ΦΙΛΟΝ, φιλον
PHILON, philon
Sounds Like: FEE-lon
Translations: dear, beloved, friendly, a friend, a dear one, a loved one
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word can function as an adjective meaning 'dear,' 'beloved,' or 'friendly,' or as a noun meaning 'friend' or 'loved one.' It describes someone or something that is cherished or held in affection. As an adjective, it modifies a noun, indicating a close relationship or value. As a noun, it refers to a person with whom one has a bond of affection.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative or Vocative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G5384 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:228
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 3:12
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Maccabees — 10:16, 10:20
- Psalms — 87:19
- Proverbs — 3:29, 6:1, 6:3, 25:17, 27:10, 27:14
- Wisdom — 1:16
- Sirach — 6:7, 7:18, 19:13, 19:15, 22:20, 22:21, 22:22, 22:25, 27:16, 27:17, 29:10
- Luke — 11:5, 11:8
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 3:108
- Book 5 — 1:116, 6:213
- Book 6 — 12:242
- Book 7 — 1:24, 1:43, 7:149, 11:270
- Book 10 — 2:30
- Book 11 — 6:208, 6:252
- Book 12 — 3:147, 10:393
- Book 13 — 2:44, 2:45, 5:145, 6:202
- Book 14 — 12:320
- Book 15 — 6:190
- Book 16 — 3:86, 8:253, 10:352
- Book 17 — 3:56, 6:175, 9:225
- Book 18 — 6:150
- Book 19 — 1:20, 5:276
- Book 20 — 3:59
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 10:1, 68:1
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:2, 0:3
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 8:4, 72:1
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 33:11
- 1 Maccabees — 10:16, 10:20
- 2 Maccabees — 7:24, 11:14
- Psalms — 87:19
- Proverbs — 3:29, 6:1, 6:3, 25:17, 27:10, 27:14
- Job — 36:33
- Wisdom — 1:16
- Sirach — 6:7, 7:18, 9:10, 19:13, 19:14, 19:15, 22:20, 22:21, 22:22, 22:25, 27:16, 27:17, 29:10
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 6:13
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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
- 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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