Strong G5368φιλέω
to love
- Transliteration
- phileō
- Pronunciation
- fil-eh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G5384; to be a friend to (fond of [an individual or an object]) that is have affection for (denoting personal attachment as a matter of sentiment or feeling; while G25 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 and G1014 or as G2372 and G3563 respectively; the former being chiefly of the heart and the latter of the head); specifically to kiss (as a mark of tenderness): - kiss love.
Detailed definition
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)
(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)
In the Bible
Strong G5368 appears in 21 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- love13
- loveth5
- kiss3
- thou2
First verses
- Matthew 6:5And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
- Matthew 10:37He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
- Matthew 23:6And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
- Matthew 26:48Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.
- Mark 14:44And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely.
- Luke 20:46Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
- Luke 22:47And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.
- John 5:20For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.
- John 11:3Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
- John 11:36Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
- John 12:25He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
- John 15:19If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
- John 16:27For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
- John 20:2Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.
- John 21:15So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
- John 21:16He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
- John 21:17He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
- 1 Corinthians 16:22If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maran-atha.
- Titus 3:15All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen. It was written to Titus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Cretians, from Nicopolis of Macedonia.
- Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
φῐλέω,
Aeolic dialect φίλημμι [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 79, cf. Ead. “Oxy.” 1787 “fragment” 1 + 2.24)]; 2nd pers. singular φίλησθα Ead.22; late 3rd.pers. plural φίλεισι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“epigram Gr.” 990.12 (2nd c.AD: Balbilla Lyrica))]: Boeotian dialect φίλειμι Hdn.Gr.[Refs (2.930: _Epic dialect_)]infinitive φιλήμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.265)]: Ionic dialect and Epic dialect imperfect φιλέεσκε [Refs (3.388, +others:)]future φιλήσω, Epic dialect infinitive φιλησέμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.171)]: aorist 1 ἐφίλησα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.16)], etc.: perfect πεφίληκα[Refs ([prev. work] 1.13)]:—middle, poetical [Refs (1)] aorist ἐφῑλάμη; 3rd.pers. singular ἐφίλατο, φίλατο, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.61, 20.304, Callias Epigrammaticus “Aet.Oxy.” 2080.55)]; 3rd.pers. plural φίλαντο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 274; _imperative_ φῖλαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.117, 10.280)]; subjunctive φίλωνται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Cererem” 117, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 97)]; but φίλατο as passive, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.66)]; also participle φιλάμενος [Refs (“IG” 14.1549 (from Rome):)] —passive, future middle φιλήσομαι in passive sense, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.123, 15.281, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.19)]: future 3 πεφιλήσομαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 270)]: aorist ἐφιλήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1000, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 253c)]: Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ἐφίληθεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.668)]: perfect πεφίλημαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.45, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.9.28)]; Doric dialect participle πεφιλᾱμένος [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 3.3)]. [ῐ exceptin the forms ἐφίλατο, φῑλατο, etc.]: (φίλος):— love, regard with affection, opposed to μισεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 334c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1380b34; φιλήσω τὸν δῆμον τὸν Ἀθηναίων “IG” 12.15.36)]; (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+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.197)]; πέρι γάρ μ᾽ ἐφίλει (of the love of the master for his swineherd) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.146; (also ὃν περὶ κῆρι φ. Ζεὺς.. παντοίην φιλότητα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.245, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.117); μάλα τούς γε φ. ἑκάεργος Ἀπόλλων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.94; εἰ.. Ἕκτορά περ φιλέεις καὶ κήδεαι αὐτοῦ 7.204, etc.)]; of love for a child reared, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.370; αἰ δὲ μὴ φίλει, ταχέως φιλήσει κωὐκὶ θέλοισα 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 1.23; λόγοις φιλοῦσαν οὐ στέργω φίλην 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 543; φιλέων φιλέοντα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.66; ὃν δ᾽ ἐχρῆν φιλεῖν στυγεῖς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 907; μάλιστά σ᾽.. ἤχθηρα κἀφίλησ᾽ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1363; ὃν οἱ θεοὶ φιλοῦσιν ἀποθνῄσκει νέος 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 125)]; ὅσα θεοὶ ἀνθρώποις οὓς φιλοῦσιν [διδόασιν] [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“SIG” 985.48 (Philadelphia, 1st c.BC))]; οἱ φιλοῦντές τινα his friends, frequently in messages and letters, [NT+1st c.BC+ (“OGI” 184.10 (Philae, 1st c.BC), NT.Tit.3.15, “PSI” 8.971.30 (3rd-4th c.AD))], etc.; φιλεῖν ἐμαυτήν, αὑτόν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 999, “Med.” 86, etc.)]:—passive, to be beloved by one, ἐκ Διός [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.668; παρ᾽ αὐτῇ 13.627, etc.)]; τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1000.)]
2 treat affectionately or kindly, especially welcome, entertain a guest, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.29, 5.135, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.207, etc.; φίλος δ᾽ ἦν ἀνθρώποισιν, πάντας γὰρ φιλέεσκεν ὁδῷ ἔπι οἰκία ναίων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.15; ξεῖνον ἐνὶ μεγάροισι φ. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.42; ξεῖνον ἄγων ἐν δώμασι.. φιλέειν καὶ τιέμεν 15.543, compare 14.322)]; θεὸς (i. e. Calypso) ἥ με.. ἐφίλει τε καὶ ἔτρεφεν [Refs (7.256)]; τίς ἂν φιλέοντι μάχοιτ; who would quarrel with a kind host? [Refs (8.208)]; etc.:—passive, παρ᾽ ἄμμι φιλήσεαι welcome shalt thou be in our house, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.123, compare 15.281.)]
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+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 231c; ὥστε οὐ μόνον φιλοῖο ἄν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐρῷο ὑπ᾽ ἀνθρώπων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 11.11, compare “Smp.” 8.21)]; εἰκὸς τὸ φιλεῖν τοὺς ἐρωμένους [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 70a6)]; but φ. is used of lovers, ἥ γ᾽ Εὐρυμάχῳ μισγέσκετο καὶ φιλέεσκεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.325; Λυσίθεος Μικίωνα φιλῖν φησι μάλισστα τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει “IG” 12.924; οὐκ ἔστ᾽ ἐραστὴς ὅστις οὐκ ἀεὶ φιλεῖ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1051, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.176 (_passive_), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 905)]; 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+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.343, compare 486)]; τὴν αὐτὸς φιλέεσκεν loved and cherished as his wife, [Refs ([prev. work] 450)]; but ἐμὲ.. ἀτιμάζει, φιλέει δ᾽ ἀΐδηλον Ἄρηα (Hephaestus speaks of Aphrodite) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.309: Comedy texts, ὦ Δῆμ᾽, ἐραστής εἰμι σὸς φιλῶ τέ σε καὶ κήδομαί σου 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1341.)]
3.b of sexual intercourse, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see at {βαίνειν}.)]
4 show outward signs of love, especially kiss (not in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus), φ. τοῖσι στόμασι)] kiss on the mouth, opposed to τὰς παρειὰς φιλέονται, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.134, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.27, “Smp.” 9.5; κατὰ τὸ στόμα “Anthologia Graeca” 5.284 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus); φιλήσω.. τὸ σὸν κάρα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1131; πατέρα.. περὶ χεῖρε βαλοῦσα φιλήσει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1559 (_anapaest meter_), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 671, 674, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 255e, NT.Mark.14.44, etc.: with double _accusative_, τὸ φίλαμα, τὸ.. τὸν Ἄδωνιν.. ἀποθνάσκοντα φίλασεν)] the kiss wherewith she kissed him, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 3.69:)] —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+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.83; ἀοιδάν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.7; οὔθ᾽ ἱστῶν ἐφίλησεν ὁδοὺς οὔτε δείπνων.. τέρψιας “P.” 9.18, etc.; αἰσχροκέρδειαν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1056, compare 312)]; τὰς λευκοτάτας [μάζας] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Teleclides Comicus 1.6 (_anapaest meter_); Πράμνιον οἶνον 4th c.BC: Ephippus Comicus 28.)]
6 of things as the subject, ἡσυχία δὲ φιλεῖ συμπόσιον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.48; ἢ [μίτρη] μαστοὺς ἐφίλησε 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 39.)]
7 in making a request, οἶσθ᾽ ὁτιὴ φιλῶ σ᾽ ἐγώ, κἀμοὶ πιθόμενος ὑπαποκίνει τῆς ὁδοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1010)]; so τί πράσσει Φηλικίων ὁ ἀγαθό; φιλῶ σε pray, how goes it with the worthy Felicio? [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.19.20; so perhaps in 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 1.66, πείσθητί μευ, φιλέω σε)] (but rather 'I speak as a true friend').
II after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], 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+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.10. ; ἢν ἁμάρτωσι τοῦ πατρικοῦ τύπου.. φιλέουσι διαφθείρεσθαι 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 228; Μοῖσα μεμνᾶσθαι φ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.12, compare “P.” 3.18; φιλεῖ δὲ τίκτειν ὕβρις.. ὕβριν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 763 (Lyric poetry); τοῖς θανοῦσί τοι φιλοῦσι πάντες κειμένοις ἐπεγγελᾶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 989, etc.)]; rarely with participle for infinitive, φιλεῖς δὲ δρῶσ᾽ αὐτὸ σφόδρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 645.)]
II.2 of things, events, etc., αὔρη ἀπὸ ψυχροῦ τινος φιλέει πνέειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.27; φιλεῖ ὠδῖνα τίκτειν νύξ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 769; ἐμπόρων ἔπη φ. πλανᾶσθαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 304; φιλεῖ γάρ πως τὰ τοιαῦθ᾽ ἑτέρᾳ τρέπεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 813 (Lyric poetry); φιλεῖ μεγάλα στρατόπεδα ἐκπλήγνυσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.125; ὃ δὴ φ. ὁ ἔρως ἐμποιεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 182c: especially with γίγνεσθαι)] of what usually happens, ἀπὸ πείρης πάντα ἀνθρώποισι φιλέει γίνεσθαι everything comes to man by experience, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.9.γ, compare 7.10.ζ, 7.50, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.42, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.104, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 494c, +others; οἷα φ. γίγνεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.79, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.128)]; without γίγνεσθαι, οἷα δὴ φιλεῖ as is wont, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 467b; ὁποῖα φ. 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 9.)]
II.3 impersonal, φιλέει δέ κως προσημαίνειν (i.e. ὁ θεός), εὖτ᾽ ἂν.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.27)]; ὡς δὴ φιλεῖ.. λόγον ἔχειν ἀνθρώπους as it is usual for.., [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 73.)]
Aeolic dialect φίλημμι [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 79, cf. Ead. “Oxy.” 1787 “fragment” 1 + 2.24)]; 2nd pers. singular φίλησθα Ead.22; late 3rd.pers. plural φίλεισι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“epigram Gr.” 990.12 (2nd c.AD: Balbilla Lyrica))]: Boeotian dialect φίλειμι Hdn.Gr.[Refs (2.930: _Epic dialect_)]infinitive φιλήμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.265)]: Ionic dialect and Epic dialect imperfect φιλέεσκε [Refs (3.388, +others:)]future φιλήσω, Epic dialect infinitive φιλησέμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.171)]: aorist 1 ἐφίλησα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.16)], etc.: perfect πεφίληκα[Refs ([prev. work] 1.13)]:—middle, poetical [Refs (1)] aorist ἐφῑλάμη; 3rd.pers. singular ἐφίλατο, φίλατο, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.61, 20.304, Callias Epigrammaticus “Aet.Oxy.” 2080.55)]; 3rd.pers. plural φίλαντο [Refs 8th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 274; _imperative_ φῖλαι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.117, 10.280)]; subjunctive φίλωνται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Cererem” 117, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 97)]; but φίλατο as passive, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.66)]; also participle φιλάμενος [Refs (“IG” 14.1549 (from Rome):)] —passive, future middle φιλήσομαι in passive sense, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.123, 15.281, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.19)]: future 3 πεφιλήσομαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 270)]: aorist ἐφιλήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1000, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 253c)]: Epic dialect 3rd.pers. plural ἐφίληθεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.668)]: perfect πεφίλημαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 4.45, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.9.28)]; Doric dialect participle πεφιλᾱμένος [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 3.3)]. [ῐ exceptin the forms ἐφίλατο, φῑλατο, etc.]: (φίλος):— love, regard with affection, opposed to μισεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 334c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1380b34; φιλήσω τὸν δῆμον τὸν Ἀθηναίων “IG” 12.15.36)]; (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+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.197)]; πέρι γάρ μ᾽ ἐφίλει (of the love of the master for his swineherd) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.146; (also ὃν περὶ κῆρι φ. Ζεὺς.. παντοίην φιλότητα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.245, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.117); μάλα τούς γε φ. ἑκάεργος Ἀπόλλων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.94; εἰ.. Ἕκτορά περ φιλέεις καὶ κήδεαι αὐτοῦ 7.204, etc.)]; of love for a child reared, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.370; αἰ δὲ μὴ φίλει, ταχέως φιλήσει κωὐκὶ θέλοισα 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 1.23; λόγοις φιλοῦσαν οὐ στέργω φίλην 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 543; φιλέων φιλέοντα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.66; ὃν δ᾽ ἐχρῆν φιλεῖν στυγεῖς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 907; μάλιστά σ᾽.. ἤχθηρα κἀφίλησ᾽ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1363; ὃν οἱ θεοὶ φιλοῦσιν ἀποθνῄσκει νέος 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 125)]; ὅσα θεοὶ ἀνθρώποις οὓς φιλοῦσιν [διδόασιν] [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“SIG” 985.48 (Philadelphia, 1st c.BC))]; οἱ φιλοῦντές τινα his friends, frequently in messages and letters, [NT+1st c.BC+ (“OGI” 184.10 (Philae, 1st c.BC), NT.Tit.3.15, “PSI” 8.971.30 (3rd-4th c.AD))], etc.; φιλεῖν ἐμαυτήν, αὑτόν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 999, “Med.” 86, etc.)]:—passive, to be beloved by one, ἐκ Διός [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.668; παρ᾽ αὐτῇ 13.627, etc.)]; τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1000.)]
2 treat affectionately or kindly, especially welcome, entertain a guest, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.29, 5.135, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.207, etc.; φίλος δ᾽ ἦν ἀνθρώποισιν, πάντας γὰρ φιλέεσκεν ὁδῷ ἔπι οἰκία ναίων 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.15; ξεῖνον ἐνὶ μεγάροισι φ. 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.42; ξεῖνον ἄγων ἐν δώμασι.. φιλέειν καὶ τιέμεν 15.543, compare 14.322)]; θεὸς (i. e. Calypso) ἥ με.. ἐφίλει τε καὶ ἔτρεφεν [Refs (7.256)]; τίς ἂν φιλέοντι μάχοιτ; who would quarrel with a kind host? [Refs (8.208)]; etc.:—passive, παρ᾽ ἄμμι φιλήσεαι welcome shalt thou be in our house, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.123, compare 15.281.)]
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+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 231c; ὥστε οὐ μόνον φιλοῖο ἄν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐρῷο ὑπ᾽ ἀνθρώπων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 11.11, compare “Smp.” 8.21)]; εἰκὸς τὸ φιλεῖν τοὺς ἐρωμένους [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 70a6)]; but φ. is used of lovers, ἥ γ᾽ Εὐρυμάχῳ μισγέσκετο καὶ φιλέεσκεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.325; Λυσίθεος Μικίωνα φιλῖν φησι μάλισστα τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει “IG” 12.924; οὐκ ἔστ᾽ ἐραστὴς ὅστις οὐκ ἀεὶ φιλεῖ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1051, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.176 (_passive_), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 905)]; 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+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.343, compare 486)]; τὴν αὐτὸς φιλέεσκεν loved and cherished as his wife, [Refs ([prev. work] 450)]; but ἐμὲ.. ἀτιμάζει, φιλέει δ᾽ ἀΐδηλον Ἄρηα (Hephaestus speaks of Aphrodite) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.309: Comedy texts, ὦ Δῆμ᾽, ἐραστής εἰμι σὸς φιλῶ τέ σε καὶ κήδομαί σου 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1341.)]
3.b of sexual intercourse, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see at {βαίνειν}.)]
4 show outward signs of love, especially kiss (not in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus), φ. τοῖσι στόμασι)] kiss on the mouth, opposed to τὰς παρειὰς φιλέονται, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.134, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.27, “Smp.” 9.5; κατὰ τὸ στόμα “Anthologia Graeca” 5.284 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus); φιλήσω.. τὸ σὸν κάρα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1131; πατέρα.. περὶ χεῖρε βαλοῦσα φιλήσει 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1559 (_anapaest meter_), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 671, 674, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 255e, NT.Mark.14.44, etc.: with double _accusative_, τὸ φίλαμα, τὸ.. τὸν Ἄδωνιν.. ἀποθνάσκοντα φίλασεν)] the kiss wherewith she kissed him, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 3.69:)] —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+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.83; ἀοιδάν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.7; οὔθ᾽ ἱστῶν ἐφίλησεν ὁδοὺς οὔτε δείπνων.. τέρψιας “P.” 9.18, etc.; αἰσχροκέρδειαν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1056, compare 312)]; τὰς λευκοτάτας [μάζας] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Teleclides Comicus 1.6 (_anapaest meter_); Πράμνιον οἶνον 4th c.BC: Ephippus Comicus 28.)]
6 of things as the subject, ἡσυχία δὲ φιλεῖ συμπόσιον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.48; ἢ [μίτρη] μαστοὺς ἐφίλησε 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 39.)]
7 in making a request, οἶσθ᾽ ὁτιὴ φιλῶ σ᾽ ἐγώ, κἀμοὶ πιθόμενος ὑπαποκίνει τῆς ὁδοῦ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1010)]; so τί πράσσει Φηλικίων ὁ ἀγαθό; φιλῶ σε pray, how goes it with the worthy Felicio? [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 1.19.20; so perhaps in 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 1.66, πείσθητί μευ, φιλέω σε)] (but rather 'I speak as a true friend').
II after [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], 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+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.10. ; ἢν ἁμάρτωσι τοῦ πατρικοῦ τύπου.. φιλέουσι διαφθείρεσθαι 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 228; Μοῖσα μεμνᾶσθαι φ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.12, compare “P.” 3.18; φιλεῖ δὲ τίκτειν ὕβρις.. ὕβριν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 763 (Lyric poetry); τοῖς θανοῦσί τοι φιλοῦσι πάντες κειμένοις ἐπεγγελᾶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 989, etc.)]; rarely with participle for infinitive, φιλεῖς δὲ δρῶσ᾽ αὐτὸ σφόδρα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 645.)]
II.2 of things, events, etc., αὔρη ἀπὸ ψυχροῦ τινος φιλέει πνέειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.27; φιλεῖ ὠδῖνα τίκτειν νύξ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 769; ἐμπόρων ἔπη φ. πλανᾶσθαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 304; φιλεῖ γάρ πως τὰ τοιαῦθ᾽ ἑτέρᾳ τρέπεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 813 (Lyric poetry); φιλεῖ μεγάλα στρατόπεδα ἐκπλήγνυσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.125; ὃ δὴ φ. ὁ ἔρως ἐμποιεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 182c: especially with γίγνεσθαι)] of what usually happens, ἀπὸ πείρης πάντα ἀνθρώποισι φιλέει γίνεσθαι everything comes to man by experience, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.9.γ, compare 7.10.ζ, 7.50, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.42, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.104, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 494c, +others; οἷα φ. γίγνεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.79, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.128)]; without γίγνεσθαι, οἷα δὴ φιλεῖ as is wont, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 467b; ὁποῖα φ. 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 9.)]
II.3 impersonal, φιλέει δέ κως προσημαίνειν (i.e. ὁ θεός), εὖτ᾽ ἂν.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.27)]; ὡς δὴ φιλεῖ.. λόγον ἔχειν ἀνθρώπους as it is usual for.., [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 73.)]