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. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance brother. 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 Forms and Transliterations Αδελφε αδελφέ Ἀδελφέ αδελφοι αδελφοί ἀδελφοί ἀδελφοὶ αδελφοις αδελφοίς ἀδελφοῖς αδελφον αδελφόν ἀδελφόν ἀδελφὸν αδελφος αδελφός ἀδελφός ἀδελφὸς αδελφου αδελφού αδελφόυ ἀδελφοῦ αδελφους αδελφούς άδελφους ἀδελφούς ἀδελφοὺς αδελφω αδελφώ ἀδελφῷ αδελφων αδελφών ἀδελφῶν Adelphe Adelphé adelpho adelphō adelphoi adelphoí adelphoì adelphôi adelphō̂i adelphois adelphoîs adelphon adelphón adelphòn adelphôn adelphōn adelphō̂n adelphos adelphós adelphòs adelphou adelphoû adelphous adelphoús adelphoùsLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman'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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