ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΙΑ, φιλαδελφια
PHILADELPHIA, philadelphia
Sounds Like: fee-lah-del-FEE-ah
Translations: brotherly love, love of brothers, affection for brethren, a brotherly love
From the root: ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the love or affection shared among brothers or, more broadly, among fellow members of a community or faith. It is a compound word formed from 'φίλος' (philos), meaning 'loving' or 'dear', and 'ἀδελφός' (adelphos), meaning 'brother'. It describes a deep bond of affection and care, often used in a spiritual or communal sense.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5360 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 0:1
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΙΑ.
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.
- ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΙΑΝ — Philadelphia
- ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΕΙΑΣ — of Philadelphia
- ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΙΑΝ — brotherly love, love of the brethren, a brotherly love
- ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΙΑΣ — of brotherly love, of brotherly affection, of love for the brethren, of Philadelphia
- ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΩΝ — of brotherly love, of mutual affection, of love for brothers and sisters
- ΦΙΛΑΔΕΦΙΑ — brotherly love, brotherly affection, love of the brethren, a brotherly love
- ΦΙΛΑΔΕΦΙΑΣ — (of) brotherly love, (of) brotherly affection, (of) love of the brethren
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