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ΦΙΛΟΣΤΟΡΓΙΑΝ, φιλοστοργιαν
PHILOSTORGIAN, philostorgian
Sounds Like: fee-los-tor-GHEE-ah
Translations: affection, natural affection, brotherly love, family love, tender affection, a tender affection
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΣΤΟΡΓΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a strong, natural affection, particularly the kind of love found within a family, such as the love between parents and children, or siblings. It emphasizes a deep, tender fondness and care. It is often used to describe a warm, familial bond.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5387 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 1:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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.
- ΦΙΛΟΣΤΟΡΓΙΑ — brotherly love, family affection, natural affection, tender affection, a natural affection
- ΦΙΛΟΣΤΟΡΓΙΑΣ — of brotherly love, of family affection, of tender affection, of natural affection, of love
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