ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΩΝ, φιλαδελφεων
PHILADELPHEŌN, philadelpheōn
Sounds Like: fee-lah-DEL-feh-ohn
Translations: of brothers, of brethren, of those who love their brothers, of those who love their fellow believers
From the root: ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is the genitive plural form of 'φιλάδελφος' (philadelphos), meaning 'loving brothers' or 'brotherly'. It is a compound word formed from 'φίλος' (philos), meaning 'loved, dear, friendly', and 'ἀδελφός' (adelphos), meaning 'brother'. In its plural form, it refers to a group of people who exhibit brotherly love or affection, often used in a spiritual sense to refer to fellow believers. As a genitive plural, it indicates possession or relationship, meaning 'of brothers' or 'of those who love their brothers'.
Inflection: Genitive, Plural, Masculine
Strong’s number: G5361 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 13 — 8:235
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΣ.
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.
- ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΗΝ — brotherly, sisterly, loving one's brethren, loving one's sisters
- ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΗΝΟΥΣ — brotherly, loving brothers, loving one's brethren
- ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΙ — brotherly, loving brothers, fond of brothers, those who love their brothers
- ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΣ — brotherly, loving brothers, loving sisters, fond of one's brother, fond of one's sister, a brotherly one
- ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΤΑΤΟΝ — most loving of brothers, most brotherly, the most brotherly thing
- ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ — of brotherly love, of brotherly affection, of brotherly kindness, of a lover of brothers, of a lover of sisters
- ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΩ — brother-loving, loving one's brothers, fond of brothers, affectionate to brethren
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