Greek adjective · G5384
φίλος
philosfee'-los
pass., beloved, dear (Hom., Eur., al.).; Act.
27 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: phílos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G5384is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 8spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G5384
actively, fond, i.e. friendly (still as a noun, an associate, neighbor, etc.)
The King James renders it: friend.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
philos is rendered "pass., beloved, dear (Hom., Eur., al.).; Act.". It stands 27 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Fifteen of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "pass., beloved, dear (Hom., Eur., al.).".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 11:19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”
Matthew 11:19φίλος
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: pass., beloved, dear (Hom., Eur., al.)., and Act..
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| pass., beloved, dear (Hom., Eur., al.). | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 11:19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard… |
| Act.loving, friendly (in cl. less frequently and only in poets): Act.19:31. As subst., a friend | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 7:6So Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from the house… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| φιλόξενος | philoxenos | hospitable | Uses3 |
| φιλοτιμέομαι | philotimeomai | to aspire | Uses3 |
| φιλοξενία | philoxenia | hospitality | Uses2 |
| φιλόθεος | philotheos | God-loving | Uses1 |
| φιλοσοφία | philosophia | philosophy | Uses1 |
| φιλόσοφος | philosophos | philosopher | Uses1 |
| φιλονεικία | philoneikia | love of dispute | Uses1 |
| φιλόνεικος | philoneikos | dispute-loving | Uses1 |
| φιλότεκνος | philoteknos | child loving | Uses1 |
| φιλοφρόνως | philophronos | hospitably | Uses1 |
| φιλοπρωτεύω | philoproteuo | to love to be first | Uses1 |
| φιλόστοργος | philostorgos | affectionate | Uses1 |
and 1 more on the stem.
All 27, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- φίλος8
- φίλους7
- φίλοι3
- φίλων3
- φίλε2
- φίλον2
- φίλας1
- φίλοις1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular8A-NSM
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine plural7A-APM
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural3A-GPM
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine plural3A-NPM
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine singular2A-ASM
- adjective · vocative (address) · masculine singular2A-VSM
- adjective · accusative (object) · feminine plural1A-APF
- adjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1A-DPM
Matthew
one use
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”
- φίλοςphilosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a friend
Luke
fifteen uses
So 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.
- φίλουςphilousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: friends
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
- φίλοςphilosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a friend
Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
- φίλονphilonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a friend
- φίλεphileadjective · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Friend
because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’
- φίλοςphilosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a friend
I 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.
- φίλονphilonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: friend
I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.
- φίλοιςphiloisadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: friends
But 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.
- φίλεphileadjective · vocative (address) · masculine singulartagged: Friend
Then 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.
- φίλουςphilousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: friends
comes home, and calls together his friends and neighbors to tell them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!’
- φίλουςphilousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: friends
And when she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors to say, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost coin.’
- φίλαςphilasadjective · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: friends
But 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.
- φίλωνphilonadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: friends
I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.
- φίλουςphilousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: friends
You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death.
- φίλωνphilonadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: friends
That day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this time they had been enemies.
- φίλοιphiloiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: friends
John
six uses
The 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.
- φίλοςphilosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: friend
After He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.”
- φίλοςphilosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: friend
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
- φίλωνphilonadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: friends
You are My friends if you do what I command you.
- φίλοιphiloiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: friends
No 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.
- φίλουςphilousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: friends
From 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.”
- φίλοςphilosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a friend
Acts
three uses
The following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
- φίλουςphilousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: friends
Even 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.
- φίλοιphiloiadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: friends
The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.
- φίλουςphilousadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: friends
James
two uses
And 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.
- φίλοςphilosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a friend
You 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.
- φίλοςphilosadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a friend
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.