φίλος

ἡ, see φίλος, 2.
G5384 — φίλος
, φίλη, φίλον, from Homer down, friendly (cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word, I. and II.): φίλον εἶναι τίνι, to be friendly to one, wish him well, Acts 19:31;
1. ὁ φίλος, the Sept. for רֵעַ, אֹהֵב, a substantive, a friend: Lk 7:6; Lk 11:5; Lk 15:6; Lk 16:9; Lk 23:12; Acts 27:3; 3 John 1:15(14): joined with συγγενεῖς, Lk 21:16; an associate, opposed to δοῦλος, Jn 15:15; φίλοι ἀναγκαιοι (A. V. near friends) Latinnecessitate conjuncti, Acts 10:24; φίλε, friend, in kindly address, Lk 14:10; with a genitive of the subject, ὁ φίλος τίνος, Lk 11:6,(8); Lk 12:4; Lk 14:12; ; Jn 11:11; Jn 15:13f; specifically, he who associates familiarly with one, a companion, Mt 11:19; Lk 7:34; ὁ φίλος τοῦ νυμφίου, the rabbinical שׁושְׁבֵּן (which see in Buxtorf or Levy) (i. e. 'son of gladness'), 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 (B. D., under the word Marriage, III.; Edersheim, Jewish Social Life, p. 152), Jn 3:29; φίλος τοῦ Καίσαρος, on Caesar's side, loyal to his interests, Jn 19:12; Θεοῦ, especially dear to God, peculiarly favored with his intimacy, Jas 2:23 ((cf. Harnack and Lightfoot on Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 10, 1 [ET]; Rönsch in the Zeitschr. f. wissenschaftl. Theol. for 1873, p. 583f); also in secular authors cf. Grimm, Exeget. Hdbch. on Wis. 7:27, p. 164); with a genitive of the thing, one who finds his pleasure in a thing, φίλος τοῦ κόσμου, Jas 4:4.
2. Feminine, φίλη, ἡ, a (female) friend: Lk 15:9.