Bible Names

Theophilus: meaning of the name

Theophilus means “friend of God.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Theophilus in Hebrew and Greek

Θεόφιλος G2321

Theóphilos — friend of God; Theophilus, a Christian

from G2316 (θεός) and G5384 (φίλος);

Who named Theophilus in the Bible

Theophilus in Scripture

“Theophilus” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • 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,

  • Acts 1:1

    The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,