φίλος philos
Greek word for “friendly/friend” · Strong’s G5384 · used 29 times in 27 verses
Meaning
φίλος, -η, -ον; 1. pass., beloved, dear (Hom., Eur., al.).;
How it is translated
Glosses given for philos in context, with how often each is used:
- friends 16
- friend 12
- his friends 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Luke 11 (3), Luke 15 (3), John 15 (3), Luke 7 (2), Luke 14 (2), Matthew 11 (1), Luke 12 (1), Luke 16 (1), Luke 21 (1), Luke 23 (1)
Forms
- φίλος 8
- φίλους 8
- φίλοι 4
- φίλων 3
- φίλον 2
- φίλε 2
- φίλοις 1
- φίλας 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with philos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- γείτων geitōn “neighbour” 3
- συγκαλέω sugkaleō “to call together” 3
- πορεύω poreuō “to travel” 5
- συγγενής sungenēs “kindred” 3
- φάγος phagos “glutton” 2
- οἰνοπότης oinopotēs “drunkard” 2
- ἔχθρα echthra “hostility” 2
- συγχαίρω sugchairō “to rejoice with” 2
- ὅταν hotan “when(-ever)” 3
- καλέω kaleō “to call” 3
- τελώνης telōnēs “tax collector” 2
- μετά meta “with/after” 4
Key verses
The verses using philos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Matthew 11:19 — The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of…
- Luke 7:6 — Then 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…
- Luke 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.
- Luke 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…
- Luke 16:9 — And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
- John 3:29 — He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s…
- John 11:11 — These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
- John 15:14 — Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
- John 15:15 — Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my…
- John 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 Cæsar’s friend: whosoever maketh…
- James 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 of God.
- James 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 of the world is the enemy…
See all 27 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.