philos · friend

What it means

philos (φίλος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “friend”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Someone with whom there is mutual affection and trust.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• friends ×17
• friend ×12

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Luke×15
• John×6
• Acts×3
• James×2
• 3 John×2

• Matthew 11:19

  The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a man who is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ And wisdom was declared righteous by her works.”

• Luke 7:6

  And Jesus was going with them. And when he was already not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come under my roof.

• Luke 7:34

  The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a man who is a glutton and a wine drinker, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

• Luke 11:5

  And he said to them, “Which of you will have a friend, and will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves,

• Luke 11:6

  since a friend of mine has arrived from a journey to me, and I do not have anything to set before him’;

• Luke 11:8

  I tell you, even if he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his shameless persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

• Luke 12:4

  And I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that cannot do anything more.

• Luke 14:10

  But when you are invited, go and recline in the last place, so that when the one who invited you comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will have honor before all those reclining at table with you.

• Luke 14:12

  And he was also saying to the one who had invited him, “When you give a lunch or a dinner, do not call your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid.

• Luke 15:6

  And when he comes into the house, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’

• Luke 15:9

  And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma that I had lost.’

• Luke 15:29

  But he answered and said to his father, ‘Look, so many years I have been slaving for you, and I never broke your command, and to me you never gave a young goat so that I might celebrate with my friends;

• Luke 16:9

  And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of the unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails, they may welcome you into the eternal dwellings.

• Luke 21:16

  And you will be handed over even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and they will put to death some of you,

• Luke 23:12

  And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for they had previously been at enmity with each other.

• John 3:29

  The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. So this joy of mine is complete.

• John 11:11

  He said these things, and after this he says to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going to wake him up.”

• John 15:13

  No one has greater love than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

• John 15:14

  You are my friends if you do what I command you.

• John 15:15

  No longer do I call you slaves, because the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.

• John 19:12

  From this Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you release this man, you are not Caesar’s friend. Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar.”

• Acts 10:24

  And on the following day he entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius was expecting them, having called together his relatives and close friends.

• Acts 19:31

  And some even of the Asiarchs, being friends of his, sent to him and were urging him not to venture into the theater.

• Acts 27:3

  And the next day we put in at Sidon; and Julius, treating Paul kindly, allowed him to go to his friends and receive care.

• James 2:23

  and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, And Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness; and he was called a friend of God.

• James 4:4

  Adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? So whoever wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

• 3 John 1:15

  Peace to you. The friends greet you. Greet the friends by name.

And 2 more times.