ΟἈΔΕΛΦΟΣ, οἀδελφος
OADELPHOS, oadelphos
Sounds Like: HO AH-del-FOS
Translations: the brother, a brother
From the root: ἈΔΕΛΦΟΣ
Part of Speech: Article, Noun
Explanation: This word is a combination of the definite article 'ο' (the) and the noun 'ἀδελφός' (brother). It refers to a male sibling or a close kinsman, or more broadly, a fellow human being or a member of the same community or group. It is used in sentences to specify 'the brother' as the subject.
Inflection: Masculine, Singular, Nominative
Strong’s numbers: G3588 (Lookup on BibleHub), G80 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 2:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΔΕΛΦΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΔΕΛΦΑΙ — sisters
- ἈΔΕΛΦΕ — brother, O brother
- ἈΔΕΛΦΗ — sister, a sister
- ἈΔΕΛΦΙΔΕ — little sister, dear sister, a little sister, a dear sister
- ἈΔΕΛΦΙΔΟΝ — little brother, darling brother, cousin, a little brother, a darling brother, a cousin
- ἈΔΕΛΦΙΔΟΣ — of a sister's son, of a nephew, of a cousin
- ἈΔΕΛΦΙΚΩΣ — brotherly, in a brotherly way
- ἈΔΕΛΦΟΙ — brothers, fellow believers, kinsmen, countrymen
- ἈΔΕΛΦΟΙΣ — to brothers, to brethren, to fellow countrymen, to fellow believers
- ἈΔΕΛΦΟΝ — brother, a brother, fellowman, countryman, kinsman
- ἈΔΕΛΦΟΝΤΟΝ — unknown
- ἈΔΕΛΦΟΣ — brother, a brother, fellow countryman, kinsman, fellow believer
- ἈΔΕΛΦΟΥ — (of) a brother, (of) the brother, (of) a fellow believer, (of) the fellow believer, (of) a kinsman
- ἈΔΕΛΦΟΥΣ — brothers, brethren
- ἈΔΕΛΦΩ — to brother, to a brother, to fellow believer, to a fellow believer, to countryman, to a countryman
- ἈΔΕΛΦΩΝ — (of) brothers, (of) brethren, (of) fellow believers
- ἈΔΕΡ — brother, a brother
- ΔΕΤἈΔΕΛΦΩ — brother, a brother
- ΤἈΔΕΛΦΩ — to the brother, for the brother, to a brother, for a brother
- ΤΟΥἈΔΕΛΦΟΥ — of the brother, of a brother
- ΤΟΥΣΤἈΔΕΛΦΟΥ — of the brothers, of the brethren
- ΤΩΝἈΔΕΛΦΩΝ — (of) the brothers, (of) the brethren, (of) the fellow believers
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