Word study · Greek
philos
friend
Say it: FIL-os (approximate)
φίλος
What it means
A friend, someone dear. Jesus says, "No longer do I call you servants ... but I have called you friends" (15:13-15), and "Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends." It is related to philein, "to love like a friend."
Range of meaning
- FriendA close companion.
- Dear oneSomeone loved.
In John
- Chapter 15
"I have called you friends" (15:13-15).
Every verse (6)
Verses where G5384 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources