ΘΕΟΦΙΛΕΙΣ, θεοφιλεις
THEOPHILEIS, theophileis
Sounds Like: theh-oh-fee-LAYS
Translations: loved by God, dear to God, God-loving, pious, a God-lover
From the root: ΘΕΟΦΙΛΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This is a compound adjective meaning 'loved by God' or 'God-loving'. It describes someone who is either favored by God or who shows love and devotion towards God. It can be used to describe individuals or groups who are considered righteous or devout.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G2312 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:287
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 12:15
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 9:34
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.
- ΘΕΟΦΙΛΕ — beloved of God, dear to God, God-loving, friend of God, O Theophilus, O beloved of God
- 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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