- Transliteration: Philos

- Phonetic: fee'-los

- Definition:

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

a. a friend

b. an associate

c. he who associates familiarly with one, a companion

d. 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

- Origin: a primitive word

- TDNT entry: 11:26,1

- Part(s) of speech: Adjective

- Strong's: Properly dear that is a friend; actively fond that is friendly (still as a noun an associate neighbor etc.): - friend.