ΦΙΛΟΣΤΟΡΓΟΥ, φιλοστοργου
PHILOSTORGOU, philostorgou
Sounds Like: fee-los-TOR-goo
Translations: of affectionate, of dearly loving, of tenderly loving, of devoted, of kindly
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΣΤΟΡΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'loving tenderly, devoted, affectionate'. It is a compound word formed from 'φίλος' (philos), meaning 'dear, beloved, friend', and 'στοργή' (storge), meaning 'natural affection, especially of parents for children or vice versa'. It describes a deep, natural, and tender affection, often within a family context or between close friends. The form 'ΦΙΛΟΣΤΟΡΓΟΥ' is the genitive singular, which indicates possession or relationship, often translated with 'of'.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine or Feminine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G5387 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 9:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΟΣΤΟΡΓΟΣ.
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.
- ΦΙΛΟΣΤΟΡΓΕ — loving dearly, tenderly affectionate, devoted, a devoted one
- ΦΙΛΟΣΤΟΡΓΟΙ — warmly loving, devoted, affectionate, tenderly affectionate
- ΦΙΛΟΣΤΟΡΓΟΝ — fondly affectionate, tenderly loving, devoted, a fondly affectionate thing
- ΦΙΛΟΣΤΟΡΓΟΣ — loving, tenderly affectionate, devoted, a loving, a tenderly affectionate, a devoted
- ΦΙΛΟΣΤΟΡΓΟΤΑΤΟΣ — most loving, most affectionate, a most loving one, a most affectionate one
- ΦΙΛΟΣΤΟΡΓΟΥΝΤΑΣ — loving warmly, tenderly affectionate, devoted, a warmly loving one, a tenderly affectionate one, a devoted one
- ΦΙΛΟΣΤΟΡΓΩΣ — affectionately, tenderly, lovingly, with brotherly love
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