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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 Box Gen 31:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:28 - “And you did not allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters. Now you have done foolishly in so doing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:55

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:55 - And early in the morning Laban arose, and kissed his sons and daughters and blessed them. Then Laban departed and returned to his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:15 - Moreover he kissed all his brothers and wept over them, and after that his brothers talked with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:27

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:9 - “The LORD grant that you may find rest, each in the house of her husband.” So she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:14 - Then they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:41 - As soon as the lad had gone, David arose from a place toward the south, fell on his face to the ground, and bowed down three times. And they kissed one another; and they wept together, but David more so.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:33 - So Joab went to the king and told him. And when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king. Then the king kissed Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:5 - And so it was, whenever anyone came near to bow down to him, that he would put out his hand and take him and kiss him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:39 - Then all the people went over the Jordan. And when the king had crossed over, the king kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and he returned to his own place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:19 - Bathsheba therefore went to King Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her and bowed down to her, and sat down on his throne and had a throne set for the king’s mother; so she sat at his right hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:20 - And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 85:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:10 - Mercy and truth have met together;
Righteousness and peace have kissed.
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