ΦίλητοςPhílētos

Same root

• φιλέωphiléō · G5368to be a friend to (fond of (an individual or an object)), i.e. have affection for (denoting personal attachment, as a matter of sentiment or feeling; while G25 (ἀγαπάω) 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 (θέλω) and G1014 (βούλομαι), or as G2372 (θυμός) and G3563 (νοῦς) respectively; the former being chiefly of the heart and the latter of the head); specially, to kiss (as a mark of tenderness)

Where it appears

Appears 1 times in the Bible.

• 2 Timothy 2:17 This kind of talk spreads like cancer, as in the case of Hymenaeus and Philetus.