Strong's Concordance philostorgos: tenderly loving Original Word: φιλόστοργος, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: philostorgos Phonetic Spelling: (fil-os'-tor-gos) Definition: tenderly loving Usage: 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) Definition tenderly loving NASB Translation devoted (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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 Exhaustive Concordance 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 Forms and Transliterations φιλοστοργοι φιλόστοργοι philostorgoi philóstorgoiLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts |