Kiss: 1. Of affection
(Genesis 27:26,27; 29:13; Luke 7:38,45)2. reconciliation
(Genesis 33:4; 2 Samuel 14:33)
3. leave-taking
(Genesis 31:28,55; Ruth 1:14; 2 Samuel 19:39)
4. homage
(Psalms 2:12; 1 Samuel 10:1)
5. spoken of as between parents and children
(Genesis 27:26; 31:28,55)
(Genesis 48:10; 50:1; Exodus 18:7; Ruth 1:9,14)
6. between male relatives
(Genesis 29:13; 33:4; 45:15)
7. It accompanied social worship as a symbol of brotherly love
(Romans 16:16; 1 Corinthians 16:20; 2 Corinthians 13:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:26; 1 Peter 5:14)
8. The worship of idols was by kissing the image or the hand toward
the image
(1 Kings 19:18; Hosea 13:2)
