Greek verb · G2705
καταφιλέω
kataphileokat-af-ee-leh'-o
to kiss
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kataphiléō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2705is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2705
to kiss earnestly
The King James renders it: kiss.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
kataphileo is rendered "to kiss". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 26:49Going directly to Jesus, he said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed Him.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
Going directly to Jesus, he said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed Him.
Matthew 26:49κατεφίλησεν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- he kissed2
- kissed1
- kissing1
- they were kissing1
- was kissing1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| καταργέω | katargeo | to abate | Uses27 |
| καταλύω | katalyo | to destroy/lodge | Uses17 |
| κατανοέω | katanoeo | to observe | Uses14 |
| καταντάω | katantao | to come to | Uses13 |
| καταρτίζω | katartizo | to complete | Uses13 |
| κατασκευάζω | kataskeuazo | to prepare | Uses11 |
| κατάπαυσις | katapausis | rest | Uses9 |
| καταφρονέω | kataphroneo | to despise | Uses9 |
| καταπίνω | katapino | to swallow | Uses7 |
| κατάρα | katara | curse | Uses6 |
| καταπέτασμα | katapetasma | curtain | Uses6 |
| καταπατέω | katapateo | to trample | Uses5 |
and 54 more on the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- κατεφίλησεν3
- καταφιλοῦσά1
- κατεφίλει1
- κατεφίλουν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-AAI-3S
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-IAI-3P
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-IAI-3S
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1V-PAP-NSF
Matthew
one use
Going directly to Jesus, he said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed Him.
- κατεφίλησενkatephilesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: kissed
Mark
one use
Going directly to Jesus, he said, “Rabbi!” and kissed Him.
- κατεφίλησενkatephilesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he kissed
Luke
three uses
As she stood behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears and wipe them with her hair. Then she kissed His feet and anointed them with the perfume.
- κατεφίλειkatephileiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was kissing
You did not greet Me with a kiss, but she has not stopped kissing My feet since I arrived.
- καταφιλοῦσάkataphilousaverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: kissing
So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.
- κατεφίλησενkatephilesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he kissed
Acts
one use
They all wept openly as they embraced Paul and kissed him.
- κατεφίλουνkatephilounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were kissing
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.