Lexicon :: Strong's G79 - adelphē

“For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

“And his sisters, aren’t they all with us? So where does he get all these things? ”

“And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother[fn] or children or fields because of my name will receive a hundred times more and will inherit eternal life.

A crowd was sitting around him and told him, “Look, your mother, your brothers, and your sisters[fn] are outside asking for you.”

“Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”

“Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren’t his sisters here with us? ” So they were offended by him.

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus said, “there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father[fn] or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel,

She had a sister named Mary, who also sat at the Lord’s[fn] feet and was listening to what he said.[fn]

“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters ​— ​yes, and even his own life ​— ​he cannot be my disciple.

Now a man was sick ​— ​Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

So the sisters sent a message to him: “Lord, the one you love is sick.”

Now Jesus loved Martha, her sister, and Lazarus.

Having said this, she went back and called her sister Mary, saying in private, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”

“Remove the stone,” Jesus said.

Martha, the dead man’s sister, told him, “Lord, there is already a stench because he has been dead four days.”

Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

But the son of Paul’s sister, hearing about their ambush, came and entered the barracks and reported it to Paul.

I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant[fn] of the church in Cenchreae.

Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them.

But if the unbeliever leaves, let him leave. A brother or a sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you[fn] to live in peace.

Don’t we have the right to be accompanied by a believing wife[fn] like the other apostles, the Lord’s brothers, and Cephas?

older women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters with all purity.

to Apphia our sister,[fn] to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets in your home.

If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food

The children of your elect sister send you greetings.