Lexicon philostorgos: tenderly loving Original Word: φιλόστοργος, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: philostorgos Phonetic Spelling: (fil-os'-tor-gos) Short Definition: tenderly loving Definition: tenderly loving, kindly affectionate to. HELPS word-Studies 5387 philóstorgos (from 5384 /phílos, "lover, friend" and storgē, "natural or family love") – properly, a lover of family (used only in Ro 12:10). 5387 /philóstorgos ("devoted love, shown by family-members") is that special affection shared between members of God's family – people born-again (divinely adopted) and serving the same (heavenly) Father! NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom philos and storgé (family affection) Definitiontenderly loving NASB Translationdevoted (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5387: φιλόστοργοςφιλόστοργος, φιλοστοργον ( φίλος, and στοργή the mutual love of parents and children; also of husbands and wives), loving affection, prone to love, loving tenderly; used chiefly of the reciprocal tenderness of parents and children: τῇ φιλαδελφία (dative of respect) εἰς ἀλλήλους ( R. V. in love of the brethren tenderly affectioned one to another), Romans 12:10. ( Xenophon, Plutarch, Lucian, Aelian, others) Cf. Fritzsche, Commentary on Romans, vol. iii., p. 69.
Strong's kindly affectioned. From philos and storge (cherishing one's kindred, especially parents or children); fond of natural relatives, i.e. Fraternal towards fellow Christian -- kindly affectioned. see GREEK philos |
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