Lexicon Theophilos: "friend of God," Theophilus, the addressee of Luke and Acts Original Word: Θεόφιλος, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Theophilos Phonetic Spelling: (theh-of'-il-os) Short Definition: Theophilus Definition: Theophilus, a friend of Luke of equestrian rank, to whom the Gospel and Acts are dedicated. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom theos and philosDefinition"friend of God," Theophilus, the addressee of Luke and Acts NASB TranslationTheophilus (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2321: ΘεόφιλοςΘεόφιλος, Θεοφιλου ( Θεός and φίλος), Theophilus, a Christian to whom Luke inscribed his Gospel and Acts of the Apostles: Luke 1:3; Acts 1:1. The conjectures concerning his family, rank, nationality, are reviewed by (among others) Winer's RWB, under the word; Bleek on Luke 1:3; ( B. D., under the word); see also under κράτιστος.
Strong's Theophilus. From theos and philos; friend of God; Theophilus, a Christian -- Theophilus. see GREEK theos see GREEK philos |
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