Lexical Summary philos: beloved, dear, friendly Original Word: φίλοςTransliteration: philos Phonetic Spelling: (fee'-los) Part of Speech: Adjective; Indeclinable Numeral (Adjective) Short Definition: beloved, dear, friendly Meaning: beloved, dear, friendly Strong's Concordance loving, friendlyProperly, dear, i.e. A friend; actively, fond, i.e. Friendly (still as a noun, an associate, neighbor, etc.) -- friend. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5384: φίληφίλη, ἡ, see φίλος, 2. STRONGS NT 5384: φίλοςφίλος, φίλη, φίλον, from Homer down, friendly (cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word, I. and II.): φίλον εἶναι τίνι, to be friendly to one, wish him well, Acts 19:31; 1. ὁ φίλος, the Sept. for רֵעַ , אֹהֵב, a substantive, a friend: Luke 7:6; Luke 11:5; Luke 15:6; Luke 16:9; Luke 23:12; Acts 27:3; 3 John 1:15(14): joined with συγγενεῖς, Luke 21:16; an associate, opposed to δοῦλος, John 15:15; φίλοι ἀναγκαιοι (A. V. near friends) Latinnecessitate conjuncti, Acts 10:24; φίλε, friend, in kindly address, Luke 14:10; with a genitive of the subject, ὁ φίλος τίνος, Luke 11:6,(8); 2. Feminine, φίλη, ἡ, a (female) friend: Luke 15:9. |