2001 Translation

PHILOPHRONŌS, philophronōs

Sounds Like: fee-loh-FROH-nohss

Translations: kindly, courteously, hospitably, in a friendly manner, graciously

From the root: ΦΙΛΟΦΡΩΝ

Part of Speech: Adverb

Explanation: This word is an adverb meaning "kindly" or "courteously." It describes an action performed with friendliness, goodwill, or hospitality. It is often used to describe how someone receives or treats another person, indicating a warm and welcoming disposition. It is derived from the adjective φιλόφρων (philophron), meaning "friendly" or "kind-hearted."

Inflection: Does not inflect

Strong’s number: G5380 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:173, 1:230

Codex Sinaiticus

• 4 Maccabees — 8:5
• Acts of the Apostles — 28:7

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 29:210
• Book Two — 29:210

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 16:246
• Book 4 — 6:105
• Book 6 — 14:341
• Book 7 — 1:30
• Book 8 — 1:3, 7:201, 8:215, 15:398
• Book 9 — 2:25, 4:89
• Book 11 — 8:340
• Book 12 — 6:209
• Book 13 — 5:170, 10:289
• Book 14 — 8:151
• Book 16 — 1:6, 4:131
• Book 17 — 9:248

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 7:3, 24:12, 24:22
• Book Three — 2:24
• Book Four — 9:39
• Book Seven — 10:17

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 36:183, 63:325

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 2 Maccabees — 3:9
• 4 Maccabees — 8:5

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Acts — 28:7

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΟΦΡΩΝ.

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.

• ΦΙΛΟΦΡΟΝΕΣΤΑΤΑ — most kindly, most courteously, most friendly

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