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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 102 times in 93 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 2 / 2 (2Sa 13:32–Hos 2:1)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:32 - But Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David’s brother, said, “Let not my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men, the king’s sons, for Amnon alone is dead. For by the command of Absalom this has been determined from the day he violated his sister Tamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:25 - Now Absalom had set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite,[fn] who had married Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:19 - And Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him in marriage the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:20 - And the sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house. And Genubath was in Pharaoh’s house among the sons of Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:2 - But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were being put to death, and she put[fn] him and his nurse in a bedroom. Thus they[fn] hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:16 - And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:9 - All these were David’s sons, besides the sons of the concubines, and Tamar was their sister.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 3:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:19 - and the sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel and Shimei; and the sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah, and Shelomith was their sister;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:3 - These were the sons[fn] of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:19 - The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:15 - And Machir took a wife for Huppim and for Shuppim. The name of his sister was Maacah. And the name of the second was Zelophehad, and Zelophehad had daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:18 - And his sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:30 - The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:32 - Heber fathered Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and their sister Shua.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:11 - But Jehoshabeath,[fn] the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the king’s sons who were about to be put to death, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Thus Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and wife of Jehoiada the priest, because she was a sister of Ahaziah, hid him[fn] from Athaliah, so that she did not put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:4 - His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:14 - if I say to the pit, ‘You are my father,’
and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:11 - Then came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and ate bread with him in his house. And they showed him sympathy and comforted him for all the evil[fn] that the LORD had brought upon him. And each of them gave him a piece of money[fn] and a ring of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:4 - Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and call insight your intimate friend,

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:9 - You have captivated my heart, my sister, my bride;
you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes,
with one jewel of your necklace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:10 - How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride!
How much better is your love than wine,
and the fragrance of your oils than any spice!

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:12 - A garden locked is my sister, my bride,
a spring locked, a fountain sealed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 - He
I came to my garden, my sister, my bride,
I gathered my myrrh with my spice,
I ate my honeycomb with my honey,
I drank my wine with my milk.

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Eat, friends, drink,
and be drunk with love!

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:2 - She
I slept, but my heart was awake.
A sound! My beloved is knocking.
“Open to me, my sister, my love,
my dove, my perfect one,
for my head is wet with dew,
my locks with the drops of the night.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:8 - Others
We have a little sister,
and she has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
on the day when she is spoken for?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:45

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:45 - You are the daughter of your mother, who loathed her husband and her children; and you are the sister of your sisters, who loathed their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:46

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:46 - And your elder sister is Samaria, who lived with her daughters to the north of you; and your younger sister, who lived to the south of you, is Sodom with her daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:48

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:48 - As I live, declares the Lord GOD, your sister Sodom and her daughters have not done as you and your daughters have done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:49

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:49 - Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:51

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:51 - Samaria has not committed half your sins. You have committed more abominations than they, and have made your sisters appear righteous by all the abominations that you have committed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:52

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:52 - Bear your disgrace, you also, for you have intervened on behalf of your sisters. Because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. So be ashamed, you also, and bear your disgrace, for you have made your sisters appear righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:55

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:55 - As for your sisters, Sodom and her daughters shall return to their former state, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former state, and you and your daughters shall return to your former state.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:56

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:56 - Was not your sister Sodom a byword in your mouth in the day of your pride,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:61

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:61 - Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you take your sisters, both your elder and your younger, and I give them to you as daughters, but not on account of[fn] the covenant with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:11 - One commits abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law; another in you violates his sister, his father’s daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:4 - Oholah was the name of the elder and Oholibah the name of her sister. They became mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:11 - “Her sister Oholibah saw this, and she became more corrupt than her sister[fn] in her lust and in her whoring, which was worse than that of her sister.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:18 - When she carried on her whoring so openly and flaunted her nakedness, I turned in disgust from her, as I had turned in disgust from her sister.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:31 - You have gone the way of your sister; therefore I will give her cup into your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:32 - Thus says the Lord GOD:
“You shall drink your sister’s cup
that is deep and large;
you shall be laughed at and held in derision,
for it contains much;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:33 - you will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow.
A cup of horror and desolation,
the cup of your sister Samaria;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:25 - They shall not defile themselves by going near to a dead person. However, for father or mother, for son or daughter, for brother or unmarried sister they may defile themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:1 - [fn] Say to your brothers, “You are my people,”[fn] and to your sisters, “You have received mercy.”[fn]

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