to love

Greek Verb

φιλέω, -ῶ (φίλος), [in LXX: Gen.27:4, 9, al. (אָהַב), Gen.27:27, al. (נָשַׁק), La 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), Mat.10:37, Jhn.5:20; Jhn.11:3, 36 15:19 16:27 20:2 21:15-17, 1Co.16:22, Rev.3:19; ἐν πίστει, Tit.3:15; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.23:6, Luk.20:46, Jhn.12:25, Rev.22:15; with inf. (Isa.56:10; cf. Bl, § 69, 4), Mat.6:5. 2) to kiss: with accusative of person(s), Mat.26:48, Mrk.14:44, Luk.22:47 (cf. κατα-φιλέω). SYN.: ἀγαπάω ω (which see), the love of duty and respect (AS)

to love

Greek Verb

φῐλέω, Aeolic dialect φίλημμι [Refs 7th c.BC+]; 2nd pers. singular φίλησθα Ead.22; late 3rd.pers. plural φίλεισι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: Boeotian dialect φίλειμι Hdn.Gr.[Refs]infinitive φιλήμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: Ionic dialect and Epic dialect imperfect φιλέεσκε [Refs]future φιλήσω, Epic dialect infinitive φιλησέμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἐφίλησα [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc: perfect πεφίληκα[Refs]:—middle, poetical [Refs] aorist ἐφῑλάμη; 3rd.pers. singular ἐφίλατο, φίλατο, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural φίλαντο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; subjunctive φίλωνται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but φίλατο as passive, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; also participle φιλάμενος [Refs] —passive, future middle φιλήσομαι in passive sense, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future 3 πεφιλήσομαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: aorist ἐφιλήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]: Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ἐφίληθεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect πεφίλημαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect participle πεφιλᾱμένος [Refs 3rd c.BC+]. [ῐ exceptin the forms ἐφίλατο, φῑλατο, etc.]: (φίλος):— love, regard with affection, opposed to μισεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; (on its relation to sexual love see below 3); of the love of gods for men, φ. δέ ἑ μητίετα Ζεύς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πέρι γάρ μ᾽ ἐφίλει (of the love of the master for his swineherd) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of love for a child reared, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅσα θεοὶ ἀνθρώποις οὓς φιλοῦσιν [διδόασιν] [Refs 1st c.BC+]; οἱ φιλοῦντές τινα his friends, frequently in messages and letters, [NT+1st c.BC+], etc; φιλεῖν ἐμαυτήν, αὑτόν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be beloved by one, ἐκ Διός [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) treat affectionately or kindly, especially welcome, entertain a guest, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; θεὸς (i. e. Calypso) ἥ με. ἐφίλει τε καὶ ἔτρεφεν [Refs]; τίς ἂν φιλέοντι μάχοιτ; who would quarrel with a kind host? [Refs]; etc:—passive, παρ᾽ ἄμμι φιλήσεαι welcome shalt thou be in our house, [Refs 8th c.BC+] 3) opposed to ἐρᾶν, τούτους μάλιστά φασι φιλεῖν ὧν ἂν ἐρῶσι regard with affection those for whom they have a passion, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰκὸς τὸ φιλεῖν τοὺς ἐρωμένους [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but φ. is used of lovers, ἥ γ᾽ Εὐρυμάχῳ μισγέσκετο καὶ φιλέεσκεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of the love of man for wife, ὅς τις ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸς. τὴν αὐτοῦ φιλέει (cherishes her) καὶ κήδεται ὡς καὶ ἐγὼ τὴν ἐκ θυμοῦ φίλεον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὴν αὐτὸς φιλέεσκεν loved and cherished as his wife, [Refs]; but ἐμὲ. ἀτιμάζει, φιλέει δ᾽ ἀΐδηλον Ἄρηα (Hephaestus speaks of Aphrodite) [Refs 8th c.BC+] 3.b) of sexual intercourse, [Refs 5th c.AD+] 4) show outward signs of love, especially kiss (not in [Refs 8th c.BC+] kiss on the mouth, opposed to τὰς παρειὰς φιλέονται, [NT+5th c.BC+] the kiss wherewith she kissed him, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] —middle, τὰς παρειάς kiss each other's cheeks, Hdt. [prev. cited] 5) of things as objects of love, like, approve, σχέτλια ἔργα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὰς λευκοτάτας [μάζας] [Refs 5th c.BC+] 6) of things as the subject, ἡσυχία δὲ φιλεῖ συμπόσιον [Refs 5th c.BC+] 7) in making a request, οἶσθ᾽ ὁτιὴ φιλῶ σ᾽ ἐγώ, κἀμοὶ πιθόμενος ὑπαποκίνει τῆς ὁδοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so τί πράσσει Φηλικίων ὁ ἀγαθό; φιλῶ σε pray, how goes it with the worthy Felicio? [Refs 3rd c.BC+] (but rather 'I speak as a true friend'). II) after [Refs 8th c.BC+], with infinitive, love to do, be fond of doing, and so to be wont or used to do, φιλέει ὁ θεὸς τὰ ὑπερέχοντα κολούειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; rarely with participle for infinitive, φιλεῖς δὲ δρῶσ᾽ αὐτὸ σφόδρα [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) of things, events, etc, αὔρη ἀπὸ ψυχροῦ τινος φιλέει πνέειν [Refs 5th c.BC+] of what usually happens, ἀπὸ πείρης πάντα ἀνθρώποισι φιλέει γίνεσθαι everything comes to man by experience, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; without γίγνεσθαι, οἷα δὴ φιλεῖ as is wont, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3) impersonal, φιλέει δέ κως προσημαίνειν (i.e. ὁ θεός), εὖτ᾽ ἂν. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς δὴ φιλεῖ. λόγον ἔχειν ἀνθρώπους as it is usual for, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

Greek

Verb

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 g25 (ἀγαπάω) 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 g2309 (θέλω) and g1014 (βούλομαι), or as g2372 (θυμός) and g3563 (νοῦς) respectively; the former being chiefly of the heart and the latter of the head); specially, to kiss (as a mark of tenderness); kiss, love; from g5384 (φίλος)