Theophilus

English

Ancient Greek Θεόφιλος (Theóphilos), meaning "love of God" or "friend of God".

Theophilus

(biblical) The addressee of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981:
  : Luke 1: 3:
  It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus.
A male given name from Ancient Greek; rare in English.
- 1973, Thornton Wilder, Theophilus North: p.118.
  "Call me Ted, will you, Rip? 'Theophilus' is unmanageable and 'Theo' is awkward. Everybody calls me Ted or Teddie, now."
- 1948, Enid Blyton, The Mystery of the Hidden House
  'That's a good one, that is!' said Ern. 'Lovaduck, I'd like to see Uncle Theophilus when I tell him that!'

biblical character

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: Թեոփիլոս (Tʿeopʿilos)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 提阿非羅／提阿非罗, 提阿非羅／提阿非罗 (Tí'āfēiluó) (Protestant), 德敖斐羅／德敖斐罗 (Dé'áofěiluó) (Catholic)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: Theofilus m
French: Théophile (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Theophilus
Greek: Θεόφιλος (el) m (Theófilos)
Italian: Teofilo (it)
Norwegian: Teofilos m
Polish: Teofil (pl) m
Portuguese: Teófilo m
Russian: Феофи́л (ru) m (Feofíl)
Spanish: Teófilo (es) m
Swedish: Theofilus

male given name

Theophilus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Theophilus', plural Theophilusse or Theophilus or (colloquial) Theophilus')

Declension of Theophilus [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Theophilus	die	Theophilusse, Theophilus, Theophilus'¹
genitive	eines	des	Theophilus'	der	Theophilusse, Theophilus, Theophilus'¹
dative	einem	dem	Theophilus	den	Theophilussen, Theophilus, Theophilus'¹
accusative	einen	den	Theophilus	die	Theophilusse, Theophilus, Theophilus'¹

¹Colloquial.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θεόφιλος (Theóphilos).

Theophilus m sg (genitive Theophilī); second declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

“Theophilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Theophilus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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