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adverb

filofronōs

Greekφιλοφρόνως (filofronōs)

Strong’sG5390

kindly

stem filofronō-once in the New Testament

Translated as

hospitably

What it means

** φιλοφρόνως

(< φιλόφρων)

adv.,

[in LXX: II Mac 3:9, IV Mac 8:5 *;]

kindly, with friendliness: Ac 28:7.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5390 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidfil-of-ron'-oce

with friendliness of mind, i.e. kindly

Fromadverb from G5391;

King Jamescourteously.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

filofronōs

Acts 28:7“hospitably”En de tei peri ton topon ekeinon huparchate chōrieim to prōto tau nēsau onome Poplio, hos anadecheratos nin treis hēmerain filofronōs xenizata.Nearby stood an estate belonging to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.