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Lexicon :: Strong's G79 - adelphē

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ἀδελφή
Transliteration
adelphē (Key)
Pronunciation
ad-el-fay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:144,22

Strong’s Definitions

ἀδελφή adelphḗ, ad-el-fay'; feminine of G80; a sister (naturally or ecclesiastically):—sister.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's G79 in the following manner: sister (24x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's G79 in the following manner: sister (24x).

  1. a full, own sister

  2. one connected by the tie of the Christian religion

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀδελφή adelphḗ, ad-el-fay'; feminine of G80; a sister (naturally or ecclesiastically):—sister.
STRONGS G79:
ἀδελφή, -ῆς, ἡ (see ἀδελφός) (from Aeschylus down), sister;
1. a full, own sister (i. e. by birth): Matthew 19:29; Luke 10:39; John 11:1, 3, 5; John 19:25; Romans 16:15, etc.; respecting the sisters of Christ, mentioned in Matthew 13:56; Mark 6:3, see ἀδελφός, 1.
2. one connected by the tie of the Christian religion: 1 Corinthians 7:15; 1 Corinthians 9:5; Philemon 1:2 L T Tr WH; James 2:15; with a subjective genitive, a Christian woman especially dear to one, Romans 16:1.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
13:56; 19:29
Mark
6:3
Luke
10:39
John
11:1; 11:3; 11:5; 19:25
Romans
16:1; 16:15
1 Corinthians
7:15; 9:5
Philemon
1:2
James
2:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G79 matches the Greek ἀδελφή (adelphē),
which occurs 24 times in 24 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:50

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:50 - For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:56

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:56 - And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:29 - And every one that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:35 - For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:3 - Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:29 - Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for my sake, and for the gospel’s sake,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:30 - but he shall receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:39 - And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at the Lord’s feet, and heard his word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:40 - But Martha was cumbered about much serving; and she came up to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister did leave me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:26 - If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:1 - Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:3 - The sisters therefore sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:5 - Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:28 - And when she had said this, she went away, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Teacher is here, and calleth thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:39 - Jesus saith, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time the body decayeth; for he hath been dead four days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:25 - These things therefore the soldiers did. But there were standing by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:16 - But Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, and he came and entered into the castle and told Paul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:1 - I commend unto you Phoebe our sister, who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreae:

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:15 - Salute Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints that are with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:15 - Yet if the unbelieving departeth, let him depart: the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:5 - Have we no right to lead about a wife that is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:2 - the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:15 - If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Jo 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:13 - The children of thine elect sister salute thee.
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