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
| Romans 14:15 | if your brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) is being hurt by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy by what you eat that brother for whom Christ died. |
| Romans 14:21 | It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine or to do anything that makes your brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) stumble. |
| Romans 15:14 | I myself am convinced my brethren (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able also to instruct one another. |
| Romans 15:30 | Now I urge you, brethren (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in fervent prayer to God on my behalf, |
| Romans 16:14 | Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brethren (adelphous | ἀδελφούς | acc pl masc) with them. |
| Romans 16:17 | Now I urge you, brethren (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), to watch out for people who cause divisions and upset people’s faith contrary to the teaching that you have received. Avoid them. |
| Romans 16:23 | Gaius, a host to me as well as to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer greets you, as does our brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) Quartus. |
| 1 Corinthians 1:1 | Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc), |
| 1 Corinthians 1:10 | I appeal to you, brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all come to agreement and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same frame of mind and the same judgment. |
| 1 Corinthians 1:11 | For it has been reported to me by members of Chloe’s household that there are quarrels among you, my brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc). |
| 1 Corinthians 1:26 | Consider your calling, brothers: (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc) according to worldly standards, not many of you were wise, not many were influential, not many were of noble birth. |
| 1 Corinthians 2:1 | When I came to you, brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), I did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom as I told you about the secret purpose of God. |
| 1 Corinthians 3:1 | And so, brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but rather as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. |
| 1 Corinthians 4:6 | I have applied all this to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another. |
| 1 Corinthians 5:11 | But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) if he is a sexually immoral or greedy person, an idolater, slanderer, drunkard, or swindler — not even to eat with such a one. |
| 1 Corinthians 6:5 | I say this to your shame! Is there no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between his brothers (adelphou | ἀδελφοῦ | gen sg masc), |
| 1 Corinthians 6:6 | but brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) goes to court against brother (adelphou | ἀδελφοῦ | gen sg masc), and that before unbelievers? |
| 1 Corinthians 6:8 | But you yourselves wrong and defraud, and this to your own brothers! (adelphous | ἀδελφούς | acc pl masc) |
| 1 Corinthians 7:12 | To the rest I say (I, not the Lord): If some brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) has a wife who is not a believer, and she is willing to live with him, he should not divorce her. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:14 | For the unbelieving husband is consecrated through union with his wife, and the unbelieving wife is consecrated through union with her husband (adelphō | ἀδελφῷ | dat sg masc). Otherwise your children would be defiled, but as it is, they are holy. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:15 | But if the unbelieving partner separates, let it be so. In such cases the brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) or the sister is not bound. It is to peace that God has called us. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:24 | Each one in the condition in which he was called, brothers (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc), in that condition let him remain with God. |
| 1 Corinthians 7:29 | And I say this, my brothers: (adelphoi | ἀδελφοί | voc pl masc) the time has grown short. From now on those who have wives should be as though they had none, |
| 1 Corinthians 8:11 | And so the one who is weak, the brother (adelphos | ἀδελφός | nom sg masc) for whom Christ died, will be destroyed by your knowledge. |
| 1 Corinthians 8:12 | So when you sin against your brothers (adelphous | ἀδελφούς | acc pl masc) and wound their conscience, being weak, you are sinning against Christ. |
