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ἀδελφός

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greekNew TestamentNoun · masculine343 occurrences25 books317 verses

Definition

ἀδελφός, -οῦ, ὁ

(ἀ- copul., δελφύς, womb),

in cl., a brother, born of the same parent or parents. [In LXX (Hort, Ja., 102f.), for אָח ;]

1. lit. of a brother (Genesis 4:2, al.).

2. Of a neighbour (Leviticus 19:17).

3. Of a member of the same nation (Exodus 2:14, Deuteronomy 15:3). In NT in each of these senses (1. Matthew 1:2, al.; 2. Matthew 7:3; 3. Romans 9:3) and also,

4. of a fellow-Christian: 1 Corinthians 1:1, Acts 9:30. This usage finds illustration in π., where ἀ. is used of members of a pagan religious community (M, Th., I, 1:4; MM, VGT, see word). The ἀδελφοὶ τ. Κυρίου (Matthew 12:46-49; 13:55; 28:10, Mark 3:31-34, Luke 8:19-21, John 2:12; 7:3, 5, 10; 20:17, Acts 1:14, 1 Corinthians 9:5) may have been sons of Joseph and Mary (Mayor, Ja., Intr. viff.; DB, i, 320ff.) or of Joseph by a former marriage (Lft., Gal., 252ff.; DCG, i, 232ff.), but the view of Jerome, which makes ἀ. equivalent to ἀνεψιός, is inconsistent with Greek usage. (Cremer, 66.)

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἀδελφός:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

343 total
  1. Mark 6:18ἀδελφοῦ · brother’s
    For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife!”
  2. Mark 10:29ἀδελφοὺς · brothers
    “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for My sake and for the gospel
  3. Mark 10:30ἀδελφοὺς · brothers
    …will fail to receive a hundredfold in the present age—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, along with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.
  4. Mark 12:19ἀδελφὸς · brother; ἀδελφὸς · [the man]; ἀδελφῷ · [him]
    “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.
  5. Mark 12:20ἀδελφοὶ · brothers
    Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died, leaving no children.
  6. Mark 13:12ἀδελφὸς · Brother; ἀδελφὸν · brother
    Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
  7. Luke 3:1ἀδελφοῦ · brother
    In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
  8. Luke 3:19ἀδελφοῦ · brother’s
    But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done,
  9. Luke 6:14ἀδελφὸν · brother
    Simon, whom He named Peter, and his brother Andrew; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew;
  10. Luke 6:41ἀδελφοῦ · brother’s
    Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?
  11. Luke 6:42ἀδελφῷ; Ἀδελφέ · Brother; ἀδελφοῦ · brother’s
    How can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
  12. Luke 8:19ἀδελφοὶ · brothers
    Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came to see Him, but they were unable to reach Him because of the crowd.
  13. Luke 8:20ἀδελφοί · brothers
    He was told, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to see You.”
  14. Luke 8:21ἀδελφοί · brothers
    But He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God and carry it out.”
  15. Luke 12:13ἀδελφῷ · brother
    Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
  16. Luke 14:12ἀδελφούς · brothers
    Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.
  17. Luke 14:26ἀδελφοὺς · brothers
    “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
  18. Luke 15:27ἀδελφός · brother
    ‘Your brother has returned,’ he said, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has him back safe and sound.’
  19. Luke 15:32ἀδελφός · brother
    But it was fitting to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”
  20. Luke 16:28ἀδελφούς · brothers
    …for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’
  21. Luke 17:3ἀδελφός · brother
    Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
  22. Luke 18:29ἀδελφοὺς · brothers
    “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God
  23. Luke 20:28ἀδελφὸς · brother; ἀδελφὸς · [the man]; ἀδελφῷ · [him]
    “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.
  24. Luke 20:29ἀδελφοὶ · brothers
    Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife but died childless.
  25. Luke 21:16ἀδελφῶν · brothers
    You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death.
  26. Luke 22:32ἀδελφούς · brothers
    But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
  27. John 1:40ἀδελφὸς · brother
    Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John’s testimony and followed Jesus.
  28. John 1:41ἀδελφὸν · brother
    He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).
  29. John 2:12ἀδελφοὶ · brothers
    After this, He went down to Capernaum with His mother and brothers and His disciples, and they stayed there a few days.
  30. John 6:8ἀδελφὸς · brother
    One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him,
  31. John 7:3ἀδελφοὶ · brothers
    So Jesus’ brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples there may see the works You are doing.
  32. John 7:5ἀδελφοὶ · brothers
    For even His own brothers did not believe in Him.
  33. John 7:10ἀδελφοὶ · brothers
    But after His brothers had gone up to the feast, He also went—not publicly, but in secret.
  34. John 11:2ἀδελφὸς · brother
    (Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)
  35. John 11:19ἀδελφοῦ · brother
    …and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in the loss of their brother.
  36. John 11:21ἀδελφός · brother
    Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
  37. John 11:23ἀδελφός · brother
    “Your brother will rise again,” Jesus told her.
  38. John 11:32ἀδελφός · brother
    When Mary came to Jesus and saw Him, she fell at His feet and said, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”
  39. John 20:17ἀδελφούς · brothers
    “Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
  40. John 21:23ἀδελφοὺς · brothers
    Because of this, the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple would not die. However, Jesus did not say that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you?”
  41. Acts 1:14ἀδελφοῖς · brothers
    With one accord they all continued in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.
  42. Acts 1:15ἀδελφῶν · brothers
    In those days Peter stood up among the brothers (a gathering of about a hundred and twenty) and said,
  43. Acts 1:16ἀδελφοί · Brothers
    “Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus.