adjective
filostorgos
Strong’sG5387
tenderly loving
stem filostorg-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
** φιλόστοργος, -ον
(< στοργή, family affection), [in LXX: IV Mac 15:13 *;]
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.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(στέργω, στοργή) loving tenderly, affectionate, frequently of family affection, Refs 5th c.BC+; of a nurse, Refs 2nd c.AD+; of horses, Refs 4th c.BC+; title of two queens named Athenais, NT+1st c.AD+: comparative, nihil -ότερονRefs 1st c.BC+: superlative, -οτάτη διαφερόντως πρός τινα Refs 5th c.BC+. adverb -γωςRefs 4th c.BC+; φ. ἔχειν πρός.. Refs 1st c.AD+; literae φ. scriptae, Refs 1st c.BC+: comparative -ότερονRefs: superlative -όταταRefs 4th c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| 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
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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
filostorgois“devoted”subjectnominative plural1×
Romans 12:10ta filadelfia eis allēloin filostorgois, ta tima allēloin proēgorōntois,Be devoted to one another in brotherly love …