Quick Definition
φιλάγαθος, ον Adj loving what is good
Strong's Definition
from 5384 and 18; fond to good, i.e. a promoter of virtue
KJV Usage: love of good men
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | φιλέω + ἀγαθός
25.105 · Attitudes and Emotions · Enjoy, Take Pleasure In, Be Fond of Doing
liking what is good, loving what is good pertaining to liking or loving what is good
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φιλ-άγαθος, -ov, (fr. φίλος and ἀγαθός), loving goodness: Tit.i.8. (Sap. vii. 22; Plut. praec. conjug.c.17; also comp. Thes. 6. Rom. 6. 2; [φιλάγαθος οὐ φίλαυτος, Aristot. magn. mor. ii. 14 p. 1212518; Polyb. 6, 53,9; Philo de vit. Moys. ii. § 2].)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φιλάγαθος philagathos 1x
a lover of goodness, or, of the good, a fosterer of virtue, Tit. 1:8*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** φιλ-άγαθος, -ον
[in LXX: Wi 7:22 * ;]
loving that which is good, loving goodness: Tit 1:8 (Arist., Polyb., al.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φιλάγαθος, “loving what is good” (Tit 18). In P Oxy I. 33it 0 (late ii/A.D.) a certain Appianus taunts an Emperor, perhaps Commodus (see P Oxy II. p. 319), by extolling the superior virtues of his predecessor Marcus Aurelius—&kove, τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἣ[ν] φιλόσοφος, τὸ δεύτερον ἀφιλάργυρος, τίὸ] τρίτον φιλάγαθος, ‘listen; in the first place he was a lover of wisdom, secondly, he was no lover of gain, thirdly, he was a lover of virtue ” (Edd.). For the corr. subst., which is common in the inscrr., cf. Preisigke 1106% (Ptol.) of συνπόσιον γευόμενοι φιλαγαθίας ἕνεκεν τῆς εἰς ἑαυτούς, 26. 61174 (B.C. 18) φιλαγαθίας χάριν, and for the verb cf. P Tebt I. 12477 (c. B.c. 118) ἧι ἔχομεν ἀπὸ τῆς ἀρχῆς εὐνοίαι φιλαγαθήσαντες.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
φιλάγαθος (philagathos) — lover of good. φῐλᾰγᾰθ-ος, ον, loving goodness, [LXX+4th c.BC+]; as honorary epithet in inscriptions of religious associations, etc., [Refs] adverb -θως[Refs 1st c.BC+]