ΦΙΛΑ, φιλα
PHILA, phila
Sounds Like: FEE-lah
Translations: dear, beloved, friendly, a friend, things that are dear, things that are friendly
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word is an inflection of the adjective/noun ΦΙΛΟΣ (philos). As an adjective, it means 'dear' or 'beloved', often used to describe someone or something held in affection. It can also mean 'friendly' or 'kind'. As a noun, it means 'friend'. In the form ΦΙΛΑ, it can be the nominative, accusative, or vocative plural neuter of the adjective, meaning 'dear things' or 'friendly things'. It can also be the nominative or vocative singular feminine of the adjective, meaning 'dear' or 'friendly' (referring to a feminine noun). It can also be the imperative of the verb ΦΙΛΕΩ (phileo), meaning 'love!' or 'be friendly!'.
Inflection: Nominative, Accusative, or Vocative Plural Neuter (Adjective); or Nominative or Vocative Singular Feminine (Adjective); or Imperative Singular (Verb)
Strong’s number: G5384 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:9
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 9:47
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
- 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
- ΦΙΛΩΝ — of friends, friends
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