- Original: φίλος - 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. Total KJV Occurrences: 11 • friend, 4 Joh 3:29; Joh 19:12; Jam 2:23; Jam 4:4 • friends, 7 Luke 7:6; Luke 23:12; Act 10:24; Act 19:31; Act 27:3; 3 John 1:14(2)