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philos (fee'-los) ▪ φίλος ▪ G5384 ▪ Uses: 191

beloved, dear, friendly (Adjective; Indeclinable Numeral (Adjective))

Matthew 11:19. The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

Luke 7:6. Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:

Luke 7:34. The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

Luke 11:5. And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;

Luke 11:6. For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?

Luke 11:8. I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.

Luke 12:4. And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

Luke 14:10. But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.

Luke 14:12. Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.

Luke 15:6. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

Luke 15:9. And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.

Luke 15:29. And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

Luke 16:9. And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

Luke 21:16. And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.

Luke 23:12. And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.

John 3:29. He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

John 11:11. These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.

John 15:13. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

John 15:14. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

John 15:15. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

John 19:12. And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.

Acts 10:24. And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.

Acts 19:31. And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre.

Acts 27:3. And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself.

James 2:23. And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.

James 4:4. Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

3 John 1:14. But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name.

Exodus 33:11. And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.

Deuteronomy 13:8. Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:

Judges 14:20. But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.

Judges 15:2. And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.

Judges 15:6. Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.

1 Chronicles 27:33. And Ahithophel was the king's counsellor: and Hushai the Archite was the king's companion:

Esther 1:3. In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:

Esther 1:13. Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:

Esther 2:18. Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.

Esther 3:1. After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.

Esther 5:10. Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.

Esther 5:14. Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

Esther 6:9. And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

Esther 6:13. And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

Esther 8:12. Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

Esther 9:22. As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

Job 2:11. Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

Job 6:27. Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.

Job 19:13. He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.

Job 19:21. Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

Job 32:1. So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Job 32:3. Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

Job 35:4. I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.

Job 36:33. The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.

Job 42:7. And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

Job 42:10. And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Job 42:17. So Job died, being old and full of days.

Psalm 38:12. They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

Psalm 139:17. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

Proverbs 3:29. Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

Proverbs 6:1. My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

Proverbs 6:3. Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

Proverbs 12:26. The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

Proverbs 14:20. The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.

Proverbs 15:28. The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

Proverbs 16:28. A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Proverbs 16:29. A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.

Proverbs 17:9. He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

Proverbs 17:17. A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 17:18. A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

Proverbs 18:1. Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.

Proverbs 19:4. Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

Proverbs 22:24. Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

Wisdom of Solomon 1:16. But the wicked with works and words have called it to them: and esteeming it a friend, have fallen away and have made a covenant with it: because they are worthy to be of the part thereof.

Wisdom of Solomon 7:27. And being but one, she can do all things: and remaining in herself the same, she reneweth all things, and through nations conveyeth herself into holy souls, she maketh the friends of God and prophets.

Sirach 5:15. Honour and glory is in the word of the wise, but the tongue of the fool is his ruin.

Sirach 6:5. A sweet word multiplieth friends, and appeaseth enemies, and a gracious tongue in a good man aboundeth.

Sirach 6:7. If thou wouldst get a friend, try him before thou takest him, and do not credit him easily.

Sirach 6:8. For there is a friend for his own occasion, and he will not abide in the day of thy trouble.

Sirach 6:9. And there is a friend that turneth to enmity; and there is a friend that will disclose hatred and strife and reproaches.

Sirach 6:10. And there is a friend a companion at the table, and he will not abide in the day of distress.

Sirach 6:13. Separate thyself from thy enemies, and take heed of thy friends.

Sirach 6:14. A faithful friend is a strong defence: and he that hath found him, hath found a treasure.

Sirach 6:15. Nothing can be compared to a faithful friend, and no weight of gold and silver is able to countervail the goodness of his fidelity.

Sirach 6:16. A faithful friend is the medicine of life and immortality: and they that fear the Lord, shall find him.

Sirach 7:12. Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul: for there is one that humbleth and exalteth, God who seeth all.

Sirach 7:18. Remember wrath, for it will not tarry long.

Sirach 9:10. Every woman that is a harlot, shall be trodden upon as dung in the way.

Sirach 12:8. A friend shall not be known in prosperity, and an enemy shall not be hidden in adversity.

Sirach 12:9. In the prosperity of a man, his enemies are grieved: and a friend is known in his adversity.

Sirach 13:21. If the wolf shall at any time have fellowship with the lamb, so the sinner with the just.

Sirach 14:13. Do good to thy friend before thou die, and according to thy ability, stretching out thy hand give to the poor.

Sirach 19:8. Tell not thy mind to friend or foe: and if there be a sin with thee, disclose it not.

Sirach 19:13. Reprove a friend, lest he may not have understood, and say: I did it not: or if he did it, that he may do it no more.

Sirach 19:15. Admonish thy friend: for there is often a fault committed.

Sirach 20:16. To day a man lendeth, and to morrow he asketh it again: such a man as this is hateful.

Sirach 20:23. There is that is hindered from sinning through want, and in his rest he shall be pricked.

Sirach 22:20. The thought of him that is wise at all times, shall not be depraved by fear.

Sirach 22:21. As pales set in high places, and plasterings made without cost, will not stand against the face of the wind:

Sirach 22:22. So also a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool shall not resist against the violence of fear.

Sirach 22:25. He that flingeth a stone at birds, shall drive them away: so he that upbraideth his friend, breaketh friendship.

Sirach 27:16. In the quarrels of the road is the shedding of blood: and their cursing is a grievous hearing.

Sirach 27:17. He that discloseth the secret of a friend loseth his credit, and shall never find a friend to his mind.

Sirach 28:9. Remember the covenant of the most High, and overlook the ignorance of thy neighbour.

Sirach 29:10. Many have refused to lend, not out of wickedness, but they were afraid to be defrauded without cause.

Sirach 30:3. He that teacheth his son, maketh his enemy jealous, and in the midst of his friends he shall glory in him.

Sirach 30:6. For he left behind him a defender of his house against his enemies, and one that will requite kindness to his friends.

Sirach 33:6. A friend that is a mocker, is like a stallion horse: he neigheth under every one that sitteth upon him.

Sirach 33:20. Give not to son or wife, brother or friend, power over thee while thou livest; and give not thy estate to another, lest thou repent, and thou entreat for the same.

Sirach 37:1. Every friend will say: I also am his friend: but there is a friend, that is only a friend in name. Is not this a grief even to death?

Sirach 37:2. But a companion and a friend shall be turned to an enemy.

Sirach 37:4. There is a companion who rejoiceth with his friend in his joys, but in the time of trouble, he will be against him.

Sirach 37:5. There is a companion who condoleth with his friend for his belly's sake, and he will take up a shield against the enemy.

Sirach 37:6. Forget not thy friend in thy mind, and be not unmindful of him in thy riches.

Sirach 40:23. A friend and companion meeting together in season, but above them both is a wife with her husband.

Sirach 41:19. Wherefore have a shame of these things I am now going to speak of.

Sirach 41:25. Of silence before them that salute thee: of looking upon a harlot: and of turning away thy face from thy kinsman.

Jeremiah 9:3. And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 9:4. Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

Jeremiah 20:4. For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

Jeremiah 20:6. And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.

Jeremiah 20:10. For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

Jeremiah 30:14. All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.

Daniel 5:23. But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

Daniel 6:15. Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.

Daniel 3:91. Then Nabuchodonosor, the king, was astonished, and rose up in haste, and said to his nobles: Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered the king, and said: True, O king.

Daniel 3:94. And the nobles, and the magistrates, and the judges, and the great men of the king, being gathered together, considered these men, that the fire had no power on their bodies, and that not a hair of their head had been singed, nor their garments altered, nor the smell of the fire had passed on them.

Micah 7:5. Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

1 Maccabees 2:18. Therefore, come thou first, and obey the king's commandment, as all nations have done, and the men of Juda, and they that remain in Jerusalem: and thou, and thy sons shall be in the number of the king's friends, and enriched with gold, and silver, and many presents.

1 Maccabees 2:39. And Mathathias and his friends heard of it, and they mourned for them exceedingly.

1 Maccabees 2:45. And Mathathias and his friends went round about, and they threw down the altars:

1 Maccabees 3:38. Then Lysias chose Ptolemee, the son of Dorymenus, and Nicanor, and Gorgias, mighty men of the king's friends.

1 Maccabees 6:10. And he called for all his friends, and said to them: Sleep is gone from my eyes, and I am fallen away, and my heart is cast down for anxiety:

1 Maccabees 6:14. Then he called Philip, one of his friends, and he made him regent over all his kingdom.

1 Maccabees 6:28. Now when the king heard this, he was angry: and he called together all his friends, and the captains of his army, and them that were over the horsemen.

1 Maccabees 7:6. And they accused the people to the king, saying: Judas and his brethren have destroyed all thy friends, and he hath driven us out of our land.

1 Maccabees 7:8. Then the king chose Bacchides, one of his friends, that ruled beyond the great river in the kingdom, and was faithful to the king: and he sent him,

1 Maccabees 7:15. And he spoke to them peaceably: and he swore to them, saying: We will do you no harm, nor your friends.

1 Maccabees 8:11. And the other kingdoms, and islands, that at any time had resisted them, they had destroyed and brought under their power.

1 Maccabees 8:20. Judas Machabeus, and his brethren, and the people of the Jews, have sent us to you to make alliance and peace with you, and that we may be registered your confederates and friends.

1 Maccabees 8:31. Moreover, concerning the evils that Demetrius, the king, hath done against them, we have written to him, saying: Why hast thou made thy yoke heavy upon our friends and allies, the Jews.

1 Maccabees 9:26. And they sought out, and made diligent search after the friends of Judas, and brought them to Bacchides, and he took vengeance of them, and abused them.

1 Maccabees 9:28. And all the friends of Judas came together, and said to Jonathan:

1 Maccabees 9:35. And Jonathan sent his brother, a captain of the people, to desire the Nabutheans his friends, that they would lend them their equipage, which was copious.

1 Maccabees 9:39. And they lifted up their eyes, and saw: and behold a tumult, and great preparation: and the bridegroom came forth, and his friends, and his brethren to meet them with timbrels, and musical instruments and many weapons.

1 Maccabees 10:16. And he said: Shall we find such another man? now, therefore, we will make him our friend and our confederate.

1 Maccabees 10:19. We have heard of thee, that thou art a man of great power, and fit to be our friend:

1 Maccabees 10:20. Now therefore, we make thee this day high priest of thy nation, and that thou be called the king's friend, (and he sent him a purple robe, and a crown of gold) and that thou be of one mind with us in our affairs, and keep friendship with us.

1 Maccabees 10:60. And he went honourably to Ptolemais, and he met there the two kings, and he gave them much silver, and gold, and presents: and he found favour in their sight.

1 Maccabees 10:65. And the king magnified him, and enrolled him amongst his chief friends, and made him governor, and partaker of his dominion.

1 Maccabees 11:26. And the king treated him as his predecessors had done before: and he exalted him in the sight of all his friends.

1 Maccabees 11:27. And he confirmed him in the high priesthood and all the honours he had before, and he made him the chief of his friends.

1 Maccabees 11:33. We have determined to do good to the nation of the Jews, who are our friends, and keep the things that are just with us, for their good will which they bear towards us.

1 Maccabees 11:57. And young Antiochus wrote to Jonathan, saying: I confirm thee in the high priesthood, and I appoint thee ruler over the four cities, and to be one of the king's friends.

1 Maccabees 12:14. But we would not be troublesome to you, nor to the rest of our allies and friends, in these wars.

1 Maccabees 12:43. But received him with honour, and commended him to all his friends, and gave him presents: and he commanded his troops to obey him, as himself.

1 Maccabees 13:36. King Demetrius to Simon, the high priest, and friend of kings, and to the ancients, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting:

1 Maccabees 14:39. According to these things he made him his friend, and glorified him with great glory.

1 Maccabees 14:40. For he had heard that the Romans had called the Jews their friends, and confederates, and brethren, and that they had received Simon's ambassadors with honour:

1 Maccabees 15:17. The ambassadors of the Jews, our friends, came to us, to renew the former friendship and alliance, being sent from Simon, the high priest, and the people of the Jews.

1 Maccabees 15:28. And he sent to him Athenobius, one of his friends, to treat with him, saying: You hold Joppe and Gazara, and the castle that is in Jerusalem, which are cities of my kingdom:

1 Maccabees 15:32. So Athenobius, the king's friend came to Jerusalem, and saw the glory of Simon and his magnificence in gold, and silver, and his great equipage, and he was astonished, and told him the king's words.

2 Maccabees 1:14. For Antiochus, with his friends, came to the place as though he would marry her, and that he might receive great sums of money under the title of a dowry.

2 Maccabees 7:24. Now Antiochus, thinking himself despised, and withal despising the voice of the upbraider, when the youngest was yet alive, did not only exhort him by words, but also assured him with an oath, that he would make him a rich and a happy man, and, if he would turn from the laws of his fathers, would take him for a friend, and furnish him with things necessary.

2 Maccabees 8:9. And he with all speed sent Nicanor, the son of Patroclus, one of his special friends, giving him no fewer than twenty thousand armed men of different nations, to root out the whole race of the Jews, joining also with him Gorgias, a good soldier, and of great experience in matters of war.

2 Maccabees 10:13. But being accused for this to Eupator by his friends, and being oftentimes called traitor, because he had left Cyprus, which Philometor had committed to him, and coming over to Antiochus the Illustrious, had revolted also from him, he put an end to his life by poison.

2 Maccabees 11:14. And promised that he would agree to all things that are just, and that he would persuade the king to be their friend.

2 Maccabees 14:11. Now when this man had spoken to this effect the rest also of the king's friends, who were enemies of Judas, incensed Demetrius against him.


Septuagint Verses with Unaligned Numbering:

Psalm 88:19

Proverbs 32:1

Proverbs 32:8

Proverbs 32:10

Proverbs 32:17

Proverbs 32:18

Proverbs 33:19

Proverbs 34:6

Proverbs 34:10

Proverbs 34:14

Proverbs 36:5

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