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
| Acts 11:1 | Now the apostles and the brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | nom pl masc) who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God. |
| Acts 11:12 | And the Spirit told me to go with them without hesitating. And with me went also these six brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | nom pl masc), and we went into the house of the man. |
| Acts 11:29 | So each of the disciples, according to his financial ability, resolved to send relief to the brothers (adelphois | ἀδελφοῖς | dat pl masc) living in Judea, |
| Acts 12:2 | He had James the brother (adelphon | ἀδελφόν | acc sg masc) of John put to death with the sword, |
| Acts 12:17 | But Peter motioned to them with his hand to be silent, and he related how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, “Tell these things to James and to the brothers.” (adelphois | ἀδελφοῖς | dat pl masc) Then he departed and went to another place. |
| Acts 13:15 | After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, “My brothers, if there is any among you with a word of encouragement for the people, say it.” |
| Acts 13:26 | “My brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, it is to us that the message of this salvation has been sent. |
| Acts 13:38 | Therefore let it be known to you, my brothers, that through this one forgiveness of sins is being proclaimed to you; and from all from which you could not be set free by the law of Moses, |
| Acts 14:2 | But the Jews who did not believe stirred up and embittered the minds of the Gentiles against their brothers (adelphōn | ἀδελφῶν | gen pl masc). |
| Acts 15:1 | Now some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers (adelphous | ἀδελφούς | acc pl masc), “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.” |
| Acts 15:3 | So being sent on their way by the church, they went through both Phoenicia and Samaria, narrating in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers (adelphois | ἀδελφοῖς | dat pl masc). |
| Acts 15:7 | After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “My brothers, you know that in days of old God made a choice among you, that through my mouth the Gentiles should hear the message of the gospel and believe. |
| Acts 15:13 | When they finished speaking, James replied, saying, “My brothers, listen to me. |
| Acts 15:22 | Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, together with the whole church, to send men chosen from among them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas — Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers (adelphois | ἀδελφοῖς | dat pl masc) — |
| Acts 15:23 | writing by their hand, “From the apostles and elders, your brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | nom pl masc), to the Gentile brothers (adelphois | ἀδελφοῖς | dat pl masc) in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, Greetings! |
| Acts 15:32 | Both Judas and Silas, also being prophets themselves, encouraged and strengthened the brothers (adelphous | ἀδελφούς | acc pl masc) with a long speech. |
| Acts 15:33 | And when they had spent some time there, they were despatched with a greeting of peace from the brothers (adelphōn | ἀδελφῶν | gen pl masc) to those who had sent them. |
| Acts 15:36 | And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return indeed and visit the brothers (adelphous | ἀδελφούς | acc pl masc) in every city in which we announced the word of the Lord to see how they are.” |
| Acts 15:40 | but Paul chose Silas and departed, having been commended to the grace of the Lord by the brothers (adelphōn | ἀδελφῶν | gen pl masc). |
| Acts 16:2 | He was well attested by the brothers (adelphōn | ἀδελφῶν | gen pl masc) at Lystra and Iconium. |
| Acts 16:40 | So when they had left the prison, they went to Lydia’s house; and when they saw the brothers (adelphous | ἀδελφούς | acc pl masc), they encouraged them and departed. |
| Acts 17:6 | But when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some fellow believers (adelphous | ἀδελφούς | acc pl masc) before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here too, |
| Acts 17:10 | And the brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | nom pl masc) immediately sent Paul and Silas off by night to Berea. When they got there, they went to the synagogue of the Jews. |
| Acts 17:14 | Then immediately the brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | nom pl masc) sent Paul away, to go as far as to the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained there. |
| Acts 18:18 | Paul, after remaining there for a number of days, said farewell to the brothers (adelphois | ἀδελφοῖς | dat pl masc) and sailed away to Syria, and with him were Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had his head shaved, for he had taken a vow. |
