Philēma φίλημα

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Philēma
φίλημα
Transliterationphilēma
Strong's numberG5370
LanguageGreek
Part of speechneuter noun
Glosskiss
Occurrences7 in 7 verses
Most frequent inLuke (2)

Philēma (Greek φίλημα, Strong's G5370) is a Greek neuter noun meaning “kiss”. It occurs 7 times in 7 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

φίλημα, -τος, τό
(φιλέω), [in LXX: Pro.27:6, Sng.1:2 (נְשִׁיקָה) * ;]
a kiss: Luk.7:45 22:48; as a token of Christian brotherhood, φ. ἅγιον, Rom.16:16, 1Co.16:20, 2Co.13:12, 1Th.5:26; φ. ἀγάπης, 1Pe.5:14 (see Lft., Notes, 90; DB, DCA, see word "Kiss").†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVkiss (7), an (1)
BSBkiss (7)

Verses

Every verse with Philēma, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Luke

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

1 Thessalonians

1 Peter

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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