- Transliteration: Phileo

- Phonetic: fil-eh'-o

- Definition:

1. to love

a. to approve of

b. to like

c. sanction

d. to treat affectionately or kindly, to welcome, befriend

2. to show signs of love

a. to kiss

3. to be fond of doing

a. be wont, use to do

- Origin: from G5384" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5384

- TDNT entry: 10:54,1

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: From G5384" class="dictionary-topic-link">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" class="dictionary-topic-link">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" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2309 and G1014" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1014 or as G2372" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2372 and G3563" class="dictionary-topic-link">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.