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Lexicon :: Strong's G2705 - kataphileō

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καταφιλέω
Transliteration
kataphileō (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-af-ee-leh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Latin origin
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:114,1262

Strong’s Definitions

καταφιλέω kataphiléō, kat-af-ee-leh'-o; from G2596 and G5368; to kiss earnestly:—kiss.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G2705 in the following manner: kiss (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G2705 in the following manner: kiss (6x).

  1. to kiss much, kiss again and again, kiss tenderly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καταφιλέω kataphiléō, kat-af-ee-leh'-o; from G2596 and G5368; to kiss earnestly:—kiss.
STRONGS G2705:
καταφιλέω, καταφίλω; imperfect κατεφίλουν; 1 aorist κατεφίλησα; to kiss much, kiss again and again, kiss tenderly (Latindeosculor, etc.): τινα, Matthew 26:49; Mark 14:45; Luke 7:38, 45; Luke 15:20; Acts 20:37. (Tobit 7:6; 3Macc. 5:49; Xenophon, Cyril 6, 4,10; 7, 5, 32; Polybius 15, 1, 7; Josephus, Antiquities 7, 11, 7; Aelian v. h. 13, 4; Plutarch, Brut. 16; Lucian, dial. deor. 4, 5; 5, 3; φιλεῖν and καταφίλειν are distinguished in Xenophon, mem. 2, 6, 33; Plutarch, Alex c. 67. The Sept. for נָשַׁק, properly, to join mouth to mouth.) Cf: Fritzsche on Matthew, p. 780; Winer's De verb. comp. etc. Part ii., p. 18, note{21}.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
26:49
Mark
14:45
Luke
7:38; 7:45; 15:20
Acts
20:37

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2705 matches the Greek καταφιλέω (kataphileō),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:28 - You didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. You have done a foolish thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:55

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:55 - Early the next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and blessed them. Then he left and returned home.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:15 - And he kissed all his brothers and wept over them. Afterward his brothers talked with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:27 - The LORD said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” So he met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:9 - May the LORD grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband.” Then she kissed them goodbye and they wept aloud

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:14 - At this they wept aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:41 - After the boy had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone and bowed down before Jonathan three times, with his face to the ground. Then they kissed each other and wept together—but David wept the most.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:33 - So Joab went to the king and told him this. Then the king summoned Absalom, and he came in and bowed down with his face to the ground before the king. And the king kissed Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:5 - Also, whenever anyone approached him to bow down before him, Absalom would reach out his hand, take hold of him and kiss him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:39 - So all the people crossed the Jordan, and then the king crossed over. The king kissed Barzillai and bid him farewell, and Barzillai returned to his home.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:9 - Joab said to Amasa, “How are you, my brother?” Then Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:19 - When Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah, the king stood up to meet her, bowed down to her and sat down on his throne. He had a throne brought for the king’s mother, and she sat down at his right hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:20 - Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah. “Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye,” he said, “and then I will come with you.” “Go back,” Elijah replied. “What have I done to you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:10 - Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other.
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