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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:19 - The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! And wisdom is justified by her works.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:6 - And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself; for I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof:

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:34 - The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold, a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:5 - And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:6 - for a friend of mine is come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:8 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will arise and give him as many as he needeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:4 - And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:10 - But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when he that hath bidden thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have glory in the presence of all that sit at meat with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:12 - And he said to him also that had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest haply they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:6 - And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and his neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:9 - And when she hath found it, she calleth together her friends and neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I had lost.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:29 - But he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, and I never transgressed a commandment of thine; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:9 - And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends by means of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when it shall fail, they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:16 - But ye shall be delivered up even by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:12 - And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day: for before they were at enmity between themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:29 - He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, that standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is made full.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:11 - These things spake he: and after this he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus is fallen asleep; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:13 - Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:14 - Ye are my friends, if ye do the things which I command you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:15 - No longer do I call you servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father I have made known unto you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:12 - Upon this Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou release this man, thou art not Caesar’s friend: every one that maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:24 - And on the morrow they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his kinsmen and his near friends.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:31 - And certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent unto him and besought him not to adventure himself into the theatre.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:3 - And the next day we touched at Sidon: and Julius treated Paul kindly, and gave him leave to go unto his friends and refresh himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:23 - and the scripture was fulfilled which saith, And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness; and he was called the friend of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:4 - Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 3Jo 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box3Jo 1:14 - but I hope shortly to see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be unto thee. The friends salute thee. Salute the friends by name.
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