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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 BoxMat 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:19 - The Son of man has come feasting, and they say, See, a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners! And wisdom is judged to be right by her works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:6 - And Jesus went with them. And when he was not far from the house, the man sent friends to him, saying, Lord, do not give yourself trouble: for I am not important enough for you to come into my house:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:34 - The Son of man came feasting, and you say, Here is a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:5 - And he said to them, Which of you, having a friend, would go to him in the middle of the night and say to him, Friend, let me have three cakes of bread;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:6 - Because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to put before him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:8 - I say to you, Though he will not get up and give to him, because he is his friend, still, if he keeps on making his request, he will get up and give him as much as he has need of.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:4 - And I say to you, my friends, Have no fear of those who may put the body to death, and are able to do no more than that.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:10 - But when you come, go and take the lowest seat, so that when the giver of the feast comes, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; and then you will have honour in the eyes of all the others who are there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:12 - And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:6 - And when he gets back to his house, he sends for his neighbours and friends, saying to them, Be glad with me, for I have got back my sheep which had gone away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:9 - And when she has it again, she gets her friends and neighbours together, saying, Be glad with me, for I have got back the bit of silver which had gone from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:29 - But he made answer and said to his father, See, all these years I have been your servant, doing your orders in everything: and you never gave me even a young goat so that I might have a feast with my friends:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:9 - And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:16 - But you will be given up even by your fathers and mothers, your brothers and relations and friends; and some of you will be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:12 - And that day Herod and Pilate became friends with one another, for before they had been against one another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:29 - He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:11 - These things said he: and after that he said to them, Lazarus our friend is at rest; but I go so that I may make him come out of his sleep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:13 - Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:14 - You are my friends, if you do what I give you orders to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:15 - No longer do I give you the name of servants; because a servant is without knowledge of what his master is doing: I give you the name of friends, because I have given you knowledge of all the things which my Father has said to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:12 - Hearing this, Pilate had a desire to let him go free, but the Jews said in a loud voice, If you let this man go, you are not Caesar's friend: everyone who makes himself a king goes against Caesar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:24 - And the day after that, they came to Caesarea. And Cornelius was waiting for them, having got together his relations and his near friends.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:31 - And some of the rulers of Asia, being his friends, sent to him, requesting him seriously not to put himself in danger by going into the theatre.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:3 - And on the day after, we came to Sidon; and Julius was kind to Paul, and let him go to see his friends and take a rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:23 - And the holy Writings were put into effect which said, And Abraham had faith in God and it was put to his account as righteousness; and he was named the friend of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:4 - O you who are false to God, do you not see that the friends of this world are not God's friends? Every man desiring to be a friend of this world makes himself a hater of God.
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