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ἀδελφός
adelphós · Greek · Strong's G80 · 343 occurrences
The KJV renders 3 different Hebrew and Greek words as “brother”
What it means
a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like G1 (Α))
from G1 (Α) (as a connective particle) and (the womb);
How the KJV renders it
brother
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
Questions this word decides
- Does scripture permit divorce and remarriage?
- Is purgatory taught in scripture?
- Should Christians pray to saints?
- Who wrote the letter to the Hebrews?
- Is tithing required for Christians?
- What does Romans 14:5 mean about esteeming one day above another?
Where it appears
343 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 1:1 N-NSM1 Corinthians 1:10 N-VPM1 Corinthians 1:11 N-VPM1 Corinthians 1:26 N-VPM1 Corinthians 2:1 N-VPM1 Corinthians 3:1 N-VPM1 Corinthians 4:6 N-VPM1 Corinthians 5:11 N-NSM1 Corinthians 6:5 N-GSM1 Corinthians 6:6 N-GSM1 Corinthians 6:8 N-APM1 Corinthians 7:12 N-NSM1 Corinthians 7:14 N-DSM1 Corinthians 7:15 N-NSM1 Corinthians 7:24 N-VPM1 Corinthians 7:29 N-VPM1 Corinthians 8:11 N-NSM1 Corinthians 8:12 N-APM1 Corinthians 8:13 N-ASM1 Corinthians 9:5 N-NPM1 Corinthians 10:1 N-VPM1 Corinthians 11:33 N-VPM1 Corinthians 12:1 N-VPM1 Corinthians 14:6 N-VPM1 Corinthians 14:20 N-VPM1 Corinthians 14:26 N-VPM1 Corinthians 14:39 N-VPM1 Corinthians 15:1 N-VPM1 Corinthians 15:6 N-DPM1 Corinthians 15:31 N-VPM1 Corinthians 15:50 N-VPM1 Corinthians 15:58 N-VPM1 Corinthians 16:11 N-GPM1 Corinthians 16:12 N-GPM1 Corinthians 16:15 N-VPM1 Corinthians 16:20 N-NPM1 John 2:9 N-ASM1 John 2:10 N-ASM1 John 2:11 N-ASM1 John 3:10 N-ASM1 John 3:12 N-ASM1 John 3:13 N-VPM1 John 3:14 N-APM1 John 3:15 N-ASM1 John 3:16 N-GPM1 John 3:17 N-ASM1 John 4:20 N-ASM1 John 4:21 N-ASM1 John 5:16 N-ASM1 Peter 5:12 N-GSM1 Thessalonians 1:4 N-VPM1 Thessalonians 2:1 N-VPM1 Thessalonians 2:9 N-VPM1 Thessalonians 2:14 N-VPM1 Thessalonians 2:17 N-VPM1 Thessalonians 3:2 N-ASM1 Thessalonians 3:7 N-VPM1 Thessalonians 4:1 N-VPM1 Thessalonians 4:6 N-ASM1 Thessalonians 4:10 N-APM
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.