Definition

fondly to man ("philanthropically"), i.e. humanely

Etymology

adverb from a compound of G5384 (φίλος) and G444 (ἄνθρωπος);

Word family

• φίλος phílos
• ἄνθρωπος ánthrōpos

How the KJV renders it

• courteously

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.