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
| Hebrews 13:23 | Know that our brother (adelphon | ἀδελφόν | acc sg masc) Timothy has been set free. If he arrives soon, I will visit you with him. |
| James 1:2 | Consider it sheer joy, my brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), when you encounter various kinds of trials, |
| James 1:9 | Let the brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) of limited means take pride in his high position, |
| James 1:16 | Do not be deceived, my dear brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc). |
| James 1:19 | Understand this, my dear brothers: (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc) everyone must be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry. |
| James 2:1 | My brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), stop showing favoritism as you live out your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. |
| James 2:5 | Listen, my dear brothers! (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc) Did not God choose those whom the world considers poor to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom, which he promised to those who love him? |
| James 2:14 | What good is it, my brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), if someone claims to have faith but has no works? Can that kind of faith save him? |
| James 2:15 | If a brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) or sister lacks adequate clothing and is in need of daily food, |
| James 3:1 | Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), for you know that those of us who teach will be judged by a stricter standard. |
| James 3:10 | From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), this should not happen. |
| James 3:12 | My brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), can a fig tree produce olives, or a grapevine figs? Neither can a salt spring supply fresh water. |
| James 4:11 | Do not speak against one another, my brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc). Whoever speaks against a brother (adelphou | ἀδελφοῦ | gen sg masc) or judges his brother (adelphon | ἀδελφόν | acc sg masc), speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it. |
| James 5:7 | Be patient, therefore, dear friends (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), until the coming of the Lord. Note how the farmer waits for the precious harvest of the earth, being patient for it until it receives the early and latter rains. |
| James 5:9 | Do not complain against one another, my brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), lest you be judged. Look, the judge is standing at the doors. |
| James 5:10 | As an example of suffering and patience, brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. |
| James 5:12 | Above all, my brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath. Rather let your “Yes” be yes and your “No,” no, so that you may not fall under judgment. |
| James 5:19 | My brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), if anyone among you strays from the truth and someone brings him back, |
| 1 Peter 5:12 | By Silvanus, a faithful brother (adelphou | ἀδελφοῦ | gen sg masc) as I regard him, I have written briefly to you, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it. |
| 2 Peter 1:10 | Therefore, my brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), be all the more eager to confirm your call and election. For by doing these things you will never come to ruin. |
| 2 Peter 3:15 | And consider the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as also our dear brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given to him, |
| 1 John 2:9 | The one who claims to be in the light but goes on hating his brother (adelphon | ἀδελφόν | acc sg masc) is still in the darkness. |
| 1 John 2:10 | The one who loves his brother (adelphon | ἀδελφόν | acc sg masc) is living in the light and in him there is no cause for stumbling. |
| 1 John 2:11 | But the one who hates his brother (adelphon | ἀδελφόν | acc sg masc) is in the darkness; he walks in the darkness and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. |
| 1 John 3:10 | By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother (adelphon | ἀδελφόν | acc sg masc). |
