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    G5368
    Greek

    phileō — to love with affection

    Friendship love — used between Jesus and Peter in John 21.

    Pillars that use G5368 (1)

    Love

    English uses one word — love — where the Bible uses several. The Greek New Testament distinguishes self-giving agape from affectionate phileo and natural family love. The Hebrew Old Testament adds hesed, the covenant love of God that never lets go.

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