Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NIV

NIV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's G5384 - philos

Choose a new font size and typeface
φίλος
Transliteration
philos (Key)
Pronunciation
fee'-los
Listen
Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive word
Dictionary Aids

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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 66 times in 59 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Exo 33:11–Jer 9:4)

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:11

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:6 - If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known,

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:30 - ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoils: a woman or two for each man, colorful garments as plunder for Sisera, colorful garments embroidered, highly embroidered garments for my neck— all this as plunder?’

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:33 - Ahithophel was the king’s counselor. Hushai the Arkite was the king’s confidant.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:3 - and in the third year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his nobles and officials. The military leaders of Persia and Media, the princes, and the nobles of the provinces were present.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:13 - Since it was customary for the king to consult experts in matters of law and justice, he spoke with the wise men who understood the times

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:18 - And the king gave a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his nobles and officials. He proclaimed a holiday throughout the provinces and distributed gifts with royal liberality.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:1 - After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him and giving him a seat of honor higher than that of all the other nobles.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:10 - Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. Calling together his friends and Zeresh, his wife,

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - His wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Have a pole set up, reaching to a height of fifty cubits,[fn] and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai impaled on it. Then go with the king to the banquet and enjoy yourself.” This suggestion delighted Haman, and he had the pole set up.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:9 - Then let the robe and horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them robe the man the king delights to honor, and lead him on the horse through the city streets, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man the king delights to honor!’ ”

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:13 - and told Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has started, is of Jewish origin, you cannot stand against him—you will surely come to ruin!”

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - as the time when the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month when their sorrow was turned into joy and their mourning into a day of celebration. He wrote them to observe the days as days of feasting and joy and giving presents of food to one another and gifts to the poor.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:11 - When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:27 - You would even cast lots for the fatherless and barter away your friend.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:13 - “He has alienated my family from me; my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:21

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

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:1 - So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:3 - He was also angry with the three friends, because they had found no way to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.[fn]

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:4 - “I would like to reply to you and to your friends with you.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:33 - His thunder announces the coming storm; even the cattle make known its approach.[fn]

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:7 - After the LORD had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:10 - After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:11 - My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:18 - You have taken from me friend and neighbor— darkness is my closest friend.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:17 - How precious to me are your thoughts,[fn] God! How vast is the sum of them!

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:29 - Do not plot harm against your neighbor, who lives trustfully near you.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:1 - My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:3 - So do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go—to the point of exhaustion—[fn] and give your neighbor no rest!

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:26 - The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:20 - The poor are shunned even by their neighbors, but the rich have many friends.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:28 - A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:29 - A violent person entices their neighbor and leads them down a path that is not good.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:9 - Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:17 - A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:18 - One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge and puts up security for a neighbor.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:1 - An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends and against all sound judgment starts quarrels.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:4 - Wealth attracts many friends, but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:24 - Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered,

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:1 - These are more proverbs of Solomon, compiled by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:8 - do not bring[fn] hastily to court, for what will you do in the end if your neighbor puts you to shame?

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:10 - or the one who hears it may shame you and the charge against you will stand.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:17 - Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house— too much of you, and they will hate you.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:18 - Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow is one who gives false testimony against a neighbor.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:19 - is one who deceives their neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:6 - Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:10 - Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster strikes you— better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:14 - If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:5 - Those who flatter their neighbors are spreading nets for their feet.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:4 - “Beware of your friends; do not trust anyone in your clan. For every one of them is a deceiver,[fn] and every friend a slanderer.

Search Results Continued...

1. Currently on page 1/2 (Exo 33:11–Jer 9:4) Exo 33:11–Jer 9:4

2. LOAD PAGE 2 Jer 9:5–Mic 7:5

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NIV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NIV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan