Lexicon :: Strong's G5368 - phileō

“Then make me a delicious meal that I love and bring it to me to eat, so that I can bless you before I die.”

“Go to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, and I will make them into a delicious meal for your father ​— ​the kind he loves.

So he went and got the goats and brought them to his mother, and his mother made the delicious food his father loved.

Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come closer and kiss me, my son.”

Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept loudly.[fn]

When Laban heard the news about his sister’s son Jacob, he ran to meet him, hugged him, and kissed him. Then he took him to his house, and Jacob told him all that had happened.

But Esau ran to meet him, hugged him, threw his arms around him, and kissed him. Then they wept.

When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not bring themselves to speak peaceably to him.

Now his eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly[fn] see. Joseph brought them to him, and he kissed and embraced them.

Then Joseph, leaning over his father’s face, wept and kissed him.

So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, bowed down, and then kissed him. They asked each other how they had been[fn] and went into the tent.

Samuel took the flask of oil, poured it out on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Hasn’t the LORD anointed you ruler over his inheritance?[fn]

Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus. He was famous among the Jews and highly esteemed by many of his relatives. He continued to pursue prosperity for his people and to speak for the well-being of all his descendants.

so that my heart was secretly enticed

and I threw them a kiss,[fn]

She grabs him and kisses him;

she brazenly says[fn] to him,

“I love those who love me,

and those who search for me find me.

The one who loves pleasure will become poor;

whoever loves wine and oil will not get rich.

He who gives an honest answer

gives a kiss on the lips.

A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father,

but one who consorts with prostitutes destroys his wealth.

a time to love and a time to hate;

a time for war and a time for peace.

Oh, that he would kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!

For your caresses[fn] are more delightful than wine.

If only I could treat you like my brother,[fn]

one who nursed at my mother’s breasts,

I would find you in public and kiss you,

and no one would scorn me.

Israel’s[fn] watchmen are blind, all of them,

they know nothing;

all of them are mute dogs,

they cannot bark;

they dream, lie down,

and love to sleep.

The wind will take charge of[fn] all your shepherds,

and your lovers will go into captivity.

Then you will be ashamed and humiliated

because of all your evil.

She weeps bitterly during the night,

with tears on her cheeks.

There is no one to offer her comfort,

not one from all her lovers.[fn]

All her friends have betrayed her;

they have become her enemies.

Then the LORD said to me, “Go again; show love to a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, just as the LORD loves the Israelites though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.”