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Courteous, Courteously

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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A — 1: φιλόφρων

(Strong's #5391 — Adjective — tapeinophron — fil-of'-rone )

"lowly-minded," is used in 1 Peter 3:8 , "be courteous," AV (RV, "humble-minded").

B — 1: φιλοφρόνως

(Strong's #5390 — Adverb — philophronos — fil-of-ron'-oce )

lit., "friendly," or, more fully, "with friendly thoughtfulness" (philos, "friend," phren, "the mind"), is found in Acts 28:7 , of the hospitality showed by Publius to Paul and his fellow-shipwrecked travelers. Note: Some mss. have the corresponding adjective philophron, "courteous," in 1 Peter 3:8; the most authentic mss. have tapeinophron, "humble-minded."

B — 2: φιλανθρώπως

(Strong's #5364 — Adverb — philanthropos — fil-an-thro'-poce )

is translated "courteously" in Acts 27:3 , AV; RV, "kindly" (Eng., "philanthropically"). See KINDLY.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Courteous, Courteously'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/c/courteous-courteously.html. 1940.

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