑΤΕ — you have loved, you have been fond of, you have befriended
- ΠΕΦΙΛΗΜΕΝΟΝ — having been loved, beloved, dear, a beloved one, a beloved thing
- ΦΙΛΕΙ — loves, likes, is fond of, is accustomed to, is in the habit of
- ΦΙΛΕΙΝ — to love, to like, to be fond of, to kiss
- ΦΙΛΕΙΣ — you love, you like, you are fond of
- ΦΙΛΕΙΣΘΑΙ — to be loved, to be fond of, to be kissed
- ΦΙΛΕΩ — to love, to like, to be fond of, to kiss, to be a friend to
- ΦΙΛΗΜΑ — kiss, a kiss
- ΦΙΛΗΣ — you may kiss, you might kiss, you should kiss, you may love, you might love, you should love
- ΦΙΛΗΣΑΙ — to kiss, to love
- ΦΙΛΗΣΑΤΩ — let him kiss, he should kiss
- ΦΙΛΗΣΟΝ — kiss, love
- ΦΙΛΗΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will love, they will kiss, they will be fond of
- ΦΙΛΗΣΩ — I will kiss, I will love
- ΦΙΛΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ — being loved, beloved, dear, a beloved one
- ΦΙΛΟΥΝ — loving, liking, being fond of, to love, to like, to be fond of
- ΦΙΛΟΥΝΤΑΣ — loving, liking, being fond of, those loving, those liking, those being fond of
- ΦΙΛΟΥΝΤΕΣ — loving, a loving one, those loving, fond of, those fond of, kissing, those kissing
- ΦΙΛΟΥΝΤΙ — to the one loving, to the one who loves, to the one who is fond of, to the one who is a friend to
- ΦΙΛΟΥΝΤΟΣ — (of) loving, (of) being a friend, (of) a friend, (of) one who loves
- ΦΙΛΟΥΝΤΩΝ — of those loving, of those liking, of those fond of, of those kissing, of those befriending
- ΦΙΛΟΥΣΙ — they love, they like, they are fond of, they kiss, they show affection for
- ΦΙΛΟΥΣΙΝ — they love, they like, they are fond of, they kiss
- ΦΙΛΟΥΤΕΣ — loving, fond of, kissing, showing affection, being a friend
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