ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΙΑΣ, φιλαδελφιας
PHILADELPHIAS, philadelphias
Sounds Like: phi-la-del-PHI-as
Translations: of brotherly love, of brotherly affection, of love for the brethren, of Philadelphia
From the root: ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to brotherly love or affection for one's fellow human beings, especially those in a community or family. It is a compound word formed from 'φίλος' (philos), meaning 'beloved' or 'friend', and 'ἀδελφός' (adelphos), meaning 'brother'. It can also refer to the city of Philadelphia, which literally means 'city of brotherly love'. As a genitive case, it indicates possession or origin, often translated with 'of'.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5360 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 48:1
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Martyrdom of Polycarp — 19:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 1 Thessalonians — 4:9
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
- ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΙΑ — brotherly love, love of brothers, affection for brethren, a brotherly love
- ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΙΑΝ — brotherly love, love of the brethren, a brotherly love
- 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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