ἀδελφή
adelphḗ · G79 · Greek · 26 occurrences
Meanings
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sister
A female having the same father and mother as the reference person
ExamplesMatthew 12:50 “For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother, and sister, and mother.”
Matthew 13:56 “And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this Man acquire all these things?”
Matthew 19:29 “And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms on account of My name, will receive many times as much, and will inherit eternal life.
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fellow believer, sister in Christ, sister in the faith
A close female associate of a group with well-defined membership (in the NT referring specifically to fellow believers in Christ)
ExamplesRomans 16:1 I recommend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea,
1 Corinthians 7:15 Yet if the unbelieving one is leaving, let him leave; the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us in peace.
1 Corinthians 9:5 Do we not have a right to take along a believing wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
How it’s used In 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
13 occurrences in 6 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 6
- ἐγώI, we 3
- μήτηρmother 1
- ΠαῦλοςPaul 1
- σύyou 1
- τελευτάωto die 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἐκλεκτόςchosen 1
- καλέωto call, to name 1
Named alongside itApposition
8 occurrences in 7 groups
- ΜάρθαMartha 2
- γυνήwoman, wife 1
- ἑκατονταπλασίωνa hundred times 1
- ἀκούωto hear 1
- ΜαρίαMary 1
- Φοίβηprobably akin to the base of G5457) 1
What it doesIt is the subject
5 occurrences in 5 groups
- δουλόωto enslave, to make a slave of 1
- ἵστημιto stand, to set 1
- καταλείπωto leave, to leave behind 1
- λέγωto say 1
- ἀποστέλλωto send 1
What is done to itIt is the object
6 occurrences in 5 groups
- ἀφίημιto leave, to forgive, to let 2
- ἀγαπάωto love 1
- μισέωto hate 1
- περιάγωto travel about 1
- ἀσπάζομαιto greet, to send greetings 1
What it is said to bePredicate
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- γυμνόςnaked 1
- ἐγώI, we 1
- ὅδεthis 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- οὗτοςthis 1
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- τέκνονchild, offspring 1
- υἱόςson 1
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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In the other Testament 1 word
- אָחוֹת ʼâchôwth · H269 · sister, half-sister, cousin
- Hebrew אָחוֹת and Greek ἀδελφή both denote 'sister' in the literal, kinship sense as well as in extended ecclesiastical or communal senses — a direct translation equivalence.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Sister10.50
- This noun denotes a natural female sibling, as in Matthew 13:56's question, "And His sisters, are they not all with us?"
- Fellow believer, sister in Christ, sister in the faith11.24
- The noun also denotes a woman united by shared devotion to God rather than blood kinship, as in Matthew 12:50's statement, "For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother, and sister, and mother."
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (ῆς, ἡ (see ἀδελφός) (from Aeschylus down), sister; 1. a full, own sister (i. e. by…
1. a full, own sister (i. e. by birth): Mt 19:29; Lk 10:39; Jn 11:1, Jn 11:3, Jn 11:5; Jn 19:25; Rom 16:15, etc.; respecting the sisters of Christ, mentioned in Mt 13:56; Mk 6:3, see ἀδελφός, 1.
2. one connected by the tie of the Christian religion: 1 Cor 7:15; 1 Cor 9:5; Phm 1:2 L T Tr WH; Jas 2:15; with a subjective genitive, a Christian woman especially dear to one, Rom 16:1.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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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