Lexical Summary philanthrōpia: love for mankind, kindness Original Word: φιλανθρωπίαTransliteration: philanthrōpia Phonetic Spelling: (fil-an-thro-pee'-ah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: love for mankind, kindness Meaning: love for mankind, kindness Strong's Concordance kindness, love towards man. From the same as philanthropos; fondness of mankind, i.e. Benevolence ("philanthropy") -- kindness, love towards man. see GREEK philanthropos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5363: φιλανθρωπίαφιλανθρωπία, 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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