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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 Box2Sa 13:32 - And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:25 - And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:19 - And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife 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 bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh's household 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 from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:16

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:9 - These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 3:19

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:3 - And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:19 - And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:15 - And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah;) 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 Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:30 - The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:32

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 22:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 22:11 - But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:4 - And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:14 - I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:11 - Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:4 - Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:9 - Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:10 - How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:12 - A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:1 - I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:2 - I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:8 - We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:45

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:45 - Thou art thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:46

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:46 - And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:48

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:48 - As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:49

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:49 - Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:51

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:51 - Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:52

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:52 - Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:55

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:55 - When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:56

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:56 - For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:61

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:61 - Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:11 - And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:4 - And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:11 - And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:18 - So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:31 - Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:32 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:33 - Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:25 - And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:1 - Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.

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