φιλέω (filέō) — to love / to have affection for / to like to

Notes: Though the act of kissing may have different functions, the nature of the event is essentially the same. In some languages, however, a distinction is made between kissing on the cheek and kissing on the lips. Additional distinctions may be made as to whether one is kissing a person of the same sex or of a different sex.

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Sense 1: to love, to have affection for

Semantic entry: 25.33

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Love, Affection, Compassion

Definition: to have love or affection for someone or something based on association

Notes: See the discussion of the meaning of φιλέω[a] and φιλία in 25.43: ἀγαπάω / 25.43: ἀγάπη.

Show passage in OET: MAT 10:37

OET-RV MAT 10:37

37 “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than they love me is not worthy of being mine, and anyone who loves their son or daughter more than they love me is not worthy of being mine.

OET-LV MAT 10:37

37 The one loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of _me, and the one loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of _me.

Show passage in OET: JHN 5:20

OET-RV JHN 5:20

20 You see, the father loves his son and shows him everything that he’s doing. In fact, he’ll be showing him even greater things than what he’s done already, so that you all will be amazed.

OET-LV JHN 5:20

20 For/Because the father is _loving the son, and is _showing all things to _him which himself is _doing, and he _will _be _showing greater than these things works to _him, in _order _that you _all may _be _marvelling.

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All 14 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 10:37

JHN: OET JHN 5:20 · OET JHN 11:3 · OET JHN 11:36 · OET JHN 12:25 · OET JHN 15:19 · OET JHN 16:27 · OET JHN 20:2 · OET JHN 21:15–17

CO1: OET CO1 16:22

TIT: OET TIT 3:15

REV: OET REV 3:19

Sense 2: to like to, to love to

Semantic entry: 25.103

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Enjoy, Take Pleasure In, Be Fond of Doing

Definition: to particularly like or enjoy doing something

Show passage in OET: MAT 6:5

OET-RV MAT 6:5

5 “Whenever you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to pray in the Jewish meeting halls and on street corners so everyone will notice them. I can assure you that they’ve already received their reward in full.

OET-LV MAT 6:5

5 And whenever you _may _be _praying, you _all _will_ not _be like the hypocrites, because they _are _loving to _be _praying in the synagogues and having _stood on the corners of _the roads, so _that they _may _be _seen by _the people.
Truly, I _am _saying to _you _all, they _are _receiving _fully the reward of _them.

Show passage in OET: MAT 23:6

OET-RV MAT 23:6

6 They love the best places at dinners and the best seats in the Jewish meeting halls.

OET-LV MAT 23:6

6 And they _are _loving the best _place at the suppers, and the best _seats in the synagogues,

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All 4 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 6:5 · OET MAT 23:6

LUK: OET LUK 20:46

REV: OET REV 22:15

Sense 3: to kiss

Semantic entry: 34.62

Semantic domains: Association

Subdomains: Kiss, Embrace

Definition: to kiss, either as an expression of greeting or as a sign of special affection and appreciation{N:001}

Notes: Since in so many societies kissing is not a form of greeting, it may be necessary to add some kind of classifier to contexts such as OET MAT 26:48 and OET MAT 26:49 in order to indicate clearly the intention involved; otherwise, the use of a term meaning merely ‘to kiss’ might suggest a kind of erotic display. The clause in OET MAT 26:49 may be translated as ‘the man I greet by kissing is the one you want.’

Show passage in OET: MAT 26:48

OET-RV MAT 26:48