ΦΙΛΟΦΡΟΝΕΙΣΘΑΙ, φιλοφρονεισθαι
PHILOPHRONEISTHAI, philophroneisthai
Sounds Like: fee-loh-froh-NEH-sthai
Translations: to be friendly, to show kindness, to treat kindly, to be courteous, to be hospitable
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΦΡΟΝΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning to act in a friendly, kind, or courteous manner. It implies showing goodwill and hospitality towards others. It is often used to describe how one should interact with guests or strangers, treating them with warmth and consideration.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G5387 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:235
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 11 — 6:188
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 1:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΟΦΡΟΝΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΦΙΛΟΦΡΟΝΕΙΤΟ — he was showing kindness, she was showing kindness, it was showing kindness, he was treating kindly, she was treating kindly, it was treating kindly, he was being friendly, she was being friendly, it was being friendly
- ΤΙΦΙΛΟΦΡΟΝΗΣΑΜΕΝΩΝ — having shown kindness, having treated kindly, having been friendly
- ΦΙΛΟΦΡΟΝΕΩ — to be friendly, to show kindness, to treat kindly, to entertain hospitably
- ΦΙΛΟΦΡΟΝΗΘΕΙΣ — having been treated kindly, having been shown kindness, having been friendly, having been courteous
- ΦΙΛΟΦΡΟΝΗΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — showing kindness, being friendly, treating kindly, having shown kindness, having been friendly, having treated kindly
- ΦΙΛΟΦΡΟΝΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ — they will show kindness, they will be friendly, they will be hospitable
- ΦΙΛΟΦΡΟΝΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ — showing kindness, being friendly, treating kindly, being courteous, being hospitable
- ΦΙΛΟΦΡΟΝΟΥΜΕΝΩΝ — showing kindness, being friendly, being courteous, being hospitable, treating kindly
- ΦΙΛΟΦΡΟΝΟΥΣΙΝ — they show kindness, they are friendly, they treat kindly
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