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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 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 in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:56

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:56 - And aren't all his sisters here with us? Where did he get all this?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:29 - And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:32 - A crowd was sitting around him and they said to him, "Look, 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 is my brother and 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 Mary and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren't his sisters here with us?" And so they took offense at him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:29 - Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:30 - who will not receive in this age a hundred times as much - homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, fields, all 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 named Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to what he said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:40 - But Martha was distracted with all the preparations she had to make, so she came up to him and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? 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 hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, 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 named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:3 - So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, "Lord, look, the one 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 and Lazarus.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:28 - And when she had said this, Martha went and called her sister Mary, saying privately, "The Teacher is here and is asking for you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:39 - Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the deceased, replied, "Lord, by this time the body will have a bad smell, because he has been buried four days."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:25 - Now standing beside Jesus' cross were his mother, his mother's sister, 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 heard about the ambush, he came and entered the barracks and told Paul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:1 - Now I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea,

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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 believers who are with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:15 - But if the unbeliever wants a divorce, let it take place. In these circumstances the brother or sister is not bound. God has called you in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:5 - Do we not have the right to the company of a believing wife, like the other apostles and the Lord's brothers and Cephas?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:2 - older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters - with complete purity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phm 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:2 - to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets in your house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:15 - If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Jo 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:13 - The children of your elect sister greet you.
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