ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΣἨΝ, φιλαδελφοσἠν
PHILADELPHOSĒN, philadelphosēn
Sounds Like: fee-lah-DEL-phos-AYN
Translations: brotherly, loving brothers, loving sisters, he was, she was, it was
From the root: ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΣ, ΕΙΜΙ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Verb
Explanation: This appears to be a compound phrase, likely combining the adjective ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΣ (philadelphos), meaning 'brotherly' or 'loving brothers/sisters', with the verb ἨΝ (ēn), which means 'he/she/it was'. Therefore, the phrase would mean 'he/she/it was brotherly' or 'he/she/it was loving brothers/sisters'. It describes someone who exhibits affection or loyalty towards their siblings or fellow believers. The combination into a single word suggests a very close grammatical connection or possibly a transcription error.
Inflection: ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΣ: Singular, Nominative, Masculine or Feminine; ἨΝ: Third Person, Singular, Imperfect, Active, Indicative
Strong’s numbers: G5361 (Lookup on BibleHub), G1510 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 15:2
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΣ, ΕΙΜΙ, appear in our texts.
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.