Quick Definition
loving God
Strong's Definition
fond of God, i.e. pious
Derivation: from G5384 (φίλος) and G2316 (θεός);
KJV Usage: lover of God
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φιλόθεος, φιλοθεον (φίλος and Θεός), loving (A. V. lovers of) God: 2Ti_3:4. ((Aristotle, rhet. 2, 17, 6), Philo, Lucian, others.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φιλόθεος philotheos 1x
God-loving, pious; a lover of God, 2Ti_3:4
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* φιλό -θεος , -ον ,
loving God ( Arist .): 2Ti_3:4 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φιλόθεος [page 670]
loving God. For this NT ἅπ . εἰρ ., 2Ti. 3:4, see the citation from Philo de Agric. s.v. φιλήδονος . Cf. Vett. Val. p. 17 .9 , al.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
φιλόθεος φι^λό-θεος, ον, "loving God, pious", Arist. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
loving God, pious , (Aristotle Philosopher), etc. (ML)
