φίλος, -η, -ον
[in LXX chiefly for רֵעַ, אֹהֵב;]
1. pass., beloved, dear (Hom., Eur., al.).
2. Act., loving, friendly (in cl. less freq. and only in poets): Ac 19:31. As subst., a friend;
(a) masc., ὁ φ.: Lk 7:611:514:1015:616:921:1623:12, Ac 27:3, III Jo 15; opp. to δοῦλος, Jo 15:15; φ. ἀναγκαῖοι, Ac 10:24; c. gen. subj., Mt 11:19, Lk 7:3411:6, 812:414:1215:29, Jo 11:1115:13, 14; ὁ φ. τοῦ νυμφίου, Jo 3:29; τ. Καίσαρος (v. Deiss., BS 167; LAE, 382 f.), Jo 19:12; θεοῦ (v. Hort, in l.), Ja 2:23; c. gen. rei, τ, κόσμου, Ja 4:4;
(b) fem., ἡ φ., Lk 15:9,†