friendly/friend

Greek Adjective

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)

friendly/friend

Greek Adjective

φίλος, η, ον, also ος, ον [Refs 8th c.BC+] with ῑ at the beginning of a verse, see below]. I) passive, beloved, dear, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently with dative, dear to one, μάλα οἱ φ. ἦεν [Refs]; with neuter nouns, φίλε τέκνον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also φίλος for φίλε (Attic dialect, accusative to [Refs 8th c.BC+]: genitive added to the vocative, φίλ᾽ ἀνδρῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+] substantive: I.a) φίλος, ὁ, friend, κουρίδιος φίλος, i.e. husband, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; φίλοι friends, kith and kin, νόσφιφίλων [Refs 8th c.BC+]; φ. μέγιστος my greatest friend, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φίλοι οἱ ἐγγυτάτω, οἱ ἔγγιστα, [Refs 8th c.BC+] frequently with a genitive, ὁ Διὸς φίλος [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τοὺς ἐμαυτοῦ φ, τοὺς τούτων φ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῶν ἐμε̄ν φ.[Refs 5th c.BC+] a friend is another self, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of friends or allies, opposed to πολέμιοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a lover, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φίλε my friend, as a form of courteous address, [NT]; in relation to things, οἱ μουσικῆς φ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] I.b) φίλη, ἡ, dear one, friend, κλῦτε, φίλαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a wife, φίλην τινὰ ἄγεσθαι take as one's wife, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἡ Ξέρξου φ, of his mother, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a mistress, [Refs 5th c.BC+] I.c) φίλον, τό, an object of love, τὸ φ. σέβεσθαι to reverence what the city loves, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: addressed to persons, darling, φ. ἐμόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ φίλτατα one's nearest and dearest, dear ones, such as wife and children, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: see at {φίλτατο; τἀμὰ φίλα, τὰ σὰ φ}, [Refs] I.d) οἱ πρῶτοι φίλοι, a title at the Ptolemaic court, [Refs 2nd c.BC+], etc; or simply οἱ φ. τοῦ βασιλέως [Refs] one of the king's friends and dioecetes, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] I.2) of things, pleasant, welcome, δόσις ὀλίγη τε φ. τε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; δαίμοσιν πράσσειν φίλα their pleasure, [Refs 4th c.BC+] I.2.b) frequently as predicate, φίλον ἐστί or γίγνεταί μοι pleases me, it is after my own heart, εἴ πού τοι φίλον ἐστί [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μὴ φ. Διὶ πατρὶ γένοιτο[Refs 8th c.BC+]: less frequently with infinitive, οὐ μὲν Τυδέϊ γ᾽ ὧδε φίλον πτωσκαζέμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]participle, εἰ τόδ᾽ αὐτῷ φιλον κεκλημένῳ if it please him to be so called, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: agreeing with plural, αἰεί τοι τὰ κάκ᾽ ἐστὶ φίλα φρεσὶ μαντεύεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+] I.2.c) in [Refs 8th c.BC+] and early Poets, one's own; frequently of limbs, life, etc, φίλον δ᾽ ἐξαίνυτο θυμόν he took away dear life, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially of one's nearest kin, πατὴρ φ. [Refs 8th c.BC+] angry with his own mother, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: simply to denote possession, φίλα εἵματα [Refs]; φ. πόνος their wonted labour, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] I.2.d) applied to the numbers [Refs 4th c.AD+] II) less frequently (chiefly poetry) in active sense, loving, friendly, [Refs 8th c.BC+] friendly to strangers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: of things, kindly, pleasing, φίλα φρεσὶ μήδεα εἰδώς [Refs 8th c.BC+]; φίλα φρονέειν τινί feel kindly, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; φ. ποιέεσθαί τινι deal with one in friendly fashion, do one a pleasure, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) fond of a thing, attached to, ἄλλων νόμων [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) adverb φίλως, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+] ye would fain see it, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; φ. ἐμοί in a manner dear or pleasing to me, [Refs] III.2) in a friendly, kindly spirit, τήνδε τὴν πόλιν φ. εἰπών [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV) φίλος has several forms of comparison: IV.1) comparative φιλίων [λῐ], ον, genitive ονος, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: superlative φίλιστος, η, ον, interpolated in [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV.2) comparative φίλτερος, superlative φίλτατος, see entry. IV.3) comparative φιλαίτερος [Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative φιλαίτατος [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV.4) regular comparative φιλώτερος [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV.5) also as comparative, μᾶλλον φίλος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; superlative, μάλιστα φ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Adjective

actively, fond, i.e. friendly (still as a noun, an associate, neighbor, etc.); friend; properly, dear, i.e. a friend