'Friends' in the Bible

And on the morrow they came to Caesarea. But Cornelius was looking for them, having called together his kinsmen and his intimate friends.

and some of the Asiarchs also, who were his friends, sent to him and urged him not to throw himself into the theatre.

ordering the centurion to keep him, and that he should have freedom, and to hinder none of his friends to minister to him.

And the next day we arrived at Sidon. And Julius treated Paul kindly and suffered him to go to his friends and refresh himself.