ΘΕΟΦΙΛΕ, θεοφιλε
THEOPHILE, theophile
Sounds Like: theh-oh-FEE-leh
Translations: beloved of God, dear to God, God-loving, friend of God, O Theophilus, O beloved of God
From the root: ΘΕΟΦΙΛΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Proper Noun
Explanation: This word is a compound adjective meaning 'beloved of God' or 'dear to God', indicating someone who is favored by God or who loves God. It can also be used as a proper noun, 'Theophilus', which is a personal name. In the provided context, it appears to be used both as an adjective describing people who are 'beloved of God' and as a vocative proper noun addressing 'Theophilus'.
Inflection: Singular, Vocative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2321 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΘΕΟΦΙΛΗΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΘΕΟΦΙΛΕΙΣ — loved by God, dear to God, God-loving, pious, a God-lover
- ΘΕΟΦΙΛΕΣ — beloved of God, dear to God, God-loving, pious
- ΘΕΟΦΙΛΕΣΤΑΤΟΣ — most beloved of God, most dear to God, most God-loving, a most beloved of God
- ΘΕΟΦΙΛΕΣΤΑΤΟΥ — of the most beloved of God, of the most excellent, of the most honorable
- ΘΕΟΦΙΛΗ — beloved of God, dear to God, pleasing to God, God-loving, a God-lover
- ΘΕΟΦΙΛΗΣ — dear to God, beloved of God, God-loving, pleasing to God
- ΟΦΙΛΕΙΣ — beloved of God, dear to God, pleasing to God, God-loving, devout
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