φίλος

φίλος — phílos

φίλη, ἡ, see φίλος, 2.

STRONGS NT 5384: φίλοςφίλος, φίλη, φίλον, from Homer down, friendly (cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word, I. and II.): φίλον εἶναι τίνι, to be friendly to one, wish him well, Act 19:31;

1. ὁ φίλος, the Sept. for רֵעַ, אֹהֵב, a substantive, a friend: Luk 7:6; Luk 11:5; Luk 15:6; Luk 16:9; Luk 23:12; Act 27:3; 3 John 1:15(14): joined with συγγενεῖς, Luk 21:16; an associate, opposed to δοῦλος, Joh 15:15; φίλοι ἀναγκαιοι (A. V. near friends) Latinnecessitate conjuncti, Act 10:24; φίλε, friend, in kindly address, Luk 14:10; with a genitive of the subject, ὁ φίλος τίνος, Luk 11:6,(8);; Joh 11:11; Joh 15:13 f; specifically, he who associates familiarly with one, a companion, Mat 11:19; Luk 7:34; ὁ φίλος τοῦ νυμφίου, the rabbinical שׁושְׁבֵּן (which see in Buxtorf or Levy) (i. e. 'son of gladness'), one of the bridegroom's friends who on his behalf asked the hand of the bride and rendered him various services in closing the marriage and celebrating the nuptials (B. D., under the word Marriage, III.; Edersheim, Jewish Social Life, p. 152), Joh 3:29; φίλος τοῦ Καίσαρος, on Caesar's side, loyal to his interests, Joh 19:12; Θεοῦ, especially dear to God, peculiarly favored with his intimacy, Jas 2:23 ((cf. Harnack and Lightfoot on Clement of Rome, 1Co 10:1-33; 1Co 1:1-31 [ET]; Rönsch in the Zeitschr. f. wissenschaftl. Theol. for 1873, p. 583f); also in secular authors cf. Grimm, Exeget. Hdbch. on Wis 7:27, p. 164); with a genitive of the thing, one who finds his pleasure in a thing, φίλος τοῦ κόσμου, Jas 4:4.

2. Feminine, φίλη, ἡ, a (female) friend: Luk 15:9.