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Lexicon :: Strong's G5384 - philos

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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 Box Mat 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:19 - The Son of Man,[fn] on the other hand, feasts and drinks, and you say, ‘He’s a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of tax collectors and other sinners!’ But wisdom is shown to be right by its results.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:6 - So Jesus went with them. But just before they arrived at the house, the officer sent some friends to say, “Lord, don’t trouble yourself by coming to my home, for I am not worthy of such an honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:34 - The Son of Man,[fn] on the other hand, feasts and drinks, and you say, ‘He’s a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of tax collectors and other sinners!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:5 - Then, teaching them more about prayer, he used this story: “Suppose you went to a friend’s house at midnight, wanting to borrow three loaves of bread. You say to him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:6 - ‘A friend of mine has just arrived for a visit, and I have nothing for him to eat.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:8 - But I tell you this—though he won’t do it for friendship’s sake, if you keep knocking long enough, he will get up and give you whatever you need because of your shameless persistence.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:4 - “Dear friends, don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot do any more to you after that.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:10 - “Instead, take the lowest place at the foot of the table. Then when your host sees you, he will come and say, ‘Friend, we have a better place for you!’ Then you will be honored in front of all the other guests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:12 - Then he turned to his host. “When you put on a luncheon or a banquet,” he said, “don’t invite your friends, brothers, relatives, and rich neighbors. For they will invite you back, and that will be your only reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:6 - When he arrives, he will call together his friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:9 - And when she finds it, she will call in her friends and neighbors and say, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost coin.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:29 - but he replied, ‘All these years I’ve slaved for you and never once refused to do a single thing you told me to. And in all that time you never gave me even one young goat for a feast with my friends.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:9 - Here’s the lesson: Use your worldly resources to benefit others and make friends. Then, when your earthly possessions are gone, they will welcome you to an eternal home.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:16 - Even those closest to you—your parents, brothers, relatives, and friends—will betray you. They will even kill some of you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:12 - (Herod and Pilate, who had been enemies before, became friends that day.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:29 - It is the bridegroom who marries the bride, and the best man is simply glad to stand with him and hear his vows. Therefore, I am filled with joy at his success.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:11 - Then he said, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but now I will go and wake him up.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:13 - There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:14 - You are my friends if you do what I command.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:15 - I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:12 - Then Pilate tried to release him, but the Jewish leaders shouted, “If you release this man, you are no ‘friend of Caesar.’[fn] Anyone who declares himself a king is a rebel against Caesar.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:24 - They arrived in Caesarea the following day. Cornelius was waiting for them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:31 - Some of the officials of the province, friends of Paul, also sent a message to him, begging him not to risk his life by entering the amphitheater.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:3 - The next day when we docked at Sidon, Julius was very kind to Paul and let him go ashore to visit with friends so they could provide for his needs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:23 - And so it happened just as the Scriptures say: “Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith.”[fn] He was even called the friend of God.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:4 - You adulterers![fn] Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 3Jo 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:15 - [fn]Peace be with you.
Your friends here send you their greetings. Please give my personal greetings to each of our friends there.
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