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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 may do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:56

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:56 - and his sisters -- are they not all with us? whence, then, to this one all these?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:29 - and every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my name's sake, an hundredfold shall receive, and life age-during shall inherit;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:35 - for whoever may do the will of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and mother.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:3 - Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us?' -- and they were being stumbled at him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:29 - And Jesus answering said, 'Verily I say to you, there is no one who left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my sake, and for the good news',

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:30 - who may not receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and fields, with persecutions, and in the age that is coming, life age-during;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:39 - and she had also a sister, called Mary, who also, having seated herself beside the feet of Jesus, was hearing the word,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:40 - and Martha was distracted about much serving, and having stood by him, she said, 'Sir, dost thou not care that my sister left me alone to serve? say then to her, that she may partake along with me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:26 - 'If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:1 - And there was a certain one ailing, Lazarus, from Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister --

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:3 - therefore sent the sisters unto him, saying, 'Sir, lo, he whom thou dost love is ailing;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:5 - And Jesus was loving Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:28 - And these things having said, she went away, and called Mary her sister privately, saying, 'The Teacher is present, and doth call thee;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:39 - Jesus saith, 'Take ye away the stone;' the sister of him who hath died -- Martha -- saith to him, 'Sir, already he stinketh, for he is four days dead;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:25 - And there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary of Cleopas, and Mary the Magdalene;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:16 - And the son of Paul's sister having heard of the lying in wait, having gone and entered into the castle, told Paul,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:1 - And I commend you to Phebe our sister -- being a ministrant of the assembly that is in Cenchrea --

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:15 - salute Philologus, and Julias, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints with them;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:15 - And, if the unbelieving doth separate himself -- let him separate himself: the brother or the sister is not under servitude in such cases, and in peace hath God called us;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:5 - have we not authority a sister -- a wife -- to lead about, as also the other apostles, and the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:2 - aged women as mothers, younger ones 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 may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Jo 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:13 - salute thee do the children of thy choice sister. Amen.
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