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φίλος τοῦ Καίσαρος

Friendly/friend · Cæsar, a title of the Roman emperor

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φίλος G5384 friendly/friend
Pronunciation phílos
Friend denoting intimate personal relationship, distinct from servant; marks chosen companionship.
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Καῖσαρ G2541 Cæsar, a title of the Roman emperor
Pronunciation Kaîsar
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What does φίλος τοῦ Καίσαρος (philos tou Kaisaros) mean in the Bible?

φίλος · Καῖσαρ is a Greek word meaning "friend of Caesar".

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Meaning

friend of Caesar
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 11:19 · Luke 7:34 · Luke 11:6 · John 3:29 · John 11:11 · John 19:12 · Jas 2:23 · Jas 4:4 8×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Luke 23:12 · John 15:14 · Acts 19:31 · 3 John 1:15 4×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Luke 15:29 · Luke 21:16 · John 15:13 3×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Luke 12:4 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Luke 7:6 · Luke 14:12 · Luke 15:6 · Luke 16:9 · John 15:15 · Acts 10:24 · Acts 27:3 · 3 John 1:15 8×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Luke 11:5 · Luke 11:8 2×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Luke 15:9 1×
Vocative · Singular · Masculine Luke 11:5 · Luke 14:10 2×
29 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 25 — Paul Appeals to Caesar and Is Set Before Agrippa Acts 27 — The Storm, the Shipwreck, and the Promise of God John 15 — The True Vine, Abiding Fruitfulness, Christlike Love, and the World’s Hatred John 19 — The Crucified King: Behold the Man, Behold Your King, It Is Finished, and the Pierced Son Luke 20 — The Rejected Son, the Questioned Authority, and the Lord Who Silences His Opponents Mark 12 — The Rejected Son, the Greatest Commandment, the Lord of David, and the Widow’s Offering Matthew 11 — The Messiah Question, the Rejected Generation, and Rest for the Weary Matthew 22 — The Wedding Banquet, the King’s Invitation, and the Messiah Who Is David’s Lord

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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