ΦΙΛΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΝ, φιλανθρωπον
PHILANTHRŌPON, philanthrōpon
Sounds Like: fee-LAN-thraw-pon
Translations: humane, philanthropic, benevolent, kind, loving toward mankind, a humane, a philanthropic, a benevolent, a kind, a loving toward mankind
From the root: ΦΙΛΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something or someone that is humane, benevolent, or loving toward mankind. It is often used to describe God's character or actions, emphasizing His kindness and compassion towards humanity. It is a compound word formed from 'φίλος' (philos), meaning 'loving' or 'dear', and 'ἄνθρωπος' (anthropos), meaning 'man' or 'human being'.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G5363 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 23:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΣ.
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.
- ΦΙΛΑΝΘΡΠΟΣ — loving mankind, philanthropic, benevolent, humane
- ΦΙΛΑΝΘΡΩΠΑ — humane, benevolent, kindly, humanely, benevolently, kindly
- ΦΙΛΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΙ — philanthropic, humane, benevolent, kind, a philanthropist, philanthropists
- ΦΙΛΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΙΣ — philanthropic, humane, benevolent, kind, loving toward mankind
- ΦΙΛΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΣ — human-loving, philanthropic, benevolent, kind, humane
- ΦΙΛΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΤΕΡΕ — more philanthropic, more humane, more loving toward mankind
- ΦΙΛΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΤΕΡΟΝ — more humane, more benevolent, more philanthropic, more kind
- ΦΙΛΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΤΕΡΟΣ — more philanthropic, more humane, more loving toward mankind, more benevolent
- ΦΙΛΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΥΣ — humane, philanthropic, benevolent, kind
- ΦΙΛΑΝΘΡΩΠΩ — humanely, kindly, benevolently, mercifully, a humane one, a benevolent one
- ΦΙΛΑΝΘΡΩΠΩΝ — of those who love mankind, of the benevolent, of the humane, of the philanthropic
- ΦΙΛΑΝΘΡΩΠΩΣ — humanely, kindly, benevolently, courteously
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