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
| John 7:10 | However, when his brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | nom pl masc) had gone up to the festival, then Jesus himself also went up, not openly, but as it were, in private. |
| John 11:2 | It was this Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) Lazarus was ill. |
| John 11:19 | and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in regard to their brother (adelphou | ἀδελφοῦ | gen sg masc). |
| John 11:21 | Martha then said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) would not have died. |
| John 11:23 | Jesus said to her, “Your brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) will rise again.” |
| John 11:32 | When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) would not have died.” |
| John 20:17 | Jesus said to her, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers (adelphous | ἀδελφούς | acc pl masc) and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” |
| John 21:23 | So the word spread among the believers (adelphous | ἀδελφούς | acc pl masc) that this disciple would not die. But Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but rather, “If I should want him to remain alive until I come back, what concern is that to you?” |
| Acts 1:14 | These all were devoting themselves with a single purpose to prayer, with the women and Mary, the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers (adelphois | ἀδελφοῖς | dat pl masc). |
| Acts 1:15 | And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the brothers (adelphōn | ἀδελφῶν | gen pl masc) (a crowd of people, about a hundred and twenty, had gathered together), and said, |
| Acts 1:16 | “My brothers, it was necessary for the Scripture to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became guide to those who arrested Jesus. |
| Acts 2:29 | My brothers, I can speak to you confidently about the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried and his tomb is with us to this day. |
| Acts 2:37 | Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and they said to Peter and the other apostles, “My brothers, what shall we do?” |
| Acts 3:17 | And now, brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your rulers as well. |
| Acts 3:22 | Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet from among your brothers (adelphōn | ἀδελφῶν | gen pl masc), as he raised me. You must obey him in all things whatsoever he speaks to you. |
| Acts 6:3 | Therefore, brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), select from among you seven men of good standing, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to carry out this responsibility. |
| Acts 7:2 | And Stephen said: “My brothers and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, |
| Acts 7:13 | On their second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers (adelphois | ἀδελφοῖς | dat pl masc), and the lineage of Joseph became clear to Pharaoh. |
| Acts 7:23 | “When he was about forty years old, it entered his mind to visit his brothers (adelphous | ἀδελφούς | acc pl masc), the sons of Israel. |
| Acts 7:25 | He thought that his brothers (adelphous | ἀδελφούς | acc pl masc) would understand that God, by his hand, was granting them deliverance; but they did not understand. |
| Acts 7:26 | On the following day he appeared to them as they were quarreling and tried to reconcile them to be at peace, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | nom pl masc). Why are you hurting one another?’ |
| Acts 7:37 | This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, ‘God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers (adelphōn | ἀδελφῶν | gen pl masc), as he raised up me.’ |
| Acts 9:17 | So Ananias went entered the house; he placed his hands on Saul and said, “Brother (adelphe | ἀδελφέ | voc sg masc) Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me so that you may recover your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” |
| Acts 9:30 | And when the brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | nom pl masc) learned about this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus. |
| Acts 10:23 | So he invited them in and gave them lodging. On the next day he got up and set out with them, and some of the brothers (adelphōn | ἀδελφῶν | gen pl masc) from Joppa went with him. |
