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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 the heavens, 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 has this man all these things?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:29

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:35 - for whosoever shall do the will of God, *he* 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 answering said, Verily I say to you, There is no one who has left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake and for the sake of the gospel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:30 - that shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time: houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the coming age life eternal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:39 - And she had a sister called Mary, who also, having sat down at the feet of Jesus was listening to his word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:40 - Now Martha was distracted with much serving, and coming up she said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Speak to her therefore that she may help me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:26 - If any man come to me, and shall not hate his own father and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:3 - The sisters therefore sent to 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 having said this, she went away and called her sister Mary secretly, saying, The teacher is come and calls thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:39 - Jesus says, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of the dead, says to him, Lord, he stinks already, for he is four days there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:25 - And by the cross of Jesus stood his mother, and the sister of his mother, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:16 - But Paul's sister's son, having heard of the lying in wait, came and entered into the fortress and reported it to Paul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:1 - But I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is minister of the assembly which is in Cenchrea;

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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 with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:15 - But if the unbeliever go away, let them go away; a brother or a sister is not bound in such cases, but God has called us in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:5 - have we not a right to take round a sister as wife, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:15 - Now if a brother or a sister is naked and destitute of daily food,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Jo 1:13

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