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#05368
φιλέω
philéō
Sounds like fil•eh'•o
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 #00025 (ἀγαπάω / agapáō) 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 #02309 (θέλω / thélō) and #01014 (βούλομαι / boúlomai), or as #02372 (θυμός / thymós) and #03563 (νοῦς / noûs) respectively; the former being chiefly of the heart and the latter of the head); specially, to kiss (as a mark of tenderness).
Derived from #05384 (φίλος / phílos).
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The text is from Dictionary of Greek Words taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D. (1890). Text out of copyright.
The digitized text we’ve used was from Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML with real Greek by Dr. Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (ulrikp.org, Scripture Systems ApS). Text licensed under Creative Commons CC0.
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