Word Study · Strong's G5384 · Greek
φίλος
philos
fee'-los
Strong's 1890 spelling: phílos
“actively, fond, i.e. friendly (still as a noun, an associate, neighbor, etc.)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
actively, fond, i.e. friendly (still as a noun, an associate, neighbor, etc.)
Rendered in the KJV as
friend.
- 27occurrencesin the New Testament
- 5 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 13inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 27 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 13
- φίλος8
- φίλους5
- φίλε,2
- φίλοι2
- φίλων2
- φίλας1
- φίλοι,1
- φίλοις1
- φίλον1
- φίλον,1
- φίλους,1
- φίλους.1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 8
- friends11
- a friend6
- friend3
- Friend,2
- friends,2
- [his] friends1
- a friend,1
- friends.1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 8
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular8
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine plural7
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural3
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine plural3
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine singular2
- adjective · vocative (address) · masculine singular2
- adjective · accusative (object) · feminine plural1
- adjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- A-NSM · 8
- A-APM · 7
- A-GPM · 3
- A-NPM · 3
- A-ASM · 2
- A-VSM · 2
- A-APF · 1
- A-DPM · 1
All 27, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Luke carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Luke15 occurrences
- Luke 7:6φίλουςphilousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluralSo Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends with the message: “Lord, do not trouble Yourself, for I am not worthy to have You come under my roof.here: friends
- Luke 7:34φίλοςphilosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singularThe Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’here: a friend
- Luke 11:5φίλον,philonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singularThen Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,here: a friend,
- Luke 11:5φίλε,phileadjective · vocative (address) · masculine singularThen Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,here: Friend,
- Luke 11:6φίλοςphilosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singularbecause a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’here: a friend
- Luke 11:8φίλονphilonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singularI tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.here: friend
- Luke 12:4φίλοιςphiloisadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluralI tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.here: friends
- Luke 14:10φίλε,phileadjective · vocative (address) · masculine singularBut when you are invited, go and sit in the last place, so that your host will come and tell you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with you.here: Friend,
- Luke 14:12φίλουςphilousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluralThen Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.here: friends
- Luke 15:6φίλουςphilousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluralcomes home, and calls together his friends and neighbors to tell them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!’here: friends
- Luke 15:9φίλαςphilasadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluralAnd when she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors to say, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost coin.’here: friends
- Luke 15:29φίλωνphilōnadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralBut he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.here: friends
- Luke 16:9φίλουςphilousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluralI tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.here: friends
- Luke 21:16φίλων,philōnadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralYou will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death.here: friends
- Luke 23:12φίλοιphiloiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralThat day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this time they had been enemies.here: friends
John6 occurrences
- John 3:29φίλοςphilosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singularThe bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.here: friend
- John 11:11φίλοςphilosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singularAfter He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.”here: friend
- John 15:13φίλωνphilōnadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluralGreater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.here: friends
- John 15:14φίλοιphiloiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralYou are My friends if you do what I command you.here: friends
- John 15:15φίλους,philousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluralNo longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.here: friends,
- John 19:12φίλοςphilosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singularFrom then on, Pilate tried to release Him, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who declares himself a king is defying Caesar.”here: a friend
Acts3 occurrences
- Acts 10:24φίλους.philousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluralThe following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.here: friends.
- Acts 19:31φίλοι,philoiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralEven some of Paul’s friends who were officials of the province of Asia sent word to him, begging him not to venture into the theatre.here: friends,
- Acts 27:3φίλουςphilousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluralThe next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.here: [his] friends
James2 occurrences
- James 2:23φίλοςphilosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singularAnd the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.here: a friend
- James 4:4φίλοςphilosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singularYou adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.here: a friend