ΦΙΛΟΣΤΟΡΓΙΑ, φιλοστοργια
PHILOSTORGIA, philostorgia
Sounds Like: fee-los-tor-GHEE-ah
Translations: brotherly love, family affection, natural affection, tender affection, a natural affection
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΣΤΟΡΓΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a compound noun referring to natural affection, especially the tender love and devotion found within a family, such as between parents and children, or among siblings. It describes a deep, innate fondness and care. It can also extend to a broader sense of brotherly love or affection for one's fellow human beings.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5387 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΟΣΤΟΡΓΙΑ.
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.
- ΦΙΛΟΣΤΟΡΓΙΑΝ — affection, natural affection, brotherly love, family love, tender affection, a tender affection
- ΦΙΛΟΣΤΟΡΓΙΑΣ — of brotherly love, of family affection, of tender affection, of natural affection, of love
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.