Lexical Definition

‎φίλος‎ phílos (fee'-los) friendly/friend ^G:A
properly, dear, i.e. a friend

friend.

• actively, fond, i.e. friendly (still as a noun, an associate, neighbor, etc.)

Abbott-Smith

φίλος, -η, -ον [in LXX chiefly for רֵעַ, אֹהֵב ;]
1. pass., beloved, dear (Hom., Eur., al.).
2. Act., loving, friendly (in cl. less freq. and only in poets): Ac 19:31. As subst., a friend;
(a) masc., ὁ φ.: Lk 7:6 11:5 14:10 15:6 16:9 21:16 23:12, Ac 27:3, III Jo 15; opp. to δοῦλος, Jo 15:15; φ. ἀναγκαῖοι, Ac 10:24; c. gen. subj., Mt 11:19, Lk 7:34 11:6, 8 12:4 14:12 15:29, Jo 11:11 15:13, 14; ὁ φ. τοῦ νυμφίου, Jo 3:29; τ. Καίσαρος (v. Deiss., BS 167; LAE, 382 f.), Jo 19:12; θεοῦ (v. Hort, in l.), Ja 2:23; c. gen. rei, τ, κόσμου, Ja 4:4;
(b) fem., ἡ φ., Lk 15:9,†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

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 [φίλος ὦ Μενέλαε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.189, compare 9.601, 21.106, +others, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.76, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 545 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 277 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1168 (Lyric poetry)">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+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Luke.14.10}