φίλος

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): ApG 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, ApG 27,3, 3 Joh 14; opposite to δοῦλος, Joh 15,15 φ. ἀναγκαῖοι, ApG 10,24 with genitive subj., Matt 11,19, Luk 7,34; 11,6, 8; 12,4; 14,12; 15,29, Joh 11,11; 15,13-14; ὁ φ. τοῦ νυμφίου, Joh 3,29 τ. Καίσαρος (see Deiss., BS 167; LAE, 382 f.), Joh 19,12 θεοῦ (see Hort, in l), Jak 2,23 with genitive of thing(s), τ, κόσμου, Jak 4,4

(b) fem., ἡ φ., Luk 15,9,†