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Lexicon :: Strong's G2705 - kataphileō

Aa
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 - and didst not suffer me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now hast thou done foolishly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:55

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:15 - And he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:27

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:9 - Jehovah grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voice, and wept.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:14 - And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave unto her.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:41 - And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:33 - So Joab came 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: and the king kissed Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:5 - And it was so, that, when any man came nigh to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:39 - And all the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over: and the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:9 - And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with thee, my brother? And 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 - Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:20 - And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again; for what have I done to thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 85:10

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