Strong's Concordance adelphos: a brother Original Word: ἀδελφός, οῦ, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: adelphos Phonetic Spelling: (ad-el-fos') Short Definition: a brother Definition: a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 80: ἀδελφόςἀδελφός, (οῦ, ὁ (from ἆ copulative and δελφύς, from the same womb; cf. ἀγάστωρ) (from Homer down); 1. a brother (whether born of the same two parents, or only of the same father or the same mother): Matthew 1:2; Matthew 4:18, and often. That 'the brethren of Jesus,' Matthew 12:46, 47 (but WH only in marginal reading); 2. according to a Hebrew use of אָח (Exodus 2:11; Exodus 4:18, etc.), hardly to be met with in secular authors, having the same national ancestor, belonging to the same people, countryman; so the Jews (as the σπέρμα Ἀβραάμ, υἱοί Ἰσραήλ, cf. Acts 13:26; (in Deuteronomy 15:3 opposed to ὁ ἀλλότριος, cf. Acts 17:15; Acts 15:12; Philo de septen. § 9 at the beginning)) are called ἀδελφοί: Matthew 5:47; Acts 3:22 (Deuteronomy 18:15); 3. just as in Leviticus 19:17 the word אָח is used interchangeably with רֵַעַ (but, as Leviticus 19:16, 18 show, in speaking of Israelites), so in the sayings of Christ, Matthew 5:22, 24; Matthew 7:3ff, ἀδελφός is used for ὁ πλησίον to denote (as appears from Luke 10:29ff) any fellow-man — as having one and the same father with others, viz. God (Hebrews 2:11), and as descended from the same first ancestor (Acts 17:26); cf. Epictetus diss. 1, 13, 3. 4. a fellow-believer, united to another by the bond of affection; so most frequently of Christians, constituting as it were but a single family: Matthew 23:8; John 21:23; Acts 6:3 (Lachmann omits); 5. an associate in employment or office: 1 Corinthians 1:1; 2 Corinthians 1:1; 2 Corinthians 2:13(12); Ephesians 6:21; Colossians 1:1. 6. brethren of Christ is used of, a. his brothers by blood; see 1 above. b. all men: Matthew 25:40 (Lachmann brackets); Hebrews 2:11f (others refer these examples to d.) c. apostles: Matthew 28:10; John 20:17. d. Christians, as those who are destined to be exalted to the same heavenly δόξα (which see, III. 4 b.) which he enjoys: Romans 8:29. From a (as a connective particle) and delphus (the womb); a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like a) -- brother. see GREEK a see GREEK a Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 80343 Occurrences Ἀδελφέ — 6 Occ. ἀδελφῷ — 14 Occ. ἀδελφῶν — 21 Occ. ἀδελφοὶ — 145 Occ. ἀδελφοῖς — 17 Occ. ἀδελφὸν — 41 Occ. ἀδελφός — 43 Occ. ἀδελφοῦ — 17 Occ. ἀδελφοὺς — 39 Occ. Matthew 1:2 N-AMP GRK: καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ NAS: the father of Judah and his brothers. KJV: and his brethren; INT: and the brothers of him Matthew 1:11 N-AMP Matthew 4:18 N-AMP Matthew 4:18 N-AMS Matthew 4:21 N-AMP Matthew 4:21 N-AMS Matthew 5:22 N-DMS Matthew 5:22 N-DMS Matthew 5:23 N-NMS Matthew 5:24 N-DMS Matthew 5:47 N-AMP Matthew 7:3 N-GMS Matthew 7:4 N-DMS Matthew 7:5 N-GMS Matthew 10:2 N-NMS Matthew 10:2 N-NMS Matthew 10:21 N-NMS Matthew 10:21 N-AMS Matthew 12:46 N-NMP Matthew 12:47 Noun-NMP Matthew 12:48 N-NMP Matthew 12:49 N-NMP Matthew 12:50 N-NMS Matthew 13:55 N-NMP Matthew 14:3 N-GMS |
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