Lexical Summary adelphotēs: brotherhood Original Word: ἀδελφότηςTransliteration: adelphotēs Phonetic Spelling: (ad-el-fot'-ace) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: brotherhood Meaning: brotherhood Strong's Concordance brethren, brotherhood. From adephos; brotherhood (properly, the feeling of brotherliness), i.e. The (Christian) fraternity -- brethren, brotherhood. see GREEK adephos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 81: ἀδελφότηςἀδελφότης, (ητος, ἡ, brotherhood; the abstract for the concrete, a band of brothers, i. e. of Christians, Christian brethren: 1 Peter 2:17; 1 Peter 5:9. (1 Macc. 12:10, 17, the connection of allied nations; 4 Macc. 9:23; 10:3, the connection of brothers; Dio Chrysostom 2:137 (edited by Reiske); often in ecclesiastical writings.) |
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