Definition

amiable; Philetus, an opposer of Christianity

Etymology

from G5368 (φιλέω);

Word family

• φιλέω philéō

How the KJV renders it

• Philetus

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.