2001 Translation

PHILŌN, philōn

Sounds Like: fee-LON

Translations: of friends, friends

From the root: ΦΙΛΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word is the genitive plural form of the noun ΦΙΛΟΣ (philos), meaning 'friend' or 'beloved'. It is used to indicate possession or relationship, often translated as 'of friends' or simply 'friends' when the context implies possession or association. For example, 'the house of friends' or 'among friends'.

Inflection: Genitive, Plural, Masculine

Strong’s number: G5384 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:45, 1:125, 1:228

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:18, 11:29, 12:19

Codex Sinaiticus

• Esther — 3:1, 6:9, 8:12e
• 1 Maccabees — 2:18, 3:38, 6:14, 7:8, 10:65, 11:27, 11:57, 14:39, 15:28
• 4 Maccabees — 2:13
• Proverbs — 16:29, 18:1
• Job — 32:3, 42:10
• Sirach — 6:13, 13:21, 30:3, 41:25
• Matthew — 10:37
• Luke — 15:29, 21:16
• John — 12:25, 15:13
• Revelation — 22:15

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 13:1

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 15:100, 19:137, 20:149, 23:218, 29:271

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 10:176, 12:209
• Book 3 — 3:65
• Book 4 — 8:227
• Book 5 — 1:95
• Book 6 — 4:59, 11:238, 13:317, 14:358
• Book 7 — 8:173, 9:199, 9:207, 14:350, 15:389
• Book 8 — 8:218, 14:367
• Book 9 — 5:95, 6:128, 8:171, 9:203, 11:234
• Book 10 — 1:12, 4:59, 6:94, 7:101, 9:169, 11:222, 11:229, 11:232, 11:263, 11:269
• Book 11 — 3:41, 6:251, 6:254, 6:275
• Book 12 — 2:53, 2:55, 3:149, 5:263, 6:180, 6:215, 7:298, 10:392, 10:402, 10:403, 10:415
• Book 13 — 1:20, 3:76, 5:146, 7:85, 7:222, 7:224, 7:225, 13:353, 13:368
• Book 14 — 10:214, 10:216, 14:377
• Book 15 — 2:31, 2:35, 3:47, 3:55, 6:168, 7:243
• Book 16 — 2:29, 5:157, 7:180, 8:234, 8:241, 8:252, 8:256, 9:299, 11:372, 11:380
• Book 17 — 1:13, 3:46, 4:70, 4:80, 5:86, 5:136, 5:145, 8:205, 9:219, 10:265, 10:288, 11:301, 13:344
• Book 18 — 1:7, 1:23, 4:89, 5:122, 6:171, 6:203, 8:259, 8:260, 8:283, 9:357, 9:376
• Book 19 — 1:107, 1:109, 9:362
• Book 20 — 5:117, 6:135, 7:142, 8:163

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 11:8, 15:8, 21:8, 22:2, 22:7, 25:2, 25:4, 25:7, 25:30, 26:14, 28:2, 29:15, 30:5, 30:7, 32:3, 32:11, 33:1, 33:10
• Book Two — 1:5, 2:1, 2:8, 5:3, 6:2, 7:4
• Book Three — 8:60, 8:66
• Book Five — 6:14
• Book Six — 6:9, 9:8
• Book Seven — 2:6

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 142:1

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 19:99, 29:144, 32:163, 32:164, 44:220, 44:223, 45:234, 46:236, 46:241, 57:294, 63:324, 63:325, 63:326, 66:368, 67:378, 75:419

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Judges — 14:20, 15:2, 15:6
• Ezra (Alpha) — 8:26
• Esther — 3:1, 6:9, 8:12
• 1 Maccabees — 2:18, 3:38, 6:14, 7:8, 8:12, 10:65, 11:26, 11:27, 11:57, 14:39, 15:28
• 2 Maccabees — 8:9, 10:13
• 3 Maccabees — 2:26, 5:3, 5:19, 5:34, 7:3
• 4 Maccabees — 2:12
• Proverbs — 16:29, 17:18, 18:1, 21:17
• Job — 32:3, 42:10
• Sirach — 6:13, 13:21, 30:3, 41:22

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 5 — 4:1

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 10:37
• Luke — 15:29, 21:16
• John — 12:25, 15:13
• Revelation — 22:15

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
• ΦΙΛΟΥ — of a friend, of a beloved one, of a dear one, a friend, a beloved one, a dear one
• 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

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