G2321 – Theophilos – Θεόφιλος Theophilus; lit. God-Lover

Strong’s ID:
G2321
Greek Word:
Θεόφιλος
Transliteration:
Theophilos
Pronunciation:
theh-of’-il-os
Part of Speech:
noun proper masculine
Etymology:
from G2316 and G5384
Comparables:
G5377, to be God-loving
Usage Count:
2
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Find “Theophilos” in the Bible (New Testament)

Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon

1) Theophilus
2) literally: God-Lover

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Strong’s Greek Lexicon

from G2316 and G5384; friend of God; Theophilus, a Christian:—Theophilus.

Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.

Thayer’s Greek Definitions

Theophilus = “friend of God”
1) the person to whom Luke addressed his Gospel and the book of Acts

Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.