Lexicon philadelphia: the love of brothers, brotherly love Original Word: φιλαδελφία, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: philadelphia Phonetic Spelling: (fil-ad-el-fee'-ah) Short Definition: brotherly love Definition: brotherly love, love of Christian brethren. HELPS word-Studies 5360 philadelphía (from 5384 /phílos, "loving friend" and 80 /adelphós, "a brother") – properly, affection for the brethren (fellow-believers). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom philadelphosDefinitionthe love of brothers, brotherly love NASB Translationbrotherly kindness (2), brotherly love (1), love of the brethren (3).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5360: φιλαδελφίαφιλαδελφία, φιλαδελφίας, ἡ ( φιλάδελφος), the love of brothers (or sisters), brotherly love (properly, 4 Macc. 13:22; 14:1; ( Philo, leg. ad Gaium § 12); Josephus, Antiquities 4, 2, 4; Lucian, dial. deor. 26, 2; Plutarch, libell. περί φιλαδελφίας; (cf. Babrius 47, 15)); in the N. T. "the love which Christians cherish for each other as 'brethren'" (see ἀδελφός, 4); ( love of the brethren) ( Vulg.caritas or amor fraternitatis): Romans 12:10; 1 Thessalonians 4:9; Hebrews 13:1; 1 Peter 1:22; 2 Peter 1:7, cf. 1 John 5:1.
Strong's brotherly love, kindness From philadelphos; fraternal affection -- brotherly love (kindness), love of the brethren. see GREEK philadelphos |
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