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
| Luke 3:19 | But Herod the tetrarch, when he was reproved by him concerning Herodias, the wife of his brother (adelphou | ἀδελφοῦ | gen sg masc), and concerning all the evil things which Herod had done, |
| Luke 6:14 | Simon (whom he called Peter), and Andrew his brother (adelphon | ἀδελφόν | acc sg masc), and James, and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, |
| Luke 6:41 | “Why do you look at the speck in the eye of your brother (adelphou | ἀδελφοῦ | gen sg masc), but do not notice the beam in your own eye? |
| Luke 6:42 | How can you say to your brother (adelphō | ἀδελφῷ | dat sg masc), ‘Brother (adelphe | ἀδελφέ | voc sg masc), let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself don’t see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother’s (adelphou | ἀδελφοῦ | gen sg masc) eye. |
| Luke 8:19 | The mother of Jesus and his brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | nom pl masc) came to him, but they were not able to get near him because of the crowd. |
| Luke 8:20 | It was reported to him, “Your mother and your brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | nom pl masc) are standing outside, wanting to see you.” |
| Luke 8:21 | In response he said to them, “Those who hear and do the word of God are my mother and my brothers.” (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | nom pl masc) |
| Luke 12:13 | Someone from the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother (adelphō | ἀδελφῷ | dat sg masc) to divide the family inheritance with me.” |
| Luke 14:12 | Then he also said to the one who had invited him, “When you give a luncheon or a dinner do not invite your friends, or your brothers (adelphous | ἀδελφούς | acc pl masc), or or rich neighbors, in case they also invite you in return, and there would be a repayment to you. |
| Luke 14:26 | “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers (adelphous | ἀδελφούς | acc pl masc) and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. |
| Luke 15:27 | The servant said to him, ‘Your brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, he received him back safe and sound.’ |
| Luke 15:32 | We had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) of yours, was dead and has come alive; he was lost and has been found.’” |
| Luke 16:28 | (for I have five brothers) (adelphous | ἀδελφούς | acc pl masc), that he might warn them so that they might not come as well into this place of torment.’ |
| Luke 17:3 | “Be on your guard! If your brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. |
| Luke 18:29 | Then Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or wife or siblings (adelphous | ἀδελφούς | acc pl masc) or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God |
| Luke 20:28 | saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if someone’s brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) dies, having a wife, but is childless, then his brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother (adelphō | ἀδελφῷ | dat sg masc). |
| Luke 20:29 | Now there were seven brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | nom pl masc). The first, having taken a wife, died childless. |
| Luke 21:16 | You will be handed over even by parents and brothers (adelphōn | ἀδελφῶν | gen pl masc) and relatives and friends, and some of you they will put to death. |
| Luke 22:32 | but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have returned, strengthen your brothers.” (adelphous | ἀδελφούς | acc pl masc) |
| John 1:40 | Andrew, the brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) of Simon Peter, was one of the two disciples who heard John and followed Jesus. |
| John 1:41 | The first thing he did was to find his own brother (adelphon | ἀδελφόν | acc sg masc) Simon and say to him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is translated “Christ”). |
| John 2:12 | After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and his brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | nom pl masc) and his disciples, but they stayed there only a few days. |
| John 6:8 | One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc), said to him, |
| John 7:3 | So his brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | nom pl masc) said to him, “You should leave here and go to Judea so that your disciples also may observe the works you are doing. |
| John 7:5 | (You see, not even his brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | nom pl masc) had confidence in him.) |
