5384. philos

Strong's Lexicon

philos: Friend

Original Word: φίλος
Part of Speech: Adjective; Indeclinable Numeral (Adjective)
Transliteration: philos
Pronunciation: FEE-los
Phonetic Spelling: (fee'-los)
Definition: Friend
Meaning: friendly; subst: a friend, an associate.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek verb φιλέω (phileō), meaning "to love" or "to have affection for."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H7453 (רֵעַ, rea): Often translated as "friend" or "companion."

- H157 (אָהַב, ahab): A verb meaning "to love," which can imply friendship.

Usage: In the New Testament, "philos" is used to denote a friend or someone who is loved dearly. It implies a close, personal relationship characterized by mutual affection and care. Unlike other Greek words for love, such as "agape," which denotes unconditional love, "philos" emphasizes a bond of friendship and companionship.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Greek culture, friendship was highly valued and considered a vital part of social life. Philosophers like Aristotle discussed friendship as a key component of a virtuous and fulfilling life. In the context of the New Testament, "philos" reflects the close-knit communities and personal relationships that were essential in the early Christian church. Friendships were not only social but also spiritual, as believers supported and encouraged one another in their faith.

HELPS Word-studies

5384 phílos – a friend; someone dearly loved (prized) in a personal, intimate way; a trusted confidant, held dear in a close bond of personal affection.

Note: The root (phil-) conveys experiential, personal affection – indicating 5384 (phílos) expresses experience-based love.

[25 (agapáō) focuses on value-driven (an decision-based) love – which of course does not exclude affection!]

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
a prim. word
Definition
beloved, dear, friendly
NASB Translation
friend (12), friends (17).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 5384: φίλη

φίλη, ἡ, see φίλος, 2.

STRONGS NT 5384: φίλοςφίλος, 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); ; 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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

loving, friendly

Properly, dear, i.e. A friend; actively, fond, i.e. Friendly (still as a noun, an associate, neighbor, etc.) -- friend.

Forms and Transliterations

φιλας φίλας Φιλε Φίλε φιλοι φίλοι φιλοις φίλοις φιλον φίλον φιλος φίλος φίλου φιλους φίλους φίλω φιλων φίλων philas phílas Phile Phíle philoi phíloi philois phílois philon philōn phílon phílōn philos phílos philous phílous

Englishman's Concordance

Matthew 11:19 Adj-NMS
GRK: οἰνοπότης τελωνῶν φίλος καὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν
NAS: and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors
KJV: a winebibber, a friend of publicans
INT: a drunkard of tax collectors a friend and of sinners

Luke 7:6 Adj-AMP
GRK: οἰκίας ἔπεμψεν φίλους ὁ ἑκατοντάρχης
NAS: sent friends, saying
KJV: the centurion sent friends to him,
INT: house sent friends the centurion

Luke 7:34 Adj-NMS
GRK: καὶ οἰνοπότης φίλος τελωνῶν καὶ
NAS: and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors
KJV: a winebibber, a friend of publicans
INT: and a drunkard a friend of tax collectors and

Luke 11:5 Adj-AMS
GRK: ὑμῶν ἕξει φίλον καὶ πορεύσεται
NAS: of you has a friend, and goes
KJV: you shall have a friend, and shall go
INT: you will have a friend and will go

Luke 11:5 N-VMS
GRK: εἴπῃ αὐτῷ Φίλε χρῆσόν μοι
NAS: and says to him, 'Friend, lend
KJV: say unto him, Friend, lend me
INT: say to him Friend lend me

Luke 11:6 Adj-NMS
GRK: ἐπειδὴ φίλος μου παρεγένετο
NAS: for a friend of mine has come
KJV: For a friend of mine in
INT: since a friend of my is come

Luke 11:8 Adj-AMS
GRK: τὸ εἶναι φίλον αὐτοῦ διά
NAS: him [anything] because he is his friend, yet
KJV: he is his friend, yet because
INT: being friend of him because of

Luke 12:4 Adj-DMP
GRK: ὑμῖν τοῖς φίλοις μου μὴ
NAS: I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid
KJV: unto you my friends, Be not
INT: to you those friends of me not

Luke 14:10 N-VMS
GRK: ἐρεῖ σοι Φίλε προσανάβηθι ἀνώτερον
NAS: he may say to you, 'Friend, move
KJV: unto thee, Friend, go up
INT: he may say to you Friend come up higher

Luke 14:12 Adj-AMP
GRK: φώνει τοὺς φίλους σου μηδὲ
NAS: do not invite your friends or
KJV: not thy friends, nor thy
INT: call friends of you nor

Luke 15:6 Adj-AMP
GRK: συνκαλεῖ τοὺς φίλους καὶ τοὺς
NAS: he calls together his friends and his neighbors,
KJV: he calleth together [his] friends and
INT: he calls together the friends and the

Luke 15:9 N-AFP
GRK: συνκαλεῖ τὰς φίλας καὶ γείτονας
NAS: it, she calls together her friends and neighbors,
KJV: [it], she calleth [her] friends and
INT: she calls together the friends and neighbors

Luke 15:29 Adj-GMP
GRK: μετὰ τῶν φίλων μου εὐφρανθῶ
NAS: that I might celebrate with my friends;
KJV: with my friends:
INT: with the friends of me I might make merry

Luke 16:9 Adj-AMP
GRK: ἑαυτοῖς ποιήσατε φίλους ἐκ τοῦ
NAS: to you, make friends for yourselves
KJV: to yourselves friends of
INT: For yourselves make friends by the

Luke 21:16 Adj-GMP
GRK: συγγενῶν καὶ φίλων καὶ θανατώσουσιν
NAS: and relatives and friends, and they will put [some] of you to death,
KJV: kinsfolks, and friends; and [some] of
INT: relatives and friends and they will put to death

Luke 23:12 Adj-NMP
GRK: Ἐγένοντο δὲ φίλοι ὅ τε
NAS: became friends with one another
KJV: Herod were made friends together: for
INT: became moreover friends both

John 3:29 Adj-NMS
GRK: ὁ δὲ φίλος τοῦ νυμφίου
NAS: is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom,
KJV: but the friend of the bridegroom,
INT: which moreover friend of the bridegroom

John 11:11 Adj-NMS
GRK: Λάζαρος ὁ φίλος ἡμῶν κεκοίμηται
NAS: that He said to them, Our friend Lazarus
KJV: Our friend Lazarus
INT: Lazarus friend of us has fallen asleep

John 15:13 Adj-GMP
GRK: ὑπὲρ τῶν φίλων αὐτοῦ
NAS: lay down his life for his friends.
KJV: for his friends.
INT: for the friends of him

John 15:14 Adj-NMP
GRK: ὑμεῖς φίλοι μού ἐστε
NAS: You are My friends if you do
KJV: are my friends, if ye do
INT: You friends of me are

John 15:15 Adj-AMP
GRK: δὲ εἴρηκα φίλους ὅτι πάντα
NAS: but I have called you friends, for all things
KJV: you friends; for
INT: however I have called friends for all things

John 19:12 Adj-NMS
GRK: οὐκ εἶ φίλος τοῦ Καίσαρος
NAS: you are no friend of Caesar;
KJV: not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh
INT: not you are a friend of Ceasar

Acts 10:24 Adj-AMP
GRK: τοὺς ἀναγκαίους φίλους
NAS: his relatives and close friends.
KJV: and near friends.
INT: close friends

Acts 19:31 Adj-NMP
GRK: ὄντες αὐτῷ φίλοι πέμψαντες πρὸς
NAS: of the Asiarchs who were friends of his sent
KJV: which were his friends, sent unto
INT: being to him friends having sent to

Acts 27:3 Adj-AMP
GRK: πρὸς τοὺς φίλους πορευθέντι ἐπιμελείας
NAS: him to go to his friends and receive
KJV: unto his friends to refresh himself.
INT: to his friends having gone care

Strong's Greek 5384
29 Occurrences

φίλας — 1 Occ.
Φίλε — 2 Occ.
φίλων — 3 Occ.
φίλοι — 4 Occ.
φίλοις — 1 Occ.
φίλον — 2 Occ.
φίλος — 8 Occ.
φίλους — 8 Occ.