Strong's Concordance philagathos: loving that which is good Original Word: φιλάγαθος, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: philagathos Phonetic Spelling: (fil-ag'-ath-os) Short Definition: loving what is good Definition: loving what is good. HELPS Word-studies 5358 philágathos (from 5384 /phílos, "a friend" and 18 /agathós, "inherently good") – properly, personal affection for what is intrinsically good, referring to "a lover (friend) of what God loves." 5358 /philágathos ("a lover of God's good") only occurs in Tit 1:8 where it is listed as an essential quality for the elder-overseer. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5358: φιλάγαθοςφιλάγαθος, φιλάγαθον (from φίλος and ἀγαθός), loving goodness: Titus 1:8. (Sap. vii. 22; Plutarch, praec. conjug. c. 17; also compound Thes. c. Rom c. 2; (φιλάγαθος οὐ φίλαυτος, Aristotle, magn. mor. ii. 14, p. 1212b 18; Polybius 6, 53, 9; Philo de vit. Moys. ii., § 2).) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance love of good From philos and agathos; fond to good, i.e. A promoter of virtue -- love of good men. see GREEK philos see GREEK agathos Forms and Transliterations φιλαγαθον φιλάγαθον philagathon philágathonLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 53581 Occurrence φιλάγαθον — 1 Occ. Titus 1:8 Adj-AMS GRK: ἀλλὰ φιλόξενον φιλάγαθον σώφρονα δίκαιον NAS: but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, KJV: a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, INT: but hospitable a lover of good self-controlled righteous |
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