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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 whoever does 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 - Aren't all of his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all of these things?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:29 - Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:35 - For whoever does the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:3 - Isn't this the carpenter, the son of Miryam, and brother of Ya`akov, Yosi, Yehudah, and Shim`on? Aren't his sisters here with us?" They were offended at him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:29 - Yeshua said, "Most assuredly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the Good News# sake,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:30 - but he will receive one hundred times more now in this time, houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land, with persecutions; and in the age to come eternal life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:39 - She had a sister called Miryam, who also sat at Yeshua's feet, and heard his word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:40 - But Marta was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:26 - "If anyone comes to me, and doesn't hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can't be my talmid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:1 - Now a certain man was sick, El'azar from Beit-Anyah, of the village of Miryam and her sister, Marta.

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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 for whom you have great affection is sick."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:5 - Now Yeshua loved Marta, and her sister, and El'azar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:28 - When she had said this, she went away, and called Miryam, her sister, secretly, saying, "The Teacher is here, and is calling you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:39 - Yeshua said, "Take away the stone." Marta, the sister of him who was dead, said to him, "Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:25 - But there were standing by the cross of Yeshua his mother, and his mother's sister, Miryam the wife of Klofah, and Miryam from Magdala.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:16 - But Sha'ul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, and he came and entered into the barracks and told Sha'ul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:15 - Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the holy ones who are with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:15 - Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us in shalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:5 - Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Kefa?

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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 - And if a brother or sister is 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 your chosen sister greet you. Amein.
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