UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: ἀδελφή; -ῆς

Related lemmas: ἀδελφός

Sense 1: sister

Semantic entry: 10.50

Semantic domains: Kinship Terms

Subdomains: Kinship Relations of the Same Generation

Definition: a female having the same father and mother as the reference person

Notes: For a discussion of ἀδελφή[a] in the possible meaning of cousin, see the discussion under ἀδελφός[a] (10.49: ἀδελφός).|A number of languages make a distinction in relative age of sisters, paralleling the usage of distinct terms for ‘brother’ (see 10.49: ἀδελφός). The order of names in the NT normally suggests relative age, and therefore in speaking of Martha and Mary in such languages, one may designate Mary as the younger sister, since the order is normally first Martha and then Mary, though in RV JHN 11:1 · LV JHN 11:1 · Read together JHN 11:1 the order is reversed.

MAT 12:50: RV MAT 12:50 · LV MAT 12:50 · Read together MAT 12:50

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OET-RV MAT 12:50

50 because anyone who obeys my father in the heavens is my brother and my sister and my mother.”

OET-LV MAT 12:50

50 For/Because whoever wishfully may _do the will of _the father of _me who is in the_heavens, he is brother, and sister, and mother of _me.

MAT 13:56: RV MAT 13:56 · LV MAT 13:56 · Read together MAT 13:56

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OET-RV MAT 13:56

56 Aren’t his sisters still here in town? So where did he get all these abilities?”

OET-LV MAT 13:56

56 And are not the sisters of _him all with us?
Therefore from _where to _this man these things all received?

All 21 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 12:50 · RV MAT 13:56 · RV MAT 19:29 · LV MAT 12:50 · LV MAT 13:56 · LV MAT 19:29 · Read together MAT 12:50 · Read together MAT 13:56 · Read together MAT 19:29

MRK: RV MRK 3:32 · RV MRK 3:35 · RV MRK 6:3 · RV MRK 10:29–30 · LV MRK 3:32 · LV MRK 3:35 · LV MRK 6:3 · LV MRK 10:29–30 · Read together MRK 3:32 · Read together MRK 3:35 · Read together MRK 6:3 · Read together MRK 10:29–30

LUK: RV LUK 10:39–40 · RV LUK 14:26 · LV LUK 10:39–40 · LV LUK 14:26 · Read together LUK 10:39–40 · Read together LUK 14:26

JHN: RV JHN 11:1 · RV JHN 11:3 · RV JHN 11:5 · RV JHN 11:28 · RV JHN 11:39 · RV JHN 19:25 · LV JHN 11:1 · LV JHN 11:3 · LV JHN 11:5 · LV JHN 11:28 · LV JHN 11:39 · LV JHN 19:25 · Read together JHN 11:1 · Read together JHN 11:3 · Read together JHN 11:5 · Read together JHN 11:28 · Read together JHN 11:39 · Read together JHN 19:25

ACT: RV ACT 23:16 · LV ACT 23:16 · Read together ACT 23:16

ROM: RV ROM 16:15 · LV ROM 16:15 · Read together ROM 16:15

TI1: RV TI1 5:2 · LV TI1 5:2 · Read together TI1 5:2

JN2: RV JN2 1:13 · LV JN2 1:13 · Read together JN2 1:13

Sense 2: fellow believer, sister in Christ, sister in the faith

Semantic entry: 11.24

Semantic domains: Groups and Classes of Persons and Members of Such Groups and Classes

Subdomains: Socio-Religious

Definition: a close female associate of a group with well-defined membership (in the NT referring specifically to fellow believers in Christ)

Notes: Though in a number of languages it is possible to use a term meaning ‘sister’ in the sense of a fellow believer, in some languages this cannot be done. As in the case of ἀδελφός [source selector 000001][b] (see 11.23: ἀδελφός), it may be possible to use a term such as ‘relative,’ but more often than not, it may be necessary to use a phrase such as ‘one who also believes’ or ‘one who believes in Christ even as we do.’

ROM 16:1: RV ROM 16:1 · LV ROM 16:1 · Read together ROM 16:1

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OET-RV ROM 16:1

16 I’m commending our sister Foibe (Phoebe) to you, brothers and sisters—she’s a servant in the assembly at Kegkreai.

OET-LV ROM 16:1

16 And I _am _commending to _you _all Foibaʸ, the sister of _us, being also a_servant of _the assembly which in Kegⱪreai,

CO1 7:15: RV CO1 7:15 · LV CO1 7:15 · Read together CO1 7:15

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OET-RV CO1 7:15

15 But if the unbeliever departs, let that person go. In such cases, the believing spouse is not tied down to serving their departed spouse, but rather God has called us to peace.

OET-LV CO1 7:15

15 But if the unbeliever is _being _separated, him _let _be _being _separated.
Not has _been _enslaved the brother or the sister in the such matters, but in peace has _called us the god.

All 5 recorded passages for this sense

ROM: RV ROM 16:1 · LV ROM 16:1 · Read together ROM 16:1

CO1: RV CO1 7:15 · RV CO1 9:5 · LV CO1 7:15 · LV CO1 9:5 · Read together CO1 7:15 · Read together CO1 9:5

PHM: RV PHM 1:2 · LV PHM 1:2 · Read together PHM 1:2

JAM: RV JAM 2:15 · LV JAM 2:15 · Read together JAM 2:15

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἀδελφή

Form 1

Sense 1: sister

Sense 2: fellow believer, sister in Christ, sister in the faith