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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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All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 26 times in 26 verses in the MGNT 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 G79 and mother.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:56

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:56 - “And His sisters G79, are they not all with us? Where then did this man get all these things?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:29 - “And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters G79 or father or mother [fn]or children or farms for My name’s sake, will receive [fn]one hundred times as much, and will inherit eternal life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:32 - And a crowd was sitting around Him, and they *said to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are outside looking for You.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:35 - “For whoever does the will of God, he is My brother and sister G79 and mother.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:3 - “Is this man not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are not His sisters G79 here with us?” And they were taking offense at Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:29 - Jesus said, “Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters G79 or mother or father or children or farms, for My sake and for the gospel’s sake,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:30 - [fn]except one who will receive one hundred times as much now in [fn]the present age—houses and brothers and sisters G79 and mothers and children and farms, along 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 - And she had a sister G79 called Mary, who was also seated at the Lord’s feet, listening to His word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:40 - But Martha was distracted with [fn]all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister G79 has left me to do all the [fn]preparations alone? Then tell her to help me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:26 - “If anyone comes to Me, and does not [fn]hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters G79, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:1 -

Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister G79 Martha.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:3 - So the sisters G79 sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:5 - Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister G79 and Lazarus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:28 -

And when she had said this, she went away and called Mary her sister G79, saying secretly, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:39 - Jesus *said, “Remove the stone.” Martha, the sister G79 of the deceased, *said to Him, “Lord, by this time he smells, for he has been dead four days.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:25 - Therefore the soldiers did these things.

But standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother, and His mother’s sister G79, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:16 -

But when the son of Paul’s sister G79 heard of their ambush, [fn]he came and entered the barracks and reported it to Paul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:1 -

Now I commend to you our sister G79 Phoebe, who is a [fn]servant of the church which is at Cenchrea;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:15 -

Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister G79, and Olympas, and all the [fn]saints who are with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:15 - Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave. The brother or the sister G79 is not enslaved in such cases, but God has called [fn]us [fn]to peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:5 - Do we not have authority to take along a [fn]believing G79 wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:2 - the older women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters G79, in all purity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phm 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:2 - and to Apphia [fn]our sister G79, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:15 - If a brother or sister G79 is without clothing and in need of daily food,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Jo 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:13 -

The children of your elect sister G79 greet you.

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