Word 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.)