Word

φιλαδελφία

philadelphía · G5360 · Greek · 6 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. love for one’s fellow believer, affection for a fellow believer

    Affection for one’s fellow believer in Christ

    Examples

    Romans 12:10 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor,

    1 Thessalonians 4:9 Now as to the love of the brothers and sisters, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another;

    1 Peter 1:22 Since you have purified your souls in obedience to the truth for a sincere love of the brothers and sisters, fervently love one another from the heart,

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 3 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry
Love for one’s fellow believer, affection for a fellow believer25.34
Romans 12:10 urges believers, “Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor”.
Word family 37 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

φίλος phílos · G5384 · friend · 29×Φίλιππος Phílippos · G5376 · fond of horses; Philippus, the name of four Israelites · 36×φιλέω philéō · G5368 · to love, to have affection for, to like to · 25×φίλημα phílēma · G5370 · to kiss · 7×φιλαδελφίαphiladelphía · G5360Φίλιπποι Phílippoi · G5375 · Philippi, a place in Macedonia · 4×φιλόξενος philóxenos · G5382 · to be hospitable · 3×φιλοτιμέομαι philotiméomai · G5389 · to aspire to, to make something one’s ambition to · 3×ἀφιλάργυρος aphilárgyros · G866 · not loving wealth, one who does not love money · 2×Φιλαδέλφεια Philadélpheia · G5359 · Philadelphia, a place in Asia Minor · 2×φιλανθρωπία philanthrōpía · G5363 · love of mankind, affection for people, friendliness · 2×φιλάργυρος philárgyros · G5366 · loving wealth, lover of riches · 2×φιλονεξία philonexía · G5381 · hospitality, receiving a stranger as a guest · 2×ἀφιλάγαθος aphilágathos · G865 · not loving what is good, being an enemy to what is good, being against what is good · 1×προσφιλής prosphilḗs · G4375 · pleasing, lovely · 1×φιλάγαθος philágathos · G5358 · liking what is good, loving what is good · 1×φιλάδελφος philádelphos · G5361 · one who loves fellow believers, loving one another as brothers · 1×φίλανδρος phílandros · G5362 · having love for one’s husband, having affection for one’s husband · 1×φιλανθρώπως philanthrṓpōs · G5364 · kindly, in a friendly way · 1×φιλαργυρία philargyría · G5365 · love of wealth, love of money · 1×φίλαυτος phílautos · G5367 · selfish love, self-centered love · 1×φιλήδονος philḗdonos · G5369 · given over to pleasure, lover of pleasure, loving pleasure · 1×Φιλήμων Philḗmōn · G5371 · friendly; Philemon, a Christian · 1×Φίλητος Phílētos · G5372 · amiable; Philetus, an opposer of Christianity · 1×φιλία philía · G5373 · to love, to have affection for · 1×Φιλιππήσιος Philippḗsios · G5374 · a Philippian · 1×φιλόθεος philótheos · G5377 · loving God, having affection for God · 1×Φιλόλογος Philólogos · G5378 · fond of words, i.e. talkative ; Philologus, a Christian · 1×φιλονεικία philoneikía · G5379 · desire to quarrel, readiness to argue, to want to argue · 1×φιλόνεικος philóneikos · G5380 · quarrelsome, given to arguing · 1×φιλοπρωτεύω philoprōteúō · G5383 · to desire to be first, to desire to order others · 1×φιλοσοφία philosophía · G5385 · human understanding, human wisdom, philosophy · 1×φιλόσοφος philósophos · G5386 · philosopher, scholar · 1×φιλόστοργος philóstorgos · G5387 · very loving, warmly devoted to, very affectionate · 1×φιλότεκνος philóteknos · G5388 · loving one’s own children, one who loves children · 1×φιλοφρόνως philophrónōs · G5390 · kindly, in a friendly way · 1×φιλόφρων philóphrōn · G5391 · humble · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon φιλαδελφίας, ἡ (φιλάδελφος), the love of brothers (or sisters), brotherly love (properly,…
φιλαδελφίας, ἡ (φιλάδελφος), the love of brothers (or sisters), brotherly love (properly, 4 Macc. 13:22; 14:1; (Philo, leg. ad Gaium § 12); Josephus, Antiquities 4, 2, 4; Lucian, dial. deor. 26, 2; Plutarch, libell. περί φιλαδελφίας; (cf. Babrius 47, 15)); in the N. T. "the love which Christians cherish for each other as 'brethren'" (see ἀδελφός, 4); (love of the brethren) (Vulg.caritas or amor fraternitatis): Rom 12:10; 1 Thess 4:9; Heb 13:1; 1 Pet 1:22; 2 Pet 1:7, cf. 1 Jn 5:1.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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