adjective

filostorgos

Greekφιλόστοργος (filostorgos)

Strong’sG5387

tenderly loving

stem filostorg-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

devoted1×

What it means

** φιλόστοργος, -ον

(< στοργή, family affection), [in LXX: IV Mac 15:13 *;]

tenderly loving, affectionate (Xen., Plut., al.): of Christians, Ro 12:10.†

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

Strong’s G5387 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidfil-os'-tor-gos

fond of natural relatives, i.e. fraternal towards fellow Christian

Fromfrom G5384 and στοργή (cherishing one's kindred, especially parents or children);

King Jameskindly affectioned.

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	filostorgos	filostorgas	filostorgem	filostorgois1×φιλόστοργοι	filostorgais	filostorgeim
object accusative	filostorgon	filostorgan		filostorgoin	filostorgain
direct address vocative	filostorgor	filostorgar		filostorgoir	filostorgair
of, belonging to genitive	filostorgou	filostorgau	filostorgeu	filostorgoiu	filostorgaiu	filostorgeiu
to, for dative	filostorgo	filostorga	filostorge	filostorgoi	filostorgai	filostorgei

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

filostorgstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

filostorg 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

filostorgois“devoted”subjectnominative plural1×

Romans 12:10“devoted”ta filadelfia eis allēloin filostorgois, ta tima allēloin proēgerōtois,Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.