noun · feminine
filanthrōpias
Greekφιλανθρωπία (filanthrōpia)
Strong’sG5363
love of mankind, benevolence
stem filanthrōpi-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
** φιλανθρωπία, -ας, ἡ
(< φιλάνθρωπος, humane), [in LXX: Es 8:13, II Mac 6:22 14:9, III Mac 3:15, 18 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5363 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidfil-an-thro-pee'-ah
fondness of mankind, i.e. benevolence ("philanthropy")
Fromfrom the same as G5364;
King Jameskindness, love towards man.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | filanthrōpias1×φιλανθρωπία | filanthrōpiais |
| object accusative | filanthrōpian1×φιλανθρωπίαν | filanthrōpiain |
| direct address vocative | filanthrōpiar | filanthrōpiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | filanthrōpiau | filanthrōpiaiu |
| to, for dative | filanthrōpia | filanthrōpiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
filanthrōpia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
filanthrōpias“love for mankind”subjectnominative singular1×
Titus 3:4“love for mankind”hote de tas chrēstotas kai tas filanthrōpias epifainita tou sōtērou nu theou,But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
filanthrōpian“kindness”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 28:2“kindness”tois tē barbarois parechale ouk tan tunchanaratan filanthrōpian ni, haptaratois gar puran proslambela pantoin nin dia ton hueton ton efistanarēton kai dia tem psuchem.The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.