2001 Translation

PHILOUS, philous

Sounds Like: fee-LOOS

Translations: friends, beloved ones, dear ones, beloved, dear

From the root: ΦΙΛΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective

Explanation: This word can function as a noun meaning 'friend' or 'beloved one', or as an adjective meaning 'dear' or 'beloved'. It is used to refer to individuals or groups who are cherished, loved, or closely associated with someone. In the provided examples, it consistently refers to 'friends' or 'beloved ones' in the accusative case, indicating they are the direct object of an action.

Inflection: Accusative, Plural, Masculine

Strong’s number: G5384 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:190

Clement of Alexandria

• To the Newly Baptized — 1:2

Codex Sinaiticus

• Esther — 5:10
• 1 Maccabees — 6:10, 6:28, 7:6, 8:20, 8:31, 9:26, 9:35, 12:14
• Proverbs — 14:20, 16:28, 17:9, 19:4, 26:19
• Wisdom — 7:27
• Sirach — 6:5, 28:9
• Luke — 7:6, 14:12, 15:6, 16:9
• John — 15:15
• Acts of the Apostles — 10:24, 27:3
• 3 John — 1:15

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 28:207
• Book Two — 28:207

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 12:208
• Book 4 — 8:257
• Book 5 — 1:55
• Book 6 — 12:251, 14:353
• Book 7 — 10:235, 14:336, 14:345
• Book 8 — 1:9, 6:173, 8:215
• Book 9 — 4:81, 9:186
• Book 10 — 1:5, 1:13, 7:122, 8:136, 8:140, 8:149
• Book 11 — 6:186, 6:245
• Book 12 — 6:168, 9:357, 9:366, 9:371, 10:392, 10:415
• Book 13 — 1:4, 2:43, 2:51, 7:219, 15:401, 16:405
• Book 14 — 1:12, 8:131, 10:198, 10:242, 10:247, 13:354, 13:357, 15:436
• Book 15 — 1:5, 5:133, 6:196, 6:199, 7:252
• Book 16 — 3:84, 5:156, 6:177, 8:242, 8:266, 10:327, 11:381
• Book 17 — 1:6, 3:52, 5:90, 9:229, 10:257, 10:290
• Book 18 — 4:99, 8:269, 9:333
• Book 19 — 2:175, 8:347

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 11:23, 18:18, 19:15, 22:19, 24:16, 25:19, 25:24, 29:3, 30:8, 33:1, 33:4
• Book Three — 7:64, 9:28
• Book Four — 3:103, 4:29
• Book Five — 11:31

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 14:79, 26:131, 32:161, 41:205, 44:222

Pseudo-Baruch

• The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 15:4

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Esther — 5:10
• 1 Maccabees — 6:10, 6:28, 7:6, 8:20, 8:31, 9:26, 9:35, 12:14
• 3 Maccabees — 5:26
• Proverbs — 14:20, 16:28, 17:9, 19:1, 26:19
• Wisdom — 7:27
• Sirach — 6:5, 28:9
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 2:13, 14:2

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 5 — 2:6, 2:11

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Luke — 7:6, 14:12, 15:6, 16:9
• John — 15:15
• Acts — 10:24, 27:3
• 3 John — 1:15

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
• 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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