Strong's #5384: philos (pronounced fee'-los)

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

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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philos

1) friend, to be friendly to one, wish him well

1a) a friend

1b) an associate

1c) he who associates familiarly with one, a companion

1d) one of the bridegroom' s friends who on his behalf asked the hand of the bride and rendered him various services in closing the marriage and celebrating the nuptials

Part of Speech: adjective

Relation: a primitive word

Citing in TDNT: 9:146, 1262

Usage:

This word is used 30 times:

 

Matthew 11:19: "gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But"
Luke 7:6: "the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him,"
Luke 7:34: "man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!"
Luke 11:5: "of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him"
Luke 11:5: "and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;"
Luke 11:6: "For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me,"
Luke 11:8: "him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity"
Luke 12:4: "I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill"
Luke 14:10: "cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou"
Luke 14:12: "call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither"
Luke 15:6: "when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbors, saying unto them,"
Luke 15:9: "And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbors together, saying, Rejoice with"
Luke 15:29: "I might make merry with my friends:"
Luke 16:9: "unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness;"
Luke 21:16: "and kinsfolk, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death."
Luke 23:12: "and Herod were made friends together: for before"
John 3:29: "the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and"
John 11:11: "he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go,"
John 15:13: "life for his friends."
John 15:14: "Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I"
John 15:15: "lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things"
John 19:12: "thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself"
Acts 10:24: "and had called together his kinsmen and near"
Acts 10:24: "and had called together his kinsmen and near"
Acts 19:31: "chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring"
Acts 27:3: "and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself."
James 2:23: "righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God."
James 4:4: "whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is"
3 John 1:14: "face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee."
3 John 1:14: "Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name."