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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

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Strong's Number G5384 matches the Greek φίλος (philos),
which occurs 29 times in 27 verses in the MGNT 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 man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend G5384 of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:6 - Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends G5384 to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:

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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 G5384 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, G5384 and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, G5384 lend me three loaves;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:6 - For a friend G5384 of mine in his journey is come to me, 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, G5384 yet because of his importunity he will rise 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, G5384 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 room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, G5384 go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:12 - Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, G5384 nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence 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 G5384 and neighbours, 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 her friends G5384 and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:29 - And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: G5384

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:9 - And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends G5384 of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:16 - And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; G5384 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 the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends G5384 together: 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 G5384 of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:11 - These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend G5384 Lazarus sleepeth; 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. G5384

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:14 - Ye are my friends, G5384 if ye do whatsoever I command you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:15 - Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; G5384 for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:12 - And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: G5384 whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:24 - And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends. G5384

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:31 - And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, G5384 sent unto him, desiring him that he would not 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 courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends G5384 to refresh himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:23 - And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend G5384 of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 4:4 - Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend G5384 of the world is the enemy of God.
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