'Friends' in the Bible

The following day he entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was waiting anxiously for them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

we have unanimously decided to choose men to send to you along with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul,

Even some of the provincial authorities who were his friends sent a message to him, urging him not to venture into the theater.

He ordered the centurion to guard Paul, but to let him have some freedom, and not to prevent any of his friends from meeting his needs.

The next day we put in at Sidon, and Julius, treating Paul kindly, allowed him to go to his friends so they could provide him with what he needed.