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In the New Testament, it is typically associated with the "holy kiss," a sign of Christian fellowship and love among believers.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Greco-Roman world, a kiss was a common form of greeting among friends and family. It was a sign of respect, affection, and unity. Within the early Christian communities, the "holy kiss" became a symbol of peace and brotherhood, transcending social and cultural barriers. This practice was rooted in the teachings of Jesus and the apostles, emphasizing love and unity among believers.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>5370</b> <i>phílēma</i> (from <a href="/greek/5368.htm">5368</a> <i>/philéō</i>, "share warm affection") – a <i>kiss</i> to show respect or affection between friends – i.e. people sharing a deep (common) bond.</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/5368.htm">phileó</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a kiss<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>kiss (7).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 5370: φίλημα</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">φίλημα</span></span>, <span class="greek2">φιληματος</span>, <span class="greek2">τό</span>, from <span class="abbreviation">Aeschylus</span> down, <span class="accented">a kiss</span> (see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">φιλέω</span></span>, 2): <a href="/interlinear/luke/7-45.htm">Luke 7:45</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/22-48.htm">Luke 22:48</a> (<a href="/interlinear/proverbs/27-6.htm">Proverbs 27:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/songs/1-2.htm">Song of Solomon 1:2</a>); <span class="greek2">ἅγιον</span>, the kiss with which, as a sign of fraternal affection, Christians were accustomed to welcome or dismiss their companions in the faith: <a href="/interlinear/romans/16-16.htm">Romans 16:16</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/16-20.htm">1 Corinthians 16:20</a>; <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/13-12.htm">2 Corinthians 13:12</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_thessalonians/5-26.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:26</a>; it is also called <span class="greek2">φίλημα</span> <span class="greek2">ἀγάπης</span>, <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/5-14.htm">1 Peter 5:14</a>. Cf. Kahle, De osculo sancto (Regiom. 1867); (<span class="abbreviation">B. D.</span>, under the word Kiss; also <span class="abbreviation">Dict. of Christ. Antiq.</span> under the word Kiss).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>kiss. <p>From <a href="/greek/5368.htm">phileo</a>; a kiss -- kiss. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/5368.htm">phileo</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>φιλημα φίλημά φιλήματα φιληματι φιλήματι φιλημάτων philema philēma phílemá phílēmá philemati philēmati philḗmati<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/luke/7-45.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 7:45</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular">N-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3"><b>φίλημά</b> μοι οὐκ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Me no <span class="itali">kiss;</span> but she, since<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> me no <span class="itali">kiss:</span> but this woman<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/7-45.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">A kiss</span> to me not<p><b><a href="/text/luke/22-48.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 22:48</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Neuter Singular">N-DNS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/22.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">αὐτῷ Ἰούδα <b>φιλήματι</b> τὸν υἱὸν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/22.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the Son of Man <span class="itali">with a kiss?</span><br><a href="/kjvs/luke/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the Son of man <span class="itali">with a kiss?</span><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/22-48.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to him Judas <span class="itali">with a kiss</span> the Son<p><b><a href="/text/romans/16-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 16:16</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Neuter Singular">N-DNS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/16.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀλλήλους ἐν <b>φιλήματι</b> ἁγίῳ Ἀσπάζονται</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> with a holy <span class="itali">kiss.</span> All<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> an holy <span class="itali">kiss.</span> The churches<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/16-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> one another with <span class="itali">a kiss</span> holy greet<p><b><a href="/text/1_corinthians/16-20.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Corinthians 16:20</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Neuter Singular">N-DNS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/16.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀλλήλους ἐν <b>φιλήματι</b> ἁγίῳ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_corinthians/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> one another with a holy <span class="itali">kiss.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/1_corinthians/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> with an holy <span class="itali">kiss.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/16-20.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> one another with <span class="itali">a kiss</span> holy<p><b><a href="/text/2_corinthians/13-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Corinthians 13:12</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Neuter Singular">N-DNS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐν ἁγίῳ <b>φιλήματι</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_corinthians/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> one another with a holy <span class="itali">kiss.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/2_corinthians/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> with an holy <span class="itali">kiss.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/13-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> with a holy <span class="itali">kiss</span><p><b><a href="/text/1_thessalonians/5-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Thessalonians 5:26</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Neuter Singular">N-DNS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_thessalonians/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">πάντας ἐν <b>φιλήματι</b> ἁγίῳ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_thessalonians/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the brethren with a holy <span class="itali">kiss.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/1_thessalonians/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> with an holy <span class="itali">kiss.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/1_thessalonians/5-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> all with <span class="itali">a kiss</span> holy<p><b><a href="/text/1_peter/5-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Peter 5:14</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Neuter Singular">N-DNS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀλλήλους ἐν <b>φιλήματι</b> ἀγάπης Εἰρήνη</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_peter/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> one another <span class="itali">with a kiss</span> of love.<br><a href="/kjvs/1_peter/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> with <span class="itali">a kiss</span> of charity.<br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/5-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> one another with <span class="itali">a kiss</span> of love Peace [be]<p><b><a href="/greek/5370.htm">Strong's Greek 5370</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_5370.htm">7 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/phile_ma_5370.htm">φίλημά — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/phile_mati_5370.htm">φιλήματι — 6 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/5369.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="5369"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="5369" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/5371.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="5371"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="5371" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>