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Lexicon :: Strong's G5384 - philos

Aa
φίλος
Transliteration
philos (Key)
Pronunciation
fee'-los
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive word
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:146,1262

Strong’s Definitions

†φίλος phílos, fee'-los; properly, dear, i.e. a friend; actively, fond, i.e. friendly (still as a noun, an associate, neighbor, etc.):—friend.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x

The KJV translates Strong's G5384 in the following manner: friend (29x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x
The KJV translates Strong's G5384 in the following manner: friend (29x).

  1. friend, to be friendly to one, wish him well

    1. a friend

    2. an associate

    3. he who associates familiarly with one, a companion

    4. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†φίλος phílos, fee'-los; properly, dear, i.e. a friend; actively, fond, i.e. friendly (still as a noun, an associate, neighbor, etc.):—friend.
STRONGS G5384:
φίλος, 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); Luke 12:4; 14:12; 15:29; John 11:11; John 15:13f; specifically, he who associates familiarly with one, a companion, Matthew 11:19; Luke 7:34; ὁ φίλος τοῦ νυμφίου, the rabbinical שׁושְׁבֵּן (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), John 3:29; φίλος τοῦ Καίσαρος, on Caesar's side, loyal to his interests, John 19:12; Θεοῦ, especially dear to God, peculiarly favored with his intimacy, James 2:23 ((cf. Harnack and Lightfoot on Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 10, 1 [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, James 4:4.
2. Feminine, φίλη, ἡ, a (female) friend: Luke 15:9.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
11:19
Luke
7:6; 7:34; 11:5; 11:6; 12:4; 14:10; 14:12; 15:6; 15:9; 15:29; 16:9; 21:16; 23:12
John
3:29; 11:11; 15:13; 15:15; 19:12
Acts
10:24; 19:31; 27:3
1 Corinthians
10; 10:1
James
2:23; 4:4
3 John
1:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5384 matches the Greek φίλος (philos),
which occurs 29 times in 27 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:6 - Now G1161 Jesus G2424 started on G4198 His way G4198 with them; but already G2235, when He was not yet far G3112 from the house G3614, the centurion G1543 sent G3992 friends G5384, saying G3004 to Him, “[fn]Lord G2962, do not trouble G4660 Yourself further, for I am G1510 not worthy G2425 for You to enter G1525 under G5259 my roof G4721;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:34 - “The Son G5207 of Man G444 has come G2064 eating G2068 and drinking G4095, and you say G3004, ‘Behold G2400, a gluttonous G5314 man G444 and a [fn]heavy G3630 drinker G3630, a friend G5384 of tax G5057 collectors G5057 and [fn]sinners G268!’

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And He said G3004 to them, “[fn]Suppose G5101 one G5101 of you has G2192 a friend G5384, and goes G4198 to him at midnight G3317 and says G3004 to him, ‘Friend G5384, lend G5531 me three G5140 loaves G740,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:6 - because G1894 a friend G5384 of mine G1473 has come G3854 to me from a journey G3598 and I have G2192 nothing G3756 to serve G3908 him’;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:8 - “I tell G3004 you, even G2532 if G1487 he will not get G450 up G450 and give G1325 him anything just because G1223 he is his friend G5384, yet G1065 because G1223 of his [fn]shamelessness G335 he will get G1453 up G1453 and give G1325 him as much G3745 as he needs G5535.

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“Now G1161 I say G3004 to you, My friends G5384, do not be G5399 afraid G5399 of those G3588 who kill G615 the body G4983, and after G3326 that have G2192 nothing G3361 G5100 more G4053 that they can do G4160.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:10 - “But whenever G3752 you are invited G2564, go G4198 and [fn]take G377 the last G2078 place G5117, so G2443 that G2443 when G3752 the one who has invited G2564 you comes G2064, he will say G3004 to you, ‘Friend G5384, move G4320 up G4320 higher G511’; then G5119 you will have honor G1391 in G1799 the G1799 sight G1799 of G1799 all G3956 who are [fn]dining G4873 at the table G4873 with you.

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Now G1161 He also G2532 went on to say G3004 to the one who had invited G2564 Him, “Whenever G3752 you give G4160 a luncheon G712 or G2228 a dinner G1173, do not invite G5455 your friends G5384, your brothers G80, your relatives G4773, nor G3366 wealthy G4145 neighbors G1069, otherwise G3379 they may also G2532 invite G479 you to a meal in G479 return G479, and that will be your [fn]repayment G468.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:6 - “And when he comes G2064 home G3624, he calls G4779 together G4779 his friends G5384 and his neighbors G1069, saying G3004 to them, ‘Rejoice G4796 with G4796 me, because G3754 I have found G2147 my sheep G4263 that was lost G622!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:9 - “And when she has found G2147 it, she calls G4779 together G4779 her friends G5384 and neighbors G1069, saying G3004, ‘Rejoice G4796 with G4796 me, because G3754 I have found G2147 the coin G1406 which G3739 I had lost G622!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:29 - “But he answered G611 and said G3004 to his father G3962, ‘Look G2400! For so G5118 many G5118 years G2094 I have been serving G1398 you and I have never G3763 [fn]neglected G3928 a command G1785 of yours G4771; and yet you never G3763 gave G1325 me a young G2056 goat G2056, so G2443 that G2443 I might celebrate G2165 with my friends G5384;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:9 - “And I say G3004 to you, make G4160 friends G5384 for yourselves G1438 by means G1537 of the [fn]wealth G3126 of unrighteousness G93, so G2443 that G2443 when G3752 it [fn]is G1587 all G1587 gone G1587, they will receive G1209 you into the eternal G166 dwellings G4633.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:16 - “But you will be betrayed G3860 even G2532 by parents G1118, brothers G80 and sisters, other relatives G4773, and friends G5384, and they will put G2289 some of you to G2289 death G2289,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:12 - And so Herod G2264 and Pilate G4091 became G1096 friends G5384 with one G240 another G240 that very G846 day G2250; for previously G4391, they had been G4391 G1510 enemies G2189 toward G4314 each G848 other G848.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:29 - “He who has G2192 the bride G3565 is the groom G3566; but the friend G5384 of the groom G3566, who stands G2476 and listens G191 to him, rejoices G5463 greatly G5479 because G1223 of the groom’s G3566 voice G5456. So G3767 this G3778 joy G5479 of mine G1699 has been made G4137 full G4137.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:11 - This G3778 He said G3004, and after G3326 this G3778 He *said G3004 to them, “Our friend G5384 Lazarus G2976 has fallen G2837 asleep G2837; but I am going G4198 so G2443 that G2443 I may awaken G1852 him from G1852 sleep G1852.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:13 - “Greater G3173 love G26 has G2192 no G3762 one G3762 than this G3778, that a person G5100 will lay G5087 down G5087 his life G5590 for his friends G5384.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:14 - “You are My friends G5384 if G1437 you do G4160 what G3739 I command G1781 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:15 - “No G3765 longer G3765 do I call G3004 you slaves G1401, for the slave G1401 does not know G6063 what G5101 his master G2962 is doing G4160; but I have called G3004 you friends G5384, because G3754 all G3956 things G3956 that I have heard G191 from My Father G3962 I have made G1107 known G1107 to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:12 - As a result G1537 of this G3778, Pilate G4091 [fn]made G2212 efforts G2212 to release G630 Him; but the Jews G2453 shouted G2905, saying G3004, “If G1437 you release G630 this G3778 Man G3778, you are not a friend G5384 of Caesar G2541; everyone G3956 who makes G4160 himself G1438 out to be a king G935 [fn]opposes G483 Caesar G2541!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:24 - On the following G1887 day G1887 he entered G1525 Caesarea G2542. Now G1161 Cornelius G2883 was expecting G4327 them and had called G4779 together G4779 his relatives G4773 and close G316 friends G5384.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:31 - Also G2532 some G5100 of the [fn]Asiarchs G775 who were friends G5384 of his sent G3992 word to him and repeatedly urged G3870 him not to [fn]venture G1325 G1438 into the theater G2302.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:3 - The next G2087 day we put G2609 in G2609 at Sidon G4605; and Julius G2457 treated G5530 Paul G3972 with consideration G5364 and allowed G2010 him to go G4198 to his friends G5384 and receive G5177 care G1958.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:23 - and the Scripture G1124 was fulfilled G4137 which says G3004, “AND ABRAHAM G11 BELIEVED G4100 GOD G2316, AND IT WAS CREDITED G3049 TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS G1343,” and he was called G2564 a friend G5384 of God G2316.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:4 - You adulteresses G3428, do you not know G6063 that friendship G5373 with the world G2889 is hostility G2189 toward God G2316? Therefore G3767 whoever G3739 G1437 wants G1014 to be a friend G5384 of the world G2889 makes G2525 himself an enemy G2190 of God G2316.

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Peace G1515 be to you. The friends G5384 greet G782 you. Greet G782 the friends G5384 by name G3686.

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