φιλέω

φιλέω, -ῶ

(φίλος), [in LXX: 1 Mos 27,4, 9, al. (אָהַב), 1 Mos 27,27, al. (נָשַׁק), Klg 1,2 (רֵעַ) Wis 8,2, al. ;]

1. to love (with the love of emotion and friendship, Lat, amare; v, SYN.): with accusative of person(s), Matt 10,37, Joh 5,20; Joh 11,3, 36; 15,19; 16,27; 20,2; 21,15-17, 1 Kor 16,22, Åb 3,19; ἐν πίστει, Tit 3,15 with accusative of thing(s), Matt 23,6, Luk 20,46, Joh 12,25, Åb 22,15; with inf. (Es 56,10 cf. Bl., § 69, 4), Matt 6,5,

2. to kiss: with accusative of person(s), Matt 26,48, Mark 14,44, Luk 22,47 (cf. κατα-φιλέω).†

SYN.: ἀγαπάω ω (which see), the love of duty and respect