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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 - “The Son G5207 of Man G444 came G2064 eating G2068 and drinking, G4095 and they say, G3004 ‘Behold, G2400 a gluttonous G5314 man G444 and a [fn]drunkard, G3630 a friend G5384 of tax G5057 collectors G5057 and [fn]sinners!’ G268 Yet G2532 wisdom G4678 is vindicated G1344 by her deeds.” G2041

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:6 - Now G1161 Jesus G2424 started on His way G4198 with them; and when He was not 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 come 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]drunkard, G3630 a friend G5384 of tax G5057 collectors G5057 and [fn]sinners!’ G268

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:5 - Then G2532 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 - for a friend G5384 of mine G1473 has come G3854 to me from a journey, G3598 and I have G2192 nothing G3756 to set G3908 before G3908 him’;

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:4 - “I say G3004 to you, My friends, G5384 do not be afraid G5399 of those G3588 who kill G615 the body G4983 and after G3326 that have G2192 no G3361 G5100 more G4057 that they can do. G4160

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:12 - And He also G2532 went on to say G3004 to the one who had invited G2564 Him, “When G3752 you give G4160 a luncheon G712 or G2228 a dinner, G1173 do not invite G5455 your friends G5384 or G3366 your brothers G80 or G3366 your relatives G4773 or G3366 rich G4145 neighbors, G1069 otherwise G3379 they may also G2532 invite G479 you in return G479 and that will be your repayment. G468

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:6

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 me, for I have found G2147 my sheep G4263 which was lost!’ G622

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:9

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

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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 have never G3763 given G1325 me a young G2056 goat, G2056 so G5118 that I might celebrate G2165 with my friends; G5384

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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 when G3752 it fails, 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 and brothers G80 and relatives G4773 and friends, G5384 and they will put G2289 some of you to death, G2289

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:12 - Now G1161 Herod G2264 and Pilate G4091 became G1096 friends G5384 with one G240 another G240 that very G846 day; G2250 for before G4391 they had been G4391 G1510 enemies G2189 with each G848 other. G848

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:29 - “He who has G2192 the bride G3565 is the bridegroom; G3566 but the friend G5384 of the bridegroom, G3566 who stands G2476 and hears G191 him, rejoices G5463 greatly G5479 because G1223 of the bridegroom’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

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:11 - This G3778 He said, G3004 and after G3326 that He *said G3004 to them, “Our friend G5384 Lazarus G2976 has fallen G2837 asleep; G2837 but I go, G4198 so G2443 that I may awaken G1852 him out of 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 one G5100 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 for 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 cried G2905 out saying, G3004 “If G1437 you release G630 this G3778 Man, G3778 you are no G3756 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 waiting G4327 for them and had called G4779 together G4779 his relatives G4773 and close G316 friends. G5384

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:31 - Also G2532 some G5100 of the [fn]Asiarchs G775 who were friends G5384 of his sent G3992 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 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 RECKONED G3049 TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS G1343,” and he was called G2564 the 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 wishes G1014 to be a friend G5384 of the world G2889 makes G2525 himself an enemy G2190 of God. G2316

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Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:15 - Peace G1515 be to you. The friends G5384 greet G782 you. Greet G782 the friends G5384 by name. G3686
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