adjective
filos
Greekφίλος (filos)
Strong’sG5384
friendly, a friend
stem fil-29 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books8 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
φίλος, -η, -ον
[in LXX chiefly for רֵעַ, אֹהֵב;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5384 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidfee'-los
actively, fond, i.e. friendly (still as a noun, an associate, neighbor, etc.)
Fromproperly, dear, i.e. a friend;
King Jamesfriend.
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 | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | filos8×φίλος | filas | filem | filois4×φίλοι | filais | fileim |
| object accusative | filon2×φίλον | filan | filoin8×φίλους | filain1×φίλας | ||
| direct address vocative | filor2×Φίλε | filar | filoir | filair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | filou | filau | fileu | filoiu3×φίλων | filaiu | fileiu |
| to, for dative | filo | fila | file | filoi1×φίλοις | filai | filei |
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
fil 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
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
29 occurrences, every one of them listed
filos“friend”subjectnominative singular8×
Matthew 11:19“friend”erchata tos huios tou anthrōpou esthiarōtos kai pinarōtos, kai legalō; Idou anthrōpos fagos kai oinopotos, telōnoiu filos kai hamartōloiu. kai dikaiita tas sofias apo teiu ergeiu autau.The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”
Luke 7:34“friend”erchatē tos huios tou anthrōpou esthiarōtos kai pinarōtos, kai legavō; Idou anthrōpos fagos kai oinopotos, filos telōnoiu kai hamartōloiu.The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
Luke 11:6“friend”epeidē filos mu paragineta ek hodau pros min kai ouk echamō hem paratithami auto;because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’
John 3:29“friend”tos echarōtos tan numfan numfios atō; tos de filos tou numfiou tos histanarētos kai akouarōtos autou, chara chairatō dia tan fōnan tou numfiou. houtas oun tas charas tas ēmas plēritē.The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
John 11:11“friend”houteim legata, kai meta houtem legatō autoi; Lazaros tos filos nu koimetē, alla poreuemō hina exupnizameia auton.After He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.”
John 19:12“friend”ek houteu tos Pilatos zētate apoluara auton; tois de Ioudaiois kraugazala legarōtois; Ean houton apoluaseia, ouk asō filos tou Kaisarou; pantos tos basilevon heauton poiarōtos antilegatō to Kaisaro.From then on, Pilate tried to release Him, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who declares himself a king is defying Caesar.”
James 2:23“friend”kai plērita tas grafas tas legarōtas; Pisteuata de Abraam to theo, kai logizita auto eis dikaiosunan, kai filos theou kalita.And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.
James 4:4“friend”moichaliair, ouk oidavē hoti tas filias tou kosmou echthras tou theou atō? hos ean oun bouliteia filos arō tou kosmou, echthros tou theou kathistanitō.You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
filon“friend”objectaccusative singular2×
Luke 11:5“friend”Kai legata pros autoin; Tinos ek vu echati filon kai poreueti pros auton mesonuktieu kai legateia auto; Filor, kichrēasar mi treis artoin,Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
Luke 11:8“friend”legamō vi, ei kai ouk dōati auto anistanaratos dia tem arō filon autou, dia ge tan anaideian autou egeiriratos dōati auto hoseiu chrēzatō.I tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
filor“friend”direct addressvocative singular2×
Luke 11:5“friend”Kai legata pros autoin; Tinos ek vu echati filon kai poreueti pros auton mesonuktieu kai legateia auto; Filor, kichrēasar mi treis artoin,Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
Luke 14:10“friend”alla hotan kaliseia poreuiratos anapiptasar eis ton eschaton topon, hina hotan erchateia tos kalarētos sin legati si; Filor, prosanabainasar anōterem; tote eti si doxas enōpion pantoiu toiu sunanakeierōtoiu si.But when you are invited, go and sit in the last place, so that your host will come and tell you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with you.
filois“friends”subjectnominative plural4×
Luke 23:12“friends”ginela de filois tos tē Hērōdos kai tos Pilatos en auta ta hēmera meta allēloiu; prouparchale gar en echthra arōtois pros heautoin.That day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this time they had been enemies.
John 15:14“friends”vis filois mu avō ean poiaveiō heim mis entellemō vi.You are My friends if you do what I command you.
Acts 19:31“friends”tinois de kai toiu Asiarchoiu, arōtois auto filois, pemparatois pros auton parakalale mē dōara heauton eis tem theatrem.Even some of Paul’s friends who were officials of the province of Asia sent word to him, begging him not to venture into the theatre.
3 John 1:15“friends”Eirēnas si. aspazelō sin tois filois. aspazesōr toin filoin kata onomem.
filoin“friends”objectaccusative plural8×
Luke 7:6“friends”tos de Iēsus poreuete sun autoi. ēdē de autou ouk makran apecharōtou apo tau oikiau pempata filoin tos hekatontarchēos legarōtos auto; Kurior, mē skullisōr, ouk gar hikanos amō hina hupo tan stegan mu eiserchaseia;So Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends with the message: “Lord, do not trouble Yourself, for I am not worthy to have You come under my roof.
Luke 14:12“friends”Legate de kai to kalarēto auton; Hotan poiaseiō aristem ē deipnem, mē fōnasōr toin filoin su mēde toin adelfoin su mēde toin sungenoin su mēde geitōnoin plousioin, mēpote kai autois antikalaleia sin kai gineteia antapodomem si.Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.
Luke 15:6“friends”kai ercharatos eis ton oikon sunkalatō toin filoin kai toin geitōnoin, legarōtos autoi; Sunchairivar mi hoti heuriskama tem probatem mu tem apolluarētem.comes home, and calls together his friends and neighbors to tell them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!’
Luke 16:9“friends”kai mis vi legamō, heautoi poiavar filoin ek tou mamōnaou tau adikiau, hina hotan ekleipateia decheleia vin eis tain aiōniain skēnain.I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.
John 15:15“friends”ouketi legamō vin douloin, hoti tos doulos ouk oidatē tinem poiatō autou tos kurios; vin de legamē filoin, hoti panteim heim akouama para tou patērou mu gnōrizama vi.No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.
Acts 10:24“friends”ta de epaurion eiserchata eis tan Kaisareian. tos de Kornēlios ate prosdokarōtos autoin sunkaleratos toin sungenoin autou kai toin anankaioin filoin.The following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
Acts 27:3“friends”ta tē hetera katagina eis Sidōnan, filanthrōpōs tē tos Ioulios to Paulo chreratos epitrepata pros toin filoin poreuirato epimeleiau tunchanara.The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.
3 John 1:15“friends”Eirēnas si. aspazelō sin tois filois. aspazesōr toin filoin kata onomem.
filoiu“friends”of, belonging togenitive plural3×
Luke 15:29“friends”tos de apokriniratos legata to patēro autou; Idou tosouteim eteim douleuamō si kai oudepote entolan su parerchama, kai mi oudepote dōasa erifon hina meta toiu filoiu mu eufrainimeia;But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.
Luke 21:16“friends”paradōivi de kai hupo gonevoiu kai adelfoiu kai sungenoiu kai filoiu, kai thanatali ek vu,You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death.
John 15:13“friends”megoteran houtau agapan oudenos echatō, hina tinos tan psuchan autou tithateia huper toiu filoiu autou.Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
filoi“friends”to, fordative plural1×
Luke 12:4“friends”Legamō de vi toi filoi mu, mē fobiveia apo toiu apokteinarōtoiu tem sōmem kai meta houteim mē echarōtoiu perissoterem tinem poiara.I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.
filain“friends”objectaccusative plural1×
Luke 15:9“friends”kai heuriskaratas sunkalatō tain filain kai geitōnain legarōtas; Sunchairivar mi hoti heuriskama tan drachman han apolluama.And when she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors to say, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost coin.’