Gloss
brother, fellow countryman, neighbor (often inclusive in gender); by extension a fellow believer in the family of faith; in the plural brothers regularly refers to men and women
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ἀδελφός, -οῦ, ὁ
Greek transliteration
adelphos
Simplified transliteration
adelphos
Numbers
Strong's number
80
GK Number
81
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
343
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-2a
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for ἀδελφός
| Matthew 1:2 | Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac was the father of Jacob, and Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers (adelphous | ἀδελφούς | acc pl masc), |
| Matthew 1:11 | Josiah was the father of Jechoniah and his brothers (adelphous | ἀδελφούς | acc pl masc) at the time of the deportation to Babylon. |
| Matthew 4:18 | As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers (adelphous | ἀδελφούς | acc pl masc), Simon who was called Peter and Andrew his brother (adelphon | ἀδελφόν | acc sg masc), casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. |
| Matthew 4:21 | And going on from there, he saw two other brothers (adelphous | ἀδελφούς | acc pl masc), James the son of Zebedee and John his brother (adelphon | ἀδελφόν | acc sg masc), in a boat with Zebedee their father, preparing their nets. And he called to them. |
| Matthew 5:22 | But I say to you that anyone who is angry with his brother (adelphō | ἀδελφῷ | dat sg masc) will be liable to judgment; and whoever says to his brother (adelphō | ἀδελφῷ | dat sg masc), ‘Raka,’ will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire. |
| Matthew 5:23 | Therefore if you are bringing your gift to the altar and there remember that your brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) has something against you, |
| Matthew 5:24 | leave your gift there before the altar and first go and be reconciled to your brother (adelphō | ἀδελφῷ | dat sg masc), and then come and offer your gift. |
| Matthew 5:47 | And if you greet only your brothers (adelphous | ἀδελφούς | acc pl masc), what are you doing more than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? |
| Matthew 7:3 | And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s (adelphou | ἀδελφοῦ | gen sg masc) eye but pay no attention to the log in your own eye? |
| Matthew 7:4 | Or how dare you say to your brother (adelphō | ἀδελφῷ | dat sg masc), ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,’ and look, there is a log in your own eye? |
| Matthew 7:5 | You hypocrite! First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will be able to see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother’s (adelphou | ἀδελφοῦ | gen sg masc) eye. |
| Matthew 10:2 | These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, who is called Peter, then Andrew his brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc); James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc); |
| Matthew 10:21 | “Brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) will hand over brother (adelphon | ἀδελφόν | acc sg masc) to death, and a father his child, and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death. |
| Matthew 12:46 | While he was still speaking to the people, his mother and his brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | nom pl masc) stood outside, wanting to speak to him. |
| Matthew 12:47 | |
| Matthew 12:48 | But he answered, saying to the one who had told him, “Who is my mother? And who are my brothers?” (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | nom pl masc) |
| Matthew 12:49 | And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Look, here are my mother and my brothers! (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | nom pl masc) |
| Matthew 12:50 | For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven, he is my brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) and sister and mother.” |
| Matthew 13:55 | Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | nom pl masc) James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? |
| Matthew 14:3 | For Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison because of Herodias, the wife of his brother (adelphou | ἀδελφοῦ | gen sg masc) Philip; |
| Matthew 17:1 | Six days later Jesus took Peter and James and John his brother (adelphon | ἀδελφόν | acc sg masc), and led them up a very high mountain by themselves. |
| Matthew 18:15 | “If your brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) sins, go and point out his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother (adelphon | ἀδελφόν | acc sg masc). |
| Matthew 18:21 | Then Peter came to Jesus and said, “Lord, how often must I forgive my brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) when he sins against me? Up to seven times?” |
| Matthew 18:35 | So also will my heavenly Father do to you, unless you each forgive your brother (adelphō | ἀδελφῷ | dat sg masc) from your heart.” |
