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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 68 times in 61 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Exo 33:11–Pro 27:14)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:11 - The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, the way a person speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his servant, Joshua son of Nun, a young man, did not leave the tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:6 - Suppose your own full brother, your son, your daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend should seduce you secretly and encourage you to go and serve other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have previously known,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:30 - 'No doubt they are gathering and dividing the plunder - a girl or two for each man to rape! Sisera is grabbing up colorful cloth, he is grabbing up colorful embroidered cloth, two pieces of colorful embroidered cloth, for the neck of the plunderer!'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:33 - Ahithophel was the king's adviser; Hushai the Arkite was the king's confidant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:3 - in the third year of his reign he provided a banquet for all his officials and his servants. The army of Persia and Media was present, as well as the nobles and the officials of the provinces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:13 - The king then inquired of the wise men who were discerners of the times - for it was the royal custom to confer with all those who were proficient in laws and legalities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:18 - Then the king prepared a large banquet for all his officials and his servants - it was actually Esther's banquet. He also set aside a holiday for the provinces, and he provided for offerings at the king's expense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:1 - Some time later King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, exalting him and setting his position above that of all the officials who were with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:10 - But Haman restrained himself and went on to his home. He then sent for his friends to join him, along with his wife Zeresh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - Haman's wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, "Have a gallows seventy-five feet high built, and in the morning tell the king that Mordecai should be hanged on it. Then go with the king to the banquet contented." It seemed like a good idea to Haman, so he had the gallows built.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:9 - Then let this clothing and this horse be given to one of the king's noble officials. Let him then clothe the man whom the king wishes to honor, and let him lead him about through the plaza of the city on the horse, calling before him, 'So shall it be done to the man whom the king wishes to honor!'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:13 - Haman then related to his wife Zeresh and to all his friends everything that had happened to him. These wise men, along with his wife Zeresh, said to him, "If indeed this Mordecai before whom you have begun to fall is Jewish, you will not prevail against him. No, you will surely fall before him!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - as the time when the Jews gave themselves rest from their enemies - the month when their trouble was turned to happiness and their mourning to a holiday. These were to be days of banqueting, happiness, sending gifts to one another, and providing for the poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:11 - When Job's three friends heard about all this calamity that had happened to him, each of them came from his own country - Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They met together to come to show sympathy for him and to console him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:27 - Yes, you would gamble for the fatherless, and auction off your friend.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:13 - "He has put my relatives far from me; my acquaintances only turn away from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:21 - Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me, for the hand of God has struck me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:1 - So these three men refused to answer Job further, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:3 - With Job's three friends he was also angry, because they could not find an answer, and so declared Job guilty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:4 - I will reply to you, and to your friends with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:33 - His thunder announces the coming storm, the cattle also, concerning the storm's approach.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:7 - After the LORD had spoken these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My anger is stirred up against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:10 - So the LORD restored what Job had lost after he prayed for his friends, and the LORD doubled all that had belonged to Job.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:17 - And so Job died, old and full of days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:11 - Because of my condition, even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; my neighbors stand far away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:18 - You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:17 - How difficult it is for me to fathom your thoughts about me, O God! How vast is their sum total!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:29 - Do not plot evil against your neighbor when he dwells by you unsuspectingly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:1 - My child, if you have made a pledge for your neighbor, and have become a guarantor for a stranger,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:3 - then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor's power: go, humble yourself, and appeal firmly to your neighbor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:26 - The righteous person is cautious in his friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:20 - A poor person is disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:28 - The heart of the righteous considers how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:28 - A perverse person spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:29 - A violent person entices his neighbor, and leads him down a path that is terrible.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:9 - The one who forgives an offense seeks love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:17 - A friend loves at all times, and a relative is born to help in adversity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:18 - The one who lacks wisdom strikes hands in pledge, and puts up financial security for his neighbor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:1 - One who has isolated himself seeks his own desires; he rejects all sound judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:4 - Wealth adds many friends, but a poor person is separated from his friend.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:24 - Do not make friends with an angry person, and do not associate with a wrathful person,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:1 - These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of King Hezekiah of Judah copied:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:8 - Do not go out hastily to litigation, or what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame?

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:10 - lest the one who hears it put you to shame and your infamy will never go away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:17 - Don't set foot too frequently in your neighbor's house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:18 - Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:19 - so is a person who deceives his neighbor, and says, "Was I not only joking?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:6 - Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are excessive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:10 - Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend, and do not enter your brother's house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:14 - If someone blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse to him.

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