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Strong's #5363 - φιλανθρωπία
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- love of mankind, benevolence
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φῐλανθρωπ-ία, ἡ,
humanity, benevolence, kind-heartedness, humane feeling, or, in a weaker sense, kindliness, courtesy,
I of men, Hp. Praec. 6, Pl. Euthphr. 3d, X. Cyr. 1.4.1, Acts 28:2, etc.; opp. σεμνότης, Isoc. 15.133; opp. φθόνος, D. 20.165; opp. ὠμότης, ib.109; joined with εὔνοια, Isoc. 5.114, D. 18.5; with πραότης, Isoc. 5.116; with χρηστότης, Iamb. ap. Stob. 4.5.76; φ. λόγων courtesy, D. 18.298; τῆς παρὰ τουτωνὶ τιμῆς καὶ φ. ib.209; φ. διὰ τῶν λόγων Plb. 28.17.11; φ. προσάγειν τινί Id. 1.81.8; φ. εἰς or πρὸς τοὺς αἰχμαλώτους, ib. 79.8, 11; ὑπὸ φιλανθρωπίας Pl.l. c.; μετὰ φ. Isoc. 15 l. c.; clemency, X. Cyr. 7.5.73; so φιλανθρωπίᾳ Id. Ages. 1.22; the intercourse of lovers, Aeschin. 1.171: pl., acts of kindness, courtesies, D. 8.70, 25.86, Plb. 36.17.13, Phld. Rh. 2.160 S., etc. ἡ σὴ φ. as a form of address, your Clemency, PRyl. 296 (ii A. D.), etc.
2. of God, love to man, Titus 3:4, al.
II of things, ἡ τοῦ ὀνόματος (i. e. νόμος) φ. its mildness, D. 24.156; ἡ φ. τῆς τέχνης, of agriculture, X. Oec. 15.4, cf. Aeschin. 2.15; χώρα πάσης φ. ἐστερημένη, of a desert country, D.S. 17.50; in disease, mild symptoms, Gal. 19.219.
III concession, privilege, UPZ 162 vii 21 (ii B. C.), OGI 139.20 (Egypt, ii B. C.), RPhil. 10 (1936).253 (Ilium); θεία φ. imperial grant, SIG 888.102 (Scaptopara, iii A. D.).
φιλανθρωπία, φιλανθρωπίας, ἡ (φιλάνθρωπος), from Xenophon, and Plato down, love of mankind, benevolence (Vulg. humanitas) (R. V. kindness): Acts 28:2; Titus 3:4. (Cf. Field, Otium Norv. Pars 3:ad the passages cited.)
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** φιλανθρωπία , -ας , ἡ
(< φιλάνθρωπος , humane),
[in LXX: Ezra 8:13, 2 Maccabees 6:22; 2 Maccabees 14:9, 3 Maccabees 3:15; 3 Maccabees 3:18 *;]
humanity, kindness (v. Field, Notes, 147 f.): Acts 28:2, Titus 3:4 (cf. also DCG, ii, 356 ff.).†
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";rejoice"; : P Eleph 13.3 (B.C. 223–222) ἐκομισάμην τὴν παρὰ σοῦ ἐπιστολήν, ἣν ἀναγνοὺς ἐχάρην (cf. Proleg, p. 161) ἐπὶ τῶι με αἰσθέσθαι τὰ κατὰ σέ, P Berol 11662.3 (time of Claudius) (= Olsson, p. 100) πρὸ μὲν πάντων ἐχάρην μεγάλως λαβών σου [ἐ ]πιστολήν, ὅτι ὑγειαίνεις, similarly P Giss I. 21.3 (time of Trajan). BGU II. 531i. 4 (ii/A.D.), and P Oxy I. 41.17 (iii/iv A.D.) ἐπὶ τούτῳ σφόδρα χαίρω.
It should be noted that in Php. 3:1; Php. 4:4, RV marg. renders χαίρετε by ";farewell."; Lightfoot (Comm. ad ll.) combines the two meanings ";farewell"; and ";rejoice,"; but the latter is generally preferred by the commentators.
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