Quick Definition
φιλόστοργος, ον Adj tenderly loving
Strong's Definition
fond of natural relatives, i.e. fraternal towards fellow Christian
Derivation: from G5384 (φίλος) and (cherishing one's kindred, especially parents or children);
KJV Usage: kindly affectioned
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | φιλέω + στέργω
25.41 · Attitudes and Emotions · Love, Affection, Compassion
very loving, warmly devoted to, very affectionate pertaining to love or affection for those closely related to one, particularly members of one’s immediate family or in-group
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φιλόστοργος, -ον, (φίλος, and στεργή 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 φιλαδελφίᾳ (dat. of respect) εἰς ἀλλήλους, [R. V. in love of the brethren tenderly affectioned one to another], Ro. xii. 10. (Xen., Plut., Leian., Ael., al.) ΟἿ, Fritzsche, Com. on Rom. vol. iii. p. 69.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φιλόστοργος philostorgos 1x
tenderly affectionate, Rom. 12:10*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** φιλόστοργος, -ον
(< στοργή, family affection), [in LXX: IV Mac 15:13 * ;]
tenderly loving, affectionate (Xen., Plut., al.): of Christians, Ro 12:10.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φιλόστοργος one of our friends, that a friend may deliver them to me safely,” τό. XIV. 167217 (A.D. 37-41) Μουνάτιρς δὲ ὁ φίλος συντυχὼν ἔλεγεν συμ[πε]φωνηκέναι τοῖς ἐκ τῆς κώ[μ]ης αὐτοῦ μετὰ χάριτος, ““ our friend Munatius said that he had agreed with the people of his village thankfully” (Edd.), P Tebt II. 314° (ii/a.p.) τῆς δὲ τῶν φίλων σπουδῆς τυχόντος ἐπετύχαμεν, ‘but by means of the good offices of our friends we achieved it ” (Edd.), ib. 419 verso (iii/A.D.) ‘Opryéver παρὰ Σωτηρίχου φίλου, and P Fay 1314 (iii/iv A.D.) τὸ Δεκασίου τοῦ φίλου λάχανον πάντως πότισον, ““by all means water the vegetables of our friend Decasius ” (Edd.). For a legal proceeding carried through παρόντων φίλων δύο, see P Meyer 633 (A.D. 125) with the editor's note: for the designation ot πρῶτοι φίλοι, see ib. 113 (Bic. 144) ᾿Απολλοδώρωι τῶν a φίλων καὶ ἐπίιστάτει) Kal γρα(μματεῖ), similarly’, P Tebt I. 30! (B.c. 115), Precsigke 6665" 4 (B.C. 255-4 ἢ), and OG/S 998 (ii/B.c. ad init.) τὸν Πτολεμαίου τῶν πρώτων φίλων kal ἀρχικυνήγου υἱόν with the editor's note: and for the title φίλος τοῦ Καίσαρος, as in Jn 197, see C/G ΤΙ. 34995, 35004. Φίλτατος, which does not occur in the NT, is very common in epistolary addresses, e.g. P Tebt II. 408? (a.D. 3) Ἱππόλιτος ᾿Ακουσιλάῳ τῷ φ[ι]λτάτῳ πλεῖστα χαίρειν. So stereotyped has the formula become that it is used even in letters of reproof, such as P Flor 11. 226 (iii/A.D.), where the writer, addressing himself to his ‘‘ dearest ” Heroninus, goes on to accuse him of unsocial behaviour—ov σήμερον οὖν οἶδα σ[οὔ] ἀπάνθρωπον, ἀλλὰ ἀεὶ οἶδα.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
φιλόστοργος (philostorgos) — affectionate. φῐλόστοργ-ος, ον, (στέργω, στοργή) loving tenderly, affectionate, frequently of family affection, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a nurse, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of horses, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; title of two queens named Athenais, [NT+1st c.AD+]: comparative, nihil -ότερον[Refs 1st c.BC+]: superlative, -οτάτη διαφερόντως πρός τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -γως[Refs 4th c.BC+]; φ. ἔχειν πρός.. [Refs 1st c.AD+]; literae φ. scriptae, [Refs 1st c.BC+]: comparative -ότερον[Refs]: superlative -ότατα[Refs 4th c.AD+]