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Name of God’s Son

ΘΕΟΦΙΛΟΣ, θεοφιλος

THEOPHILOS, theophilos

Sounds Like: theh-OH-fee-loss

Translations: Theophilus, friend of God, beloved of God

From the root: ΘΕΟΦΙΛΟΣ

Part of Speech: Proper Noun

Explanation: Theophilus is a proper name, a compound word derived from 'ΘΕΟΣ' (Theos), meaning 'God', and 'ΦΙΛΟΣ' (Philos), meaning 'friend' or 'beloved'. Therefore, the name means 'friend of God' or 'beloved of God'. It is famously the name of the person to whom the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles are addressed.

Inflection: Singular, Masculine, Nominative

Strong’s number: G2321 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Aristeas
  • Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:49
Josephus' Against Apion

From the same root

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