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Strong's #5370 - φίλημα
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- a kiss
- the kiss with which, as a sign of fraternal affection, Christians were accustomed to welcome or dismiss their companions in the faith
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φίλημ-α
[ῐ], ατος, τό, Dor. φίλᾱμα Mosch. 1.5: —
kiss, A. Fr. 135, X. Mem. 1.3.12, etc.; φ. δοῦναι E. IA 679, 1238; φ. παρὰ γένυν τιθέντα σόν Id. Supp. 1154; πατρὶ.. διὰ φιλημάτων ἰών Id. Andr. 416; of kisses as prizes in a game, παίζωμεν περὶ φιλημάτων Pl.Com. 46, cf. S. Fr. 537, Eub. 3.4; as a symbol of Christian love, 1 Corinthians 16:20.
II pl., cosmetics, Ach.Tat. 2.38 (fort. φαρμάκων).
φίλημα, 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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φίλημα , -τος , τό
(< φιλέω ),
[in LXX: Proverbs 27:6, (H5390) *;]
a kiss: Luke 7:45; Luke 22:48; as a token of Christian brotherhood, φ . ἅγιον , Romans 16:16, 1 Corinthians 16:20, 2 Corinthians 13:12, 1 Thessalonians 5:26; φ . ἀγάπης , 1 Peter 5:14 (v. Lft., Notes, 90; DB, DCA, s.v. "Kiss").†
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