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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

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Occurrences

343 total
  1. Acts 28:14ἀδελφοὺς · [some] brothers
    There we found some brothers who invited us to spend the week with them. And so we came to Rome.
  2. Acts 28:15ἀδελφοὶ · brothers
    The brothers there had heard about us and traveled as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he was encouraged and gave thanks to God.
  3. Acts 28:17ἀδελφοί · Brothers
    After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
  4. Acts 28:21ἀδελφῶν · brothers
    The leaders replied, “We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the brothers from there reported or even mentioned anything bad about you.
  5. Romans 1:13ἀδελφοί · brothers
    I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, how often I planned to come to you (but have been prevented from visiting until now), in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.
  6. Romans 7:1ἀδελφοί · brothers
    Do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?
  7. Romans 7:4ἀδελφοί · brothers
    Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
  8. Romans 8:12ἀδελφοί · brothers
    Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation, but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.
  9. Romans 8:29ἀδελφοῖς · brothers
    For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
  10. Romans 9:3ἀδελφῶν · brothers
    For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,
  11. Romans 10:1Ἀδελφοί · Brothers
    Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is for their salvation.
  12. Romans 11:25ἀδελφοί · brothers
    I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
  13. Romans 12:1ἀδελφοί · brothers
    Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
  14. Romans 14:10ἀδελφόν · brother; ἀδελφόν · brother
    Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.
  15. Romans 14:13ἀδελφῷ · in your brother’s way
    Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.
  16. Romans 14:15ἀδελφός · brother
    If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.
  17. Romans 14:21ἀδελφός · brother
    It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.
  18. Romans 15:14ἀδελφοί · brothers
    I myself am convinced, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, brimming with knowledge, and able to instruct one another.
  19. Romans 15:30ἀδελφοί · brothers
    Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.
  20. Romans 16:14ἀδελφούς · brothers
    Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers with them.
  21. Romans 16:17ἀδελφοί · brothers
    Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.
  22. Romans 16:23ἀδελφός · brother
    Gaius, who has hosted me and all the church, sends you greetings. Erastus, the city treasurer, sends you greetings, as does our brother Quartus.
  23. 1 Corinthians 1:1ἀδελφὸς · brother
    Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
  24. 1 Corinthians 1:10ἀδελφοί · brothers
    I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.
  25. 1 Corinthians 1:11ἀδελφοί · brothers
    My brothers, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.
  26. 1 Corinthians 1:26ἀδελφοί · Brothers
    Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.
  27. 1 Corinthians 2:1ἀδελφοί · brothers
    When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.
  28. 1 Corinthians 3:1ἀδελφοί · Brothers
    Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.
  29. 1 Corinthians 4:6ἀδελφοί · Brothers
    Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another.
  30. 1 Corinthians 5:11ἀδελφὸς · a brother
    But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.
  31. 1 Corinthians 6:5ἀδελφοῦ · brothers
    I say this to your shame. Is there really no one among you wise enough to arbitrate between his brothers?
  32. 1 Corinthians 6:6ἀδελφὸς · [one] brother; ἀδελφοῦ · [another]
    Instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of unbelievers!
  33. 1 Corinthians 6:8ἀδελφούς · brothers
    Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, even against your own brothers!
  34. 1 Corinthians 7:12ἀδελφὸς · brother
    To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.
  35. 1 Corinthians 7:14ἀδελφῷ · [believing] husband
    For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
  36. 1 Corinthians 7:15ἀδελφὸς · brother
    But if the unbeliever leaves, let him go. The believing brother or sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you to live in peace.
  37. 1 Corinthians 7:24ἀδελφοί · Brothers
    Brothers, each one should remain in the situation he was in when God called him.
  38. 1 Corinthians 7:29ἀδελφοί · brothers
    What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;
  39. 1 Corinthians 8:11ἀδελφὸς · brother
    So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.
  40. 1 Corinthians 8:12ἀδελφοὺς · brothers
    By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
  41. 1 Corinthians 8:13ἀδελφόν · brother {to stumble}; ἀδελφόν · [him] {to stumble}
    Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.
  42. 1 Corinthians 9:5ἀδελφοὶ · brothers
    Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
  43. 1 Corinthians 10:1ἀδελφοί · brothers
    I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.
  44. 1 Corinthians 11:33ἀδελφοί · brothers
    So, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.
  45. 1 Corinthians 12:1ἀδελφοί · brothers
    Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.
  46. 1 Corinthians 14:6ἀδελφοί · brothers
    Now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?
  47. 1 Corinthians 14:20Ἀδελφοί · Brothers
    Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.