Lexicon
φίλανδρος
philandros
G5362
G:A Greek

husband-loving

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Philandros describes the younger women’s instructed disposition of love toward their husbands in Titus 2:4.

The attested use describes a disposition of love toward husbands within instruction directed to younger women in Titus 2:4.

Senses in use

  1. Love directed toward husbands · dominant

    In Titus 2:4, the accusative plural feminine form occurs in the instruction that younger women be trained; the APB renders the clause “to be husband-loving, to love their children.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Titus 2:4, the APB presents the clause as “to be husband-loving.” This wording is treated as the verse’s presentation of the clause rather than a precise lexical mapping.

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