ΦΙΛΟΥ, φιλου
PHILOU, philou
Sounds Like: fee-LOO
Translations: of a friend, of a beloved one, of a dear one, a friend, a beloved one, a dear one
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to someone who is loved, dear, or a friend. It is used to describe a close companion or someone held in high regard. It can be used in a possessive sense (of a friend) or to refer to multiple friends (friends).
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G5384 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:318
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 5:96
- Book 6 — 12:243
- Book 8 — 11:288
- Book 9 — 6:136, 11:228, 13:258
- Book 11 — 6:242
- Book 12 — 6:171
- Book 13 — 6:187, 9:264
- Book 16 — 2:12, 11:375
- Book 17 — 9:246
- Book 18 — 6:181
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 3 Maccabees — 7:7
- Proverbs — 19:1, 25:18, 27:6, 29:5
- Sirach — 6:1, 6:15, 37:4, 37:6, 41:18
- Jeremiah — 9:5
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 5 — 2:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΟΣ.
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.
- ΟΙΦΙΛΟΙ — friends, the friends, beloved ones
- ΤΟΙΣΦΙΛΟΙΣ — to the friends, to the beloved ones, to the dear ones
- ΤΟΥΣΦΙΛΟΥΣ — the friends, friends
- ΦΙΛΑ — dear, beloved, friendly, a friend, things that are dear, things that are friendly
- ΦΙΛΑΙΣ — (to) friends, (to) dear ones, (to) loved ones
- ΦΙΛΗ — friend, a friend, beloved, dear, loving, friendly
- ΦΙΛΗΝ — friend, a friend, dear one, a dear one, beloved, a beloved
- ΦΙΛΙΟΝ — friendly, beloved, dear, a friend, a beloved one, a dear one
- ΦΙΛΟΙ — friends, a friend, friendly
- ΦΙΛΟΙΣ — to friends, for friends, with friends
- ΦΙΛΟΝ — dear, beloved, friendly, a friend, a dear one, a loved one
- ΦΙΛΟΝʼ — friend, a friend, beloved, dear, friendly
- ΦΙΛΟΣ — dear, beloved, friendly, a friend, a lover
- ΦΙΛΟΥΣ — friends, beloved ones, dear ones, beloved, dear
- ΦΙΛΤΑΤΟΙ — dearest, most beloved, very dear, the dearest ones
- ΦΙΛΤΑΤΟΙΣ — (to) the dearest, (to) the most beloved, (to) the most friendly
- ΦΙΛΤΑΤΟΝ — dearest, most beloved, a dearest thing
- ΦΙΛΤΑΤΟΣ — dearest, most beloved, most friendly
- ΦΙΛΤΑΤΟΥΣ — dearest, most beloved, most friendly, the dearest ones, the most beloved ones
- ΦΙΛΤΑΤΩ — (to) dearest, (to) most beloved, (to) most friendly
- ΦΙΛΩΝ — of friends, friends
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