ΦΙΛΑΝΘΡΩΠΙΑ, φιλανθρωπια
PHILANTHRŌPIA, philanthrōpia
Sounds Like: fee-lan-throh-PEE-ah
Translations: love for mankind, philanthropy, humanity, kindness, a love for mankind, a philanthropy, a humanity, a kindness
From the root: ΦΙΛΑΝΘΡΩΠΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a compound noun meaning 'love for mankind' or 'philanthropy'. It combines 'φίλος' (philos), meaning 'loving' or 'dear', and 'ἄνθρωπος' (anthropos), meaning 'man' or 'human being'. It describes a benevolent disposition or action towards humanity in general, often implying kindness, compassion, or generosity. It can be used to describe a general attitude or specific acts of kindness.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5363 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
Clement of Alexandria
Codex Sinaiticus
- Titus — 3:4
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 6:18
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 47:5
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 3 Maccabees — 3:15
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Titus — 3:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΑΝΘΡΩΠΙΑ.
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.
- ΦΙΛΑΝΘΡΩΠΙΑΝ — philanthropy, a philanthropy, love for mankind, kindness, humanity
- ΦΙΛΑΝΘΡΩΠΙΑΣ — of philanthropy, of love for mankind, of benevolence, of kindness, of humanity
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