ΦΙΛΟΔΩΡΟΣ, φιλοδωρος
PHILODŌROS, philodōros
Sounds Like: fee-LOH-doh-ross
Translations: fond of gifts, generous, bountiful, liberal
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΣ, ΔΩΡΟΝ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from 'philos' (loving, dear) and 'doron' (gift). It describes someone who is fond of giving gifts, hence generous or liberal. It can be used to describe a person's character or actions, indicating a disposition towards giving freely.
Inflection: Masculine, Nominative or Dative, Singular
Strong’s number: G5383 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 3:12
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΟΣ, ΔΩΡΟΝ.
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.
- ΦΙΛΟΔΩΡΟΝ — fond of gifts, generous, liberal, a generous person
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