Lexical Summary philēma: a kiss Original Word: φίλημαTransliteration: philēma Phonetic Spelling: (fil'-ay-mah) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: a kiss Meaning: a kiss Strong's Concordance kiss. From phileo; a kiss -- kiss. see GREEK phileo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5370: φίλημαφίλημα, φιληματος, τό, from Aeschylus down, a kiss (see φιλέω, 2): Luke 7:45; Luke 22:48 (Proverbs 27:6; Song of Solomon 1:2); ἅγιον, the kiss with which, as a sign of fraternal affection, Christians were accustomed to welcome or dismiss their companions in the faith: Romans 16:16; 1 Corinthians 16:20; 2 Corinthians 13:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:26; it is also called φίλημα ἀγάπης, 1 Peter 5:14. Cf. Kahle, De osculo sancto (Regiom. 1867); (B. D., under the word Kiss; also Dict. of Christ. Antiq. under the word Kiss). |
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