φίλος

The following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

After He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.”

The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.

But when you are invited, go and sit in the last place, so that your host will come and tell you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with you.

I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.