Lexical Summary philadelphos: loving one's brother Original Word: φιλάδελφοςTransliteration: philadelphos Phonetic Spelling: (fil-ad'-el-fos) Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: loving one's brother Meaning: loving one's brother Strong's Concordance love as brothersFrom philos and adephos; fond of brethren, i.e. Fraternal -- love as brethren. see GREEK philos see GREEK adephos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5361: φιλάδελφοςφιλάδελφος, φιλαδελφον (φίλος and ἀδελφός), loving brother or sister (Sophocles, Plutarch, Anthol.); in a broader sense, loving one like a brother, Xenophon, mem. 2, 3, 17; loving one's fellow-countrymen, of an Israelite, 2 Macc. 15:14; of a Christian loving Christians, 1 Peter 3:8 (R. V. loving as brethren). |
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