φίλος, -η, -ον

[in LXX chiefly for רֵעַ, אָהַב ;]

__1. pass. beloved, dear (Hom. Eur. al.).

__2. Act. loving, friendly (in cl. less frequently and only in poets): Act.19:31. As subst. a friend;

__(a) masc. ὁ φ.: Luk.7:6 11:5 14:10 15:6 16:9 21:16 23:12, Act.27:3, 3Jn.14; opposite to δοῦλος, Jhn.15:15; φ. ἀναγκαῖοι, Act.10:24; with genitive subj. Mat.11:19, Luk.7:34 11:6, 8 12:4 14:12 15:29, Jhn.11:11 15:13-14; ὁ φ. τοῦ νυμφίου, Jhn.3:29; τ. Καίσαρος (see Deiss. BS 167; LAE, 382 f.), Jhn.19:12; θεοῦ (see Hort, in l), Jas.2:23; with genitive of thing(s), τ, κόσμου, Jas.4:4;

__(b) fem. ἡ φ. Luk.15:9,†

(AS)

beloved, dear; loving, friendly; a friend