Strong's Lexicon
G5384 — φίλος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5384 |
|---|---|
| Word: | φίλος |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from ??? |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 29 |
| Transliteration: | philos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | fee'-los |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) dear, i.e. a friend 2. (actively) fond, i.e. friendly 3. (as a noun) an associate, neighbor, etc. |
| KJV Renderings: | friend |
Use Strong's responsibly
Strong's is an index and starting point, not the final meaning of a word. Do not build doctrine from a gloss, root, or number. Test meaning by sentence, grammar, authorial usage, context, and the passage argument.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φίλη, 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, Act 19:31;
1. ὁ φίλος, the Sept. for øÅòÇ , àÉäÅá, a substantive, a friend: Luk 7:6; Luk 11:5; Luk 15:6; Luk 16:9; Luk 23:12; Act 27:3; 3 John 1:15(14): joined with συγγενεῖς, Luk 21:16; an associate, opposed to δοῦλος, Joh 15:15; φίλοι ἀναγκαιοι (A. V. near friends) Latinnecessitate conjuncti, Act 10:24; φίλε, friend, in kindly address, Luk 14:10; with a genitive of the subject, ὁ φίλος τίνος, Luk 11:6,(8); ; Joh 11:11; Joh 15:13 f; specifically, he who associates familiarly with one, a companion, Mat 11:19; Luk 7:34; ὁ φίλος τοῦ νυμφίου, the rabbinical ùÑåùÀÑáÅÌï (which see in Buxtorf or Levy) (i. e. ’son of gladness’), one of the bridegroom’s friends who on his behalf asked the hand of the bride and rendered him various services in closing the marriage and celebrating the nuptials (B. D., under the word Marriage, III.; Edersheim, Jewish Social Life, p. 152), Joh 3:29; φίλος τοῦ Καίσαρος, on Caesar’s side, loyal to his interests, Joh 19:12; Θεοῦ, especially dear to God, peculiarly favored with his intimacy, Jas 2:23 ((cf. Harnack and Lightfoot on Clement of Rome, 1Co 10:1-33; 1Co 1:1-31 [ET]; Rönsch in the Zeitschr. f. wissenschaftl. Theol. for 1873, p. 583f); also in secular authors cf. Grimm, Exeget. Hdbch. on Wis 7:27, p. 164); with a genitive of the thing, one who finds his pleasure in a thing, φίλος τοῦ κόσμου, Jas 4:4.
2. Feminine, φίλη, ἡ, a (female) friend: Luk 15:9.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
φίλος (friend)
Matthew 11:19
- KJV: The Son of man came eating and drinking and they say Behold a man gluttonous and a winebibber a friend of publicans and sinners But wisdom is justified of her children
- GK: ήλθεν ο υιός του ανθρώπου εσθίων και πίνων και λέγουσιν ιδού άνθρωπος φάγος και οινοπότης τελωνών φίλος και αμαρτωλών και εδικαιώθη η σοφία από των τέκνων αυτής
Luke 7:6
- KJV: Then Jesus went with them And when he was now not far from the house the centurion sent friends to him saying unto him Lord trouble not thyself for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof
- GK: ο δε Ιησούς επορεύετο συν αυτοίς ήδη δε αυτού ου μακράν απέχοντος από της οικίας έπεμψε προς αυτόν ο εκατόνταρχος φίλους λέγων αυτώ κύριε μη σκύλλου ου γαρ ειμι ικανός ίνα υπό την στέγην μου εισέλθης
Luke 7:34
- KJV: The Son of man is come eating and drinking and ye say Behold a gluttonous man and a winebibber a friend of publicans and sinners
- GK: ελήλυθεν ο υιός του ανθρώπου εσθίων και πίνων και λέγετε ιδού άνθρωπος φάγος και οινοπότης φίλος τελωνών και αμαρτωλών
Luke 11:5
- KJV: And he said unto them Which of you shall have a friend and shall go unto him at midnight and say unto him Friend lend me three loaves
- GK: και είπεν προς αυτούς τις εξ υμών έξει φίλον και πορεύσεται προς αυτόν μεσονυκτίου και είπη αυτώ φίλε χρήσόν μοι τρείς άρτους
Luke 11:6
- KJV: For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me and I have nothing to set before him
- GK: επειδή φίλος μου παρεγένετο εξ οδού προς με και ουκ έχω ο παραθήσω αυτώ
Luke 11:8
- KJV: I say unto you Though he will not rise and give him because he is his friend yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth
- GK: λέγω υμίν ει ου δώσει αυτώ αναστάς διά το είναι αυτού φίλον διά γε την αναίδειαν αυτού εγερθείς δώσει αυτώ όσων χρήζει
Luke 12:4
- KJV: And I say unto you my friends Be not afraid of them that kill the body and after that have no more that they can do
- GK: λέγω δε υμίν τοις φίλοις μου μη φοβηθήτε από των αποκτεινόντων το σώμα και μετά ταύτα μη εχόντων περισσότερόν τι ποιήσαι
Luke 14:10
- KJV: But when thou art bidden go and sit down in the lowest room that when he that bade thee cometh he may say unto thee Friend go up higher then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee
- GK: αλλ΄ οταν κληθής πορευθείς ανάπεσε εις τον έσχατον τόπον ίνα όταν έλθη ο κεκληκώς σε είπη σοι φίλε προσανάβηθι ανώτερον τότε έσται σοι δόξα ενώπιον των συνανακειμένων σοι
Luke 14:12
- KJV: Then said he also to him that bade him When thou makest a dinner or a supper call not thy friends nor thy brethren neither thy kinsmen nor rich neighbours lest they also bid thee again and a recompence be made thee
- GK: έλεγε και τω κεκληκότι αυτόν όταν ποιής άριστον η δείπνον μη φώνει τους φίλους σου μηδέ τους αδελφούς σου μηδέ τους συγγενείς σου μηδέ γείτονας πλουσίους μήποτε και αυτοί σε αντικαλέσωσι και γένηταί σοι ανταπόδομα
Semantic & Concept Relationships
Explore source-defined lexical senses and semantic domains related to this Strong's entry. These links support vocabulary discovery; they do not determine meaning in any passage.
The Englishman's Concordance section on this page remains the occurrence-navigation authority.
Semantic data in this module is under CC BY-SA 4.0, separate from existing page/site terms. Methodology; methodology JSON; sources and licences; attribution JSON.