Greek root word (lemma) ‘ἀδελφός’ (adelfos)

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This root form (lemma) ‘ἀδελφός’ is used in 13 different forms in the Greek originals: ἀδελφέ (N-····VMS), ἀδελφοί (N-····NMP), ἀδελφοί (N-····VMP), ἀδελφούς (N-····AMP), ἀδελφοῖς (N-····DMP), ἀδελφοῦ (N-····GMS), ἀδελφόν (N-····AMS), ἀδελφός (N-····NMS), ἀδελφῶν (N-····GMP), ἀδελφῷ (N-····DMS), Ἀδελφέ (N-····VMS), Ἀδελφοί (N-····VMP), Ἀδελφός (N-····NMS).

It is glossed in 7 different ways: ‘a brother’, ‘the brother’, ‘the brothers’, ‘against his brother’, ‘to your brothers’, ‘brother’, ‘brothers’.

Showing the first 50 out of 342 uses of Greek root word (lemma) ‘adelfos’ (noun) in the Greek originals

Yhn (Jhn) 1:40 ἀδελφός (adelfos) NMS ‘was Andreas the brother of Simōn Petros one’ SR GNT Yhn 1:40 word 5

OET-LV: 40 Andreas the brother of _Simōn Petros was, one of the two which having _heard from Yōannaʸs, and having _followed after _him. (JHN_1:40)

OET-RV: 40 Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter was one of those two who heard Yohan and then followed Yeshua. (JHN 1:40)

Yhn (Jhn) 1:41 ἀδελφόν (adelfon) AMS ‘this one first the brother his own Simōn’ SR GNT Yhn 1:41 word 6

OET-LV: 41 This one first is _finding the his own brother Simōn, and is _saying to _him: We _have _found the chosen _one /messiah, (which is being _translated: The_chosen _one /messiah). (JHN_1:41)

OET-RV: 41 As soon as he found his brother, he said to Simon, “We have found the messiah—God’s chosen one,” (JHN 1:41)

Yhn (Jhn) 2:12 ἀδελφοί (adelfoi) NMP ‘of him and the brothers and the apprentices/followers’ SR GNT Yhn 2:12 word 18

OET-LV: 12 After this he _came _down to Kafarnaʼoum, he and the mother of _him, and the brothers and the apprentices/followers of _him, and they _remained there not many days. (JHN_2:12)

OET-RV: 12 After that, Yeshua and his mother and brothers and his followers travelled east to Capernaum, but they only stayed there a few days. (JHN 2:12)

Yhn (Jhn) 6:8 ἀδελφός (adelfos) NMS ‘of him Andreas the brother of Simōn Petros’ SR GNT Yhn 6:8 word 10

OET-LV: 8 one of the apprentices/followers of _him, Andreas the brother of _Simōn Petros Is _saying to _him, (JHN_6:8)

OET-RV: 8 Now one of Yeshua’s apprentices, Simon Peter’s brother, Andrew, said to Yeshua, (JHN 6:8)

Yhn (Jhn) 7:3 ἀδελφοί (adelfoi) NMP ‘to him the brothers of him depart from_here’ SR GNT Yhn 7:3 word 7

OET-LV: 3 Therefore the brothers of _him said to him: Depart from _here, and be _going into the Youdaia, in _order _that also the apprentices/followers of _you will _be _observing of _you the works that you _are _doing. (JHN_7:3)

OET-RV: 3 his brothers said to him, “You should leave this place and go down to Yudea so that all your followers can see the miracles that you’re doing. (JHN 7:3)

Yhn (Jhn) 7:5 ἀδελφοί (adelfoi) NMP ‘not_even for the brothers of him were believing in’ SR GNT Yhn 7:5 word 5

OET-LV: 5 For/Because not _even the brothers of _him were _believing in him. (JHN_7:5)

OET-RV: 5 (You see, not even Yeshua’s own half-brothers believed that he came from God.) (JHN 7:5)

Yhn (Jhn) 7:10 ἀδελφοί (adelfoi) NMP ‘but went_uphill the brothers of him to the’ SR GNT Yhn 7:10 word 5

OET-LV: 10 But when the brothers of _him went _up to the feast, then he also went _up, not openly, but as in secret. (JHN_7:10)

OET-RV: 10 But after his half-brothers had left to go down to Yerushalem, Yeshua also went—not in the public limelight but just incognito so to speak. (JHN 7:10)

Yhn (Jhn) 11:2 ἀδελφός (adelfos) NMS ‘hairs of her whose brother Lazaros was ailing’ SR GNT Yhn 11:2 word 22

OET-LV: 2 And Maria was the woman having _anointed the master with _ointment, and having _wiped _off the feet of _him with _the hairs of _her, whose the brother Lazaros was _ailing. (JHN_11:2)

OET-RV: 2 (Maria was the one who later poured fragrant oil over Yeshua and wiped his feet with her hair.) But now their brother was seriously ill (JHN 11:2)

Yhn (Jhn) 11:19 ἀδελφοῦ (adelfou) GMS ‘them concerning their brother’ SR GNT Yhn 11:19 word 23

OET-LV: 19 And many of the Youdaiōns had _come to the Martha and Maria/(Miryām), in _order _that they _may _console them concerning their brother. (JHN_11:19)

OET-RV: 19 so many of the Yudeans from there had come out to console Martha and Maria after the death of their brother. (JHN 11:19)

Yhn (Jhn) 11:21 ἀδελφός (adelfos) NMS ‘would died_off the brother of me’ SR GNT Yhn 11:21 word 18

OET-LV: 21 Therefore the Martha said to the Yaʸsous: master, if you _were here, the brother of _me would not died _off. (JHN_11:21)

OET-RV: 21 Martha cried, “Yeshua, master. If you’d been here, my brother wouldn’t have died, (JHN 11:21)

Yhn (Jhn) 11:23 ἀδελφός (adelfos) NMS ‘Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) will_be rising_up the brother of you’ SR GNT Yhn 11:23 word 8

OET-LV: 23 The Yaʸsous is _saying to _her, the brother of _you Will _be _rising _up. (JHN_11:23)

OET-RV: 23 Yeshua responded, “Your brother will come back to life.” (JHN 11:23)

Yhn (Jhn) 11:32 ἀδελφός (adelfos) NMS ‘of me died_off the brother’ SR GNT Yhn 11:32 word 35

OET-LV: 32 Therefore the Maria, when she _came where Yaʸsous was, having _seen him, fell of _him at his feet, saying to _him, master, if you _were here, the brother wishfully of _me not died _off. (JHN_11:32)

OET-RV: 32 But when Maria found Yeshua, she knelt at his feet and said, “Master, if you’d been here my brother wouldn’t have died.” (JHN 11:32)

Yhn (Jhn) 20:17 ἀδελφούς (adelfous) AMP ‘but to the brothers of me and say’ SR GNT Yhn 20:17 word 21

OET-LV: 17 The Yaʸsous is _saying to _her: Be_ not _touching against _me, because/for I _have_ not _yet _gone _up to the father, but be _going to the brothers of _me, and say to _them: I _am _going _up to the father of _me, and the_father of _you _all, and god of _me, and god of _you _all. (JHN_20:17)

OET-RV: 17 “Don’t touch me,” Yeshua said to her, “because I haven’t gone back up to the father yet, but go and tell my brothers that I’m going up to my father and the father of you all, and my god and the god of you all.” (JHN 20:17)

Yhn (Jhn) 21:23 ἀδελφούς (adelfous) AMP ‘statement among the brothers that apprentice/follower that’ SR GNT Yhn 21:23 word 9

OET-LV: 23 Therefore this the statement came _out among the brothers, that the that apprentice/follower is _dying _off. Not but the Yaʸsous not said to _him that He _is_ not _dying _off, but only: If I _may _be _wanting him to _be _remaining until I _am _coming, what is _it to you? (JHN_21:23)

OET-RV: 23 As a result of that, a rumour went around the others that that one wouldn’t die, but Yeshua never said that. (He only said, “If I want him to stay alive until I come back, what business would it be of yours?”) (JHN 21:23)

Mark 1:16 ἀδελφόν (adelfon) AMS ‘and Andreas the brother of Simōn throwing a_net in’ SR GNT Mark 1:16 word 16

OET-LV: 16 And passing _by by the sea of_ the _Galilaia, he _saw Simōn and Andreas the brother of _Simōn throwing a _net in the sea for they _were fishermen. (MRK_1:16)

OET-RV: 16 As he went around the lake of Galilee, Yeshua saw two fishermen, Simon and his brother Andrew throwing a net into the lake. (MRK 1:16)

Mark 1:19 ἀδελφόν (adelfon) AMS ‘and Yōannaʸs the brother of him also them’ SR GNT Mark 1:19 word 14

OET-LV: 19 And having _advanced little, he _saw Yakōbos/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ) the son of_ the _Zebedaios and Yōannaʸs the brother of _him, also them in the boat preparing the nets. (MRK_1:19)

OET-RV: 19 Then a bit further on he saw two of Zebedee’s sons, Yacob and his brother Yohan, in a boat getting their nets ready. (MRK 1:19)

Mark 3:17 ἀδελφόν (adelfon) AMS ‘and Yōannaʸs the brother of Yakōbos/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ) and he added_on’ SR GNT Mark 3:17 word 11

OET-LV: 17 and Yakōbos/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ) the son of _the Zebedaios, and Yōannaʸs the brother the of _Yakōbos, and he _added _on to _them the_names Boanerges, which is sons of _thunder, (MRK_3:17)

OET-RV: 17 Yacob and his brother Yohan who were Zebedee’s sons (and he nicknamed them the “sons of thunder”), (MRK 3:17)

Mark 3:31 ἀδελφοί (adelfoi) NMP ‘of him and the brothers of him and outside’ SR GNT Mark 3:31 word 15

OET-LV: 31 And the mother of _him and the brothers of _him are _coming and standing outside, they _sent _out to him calling him. (MRK_3:31)

OET-RV: 31 Now Yeshua’s mother and brothers came and were standing outside and asked someone to tell him that they were there. (MRK 3:31)

Mark 3:32 ἀδελφοί (adelfoi) NMP ‘of you and the brothers of you outside are seeking’ SR GNT Mark 3:32 word 21

OET-LV: 32 And the_crowd was _sitting around him and, they _are _saying to _him: Behold, the mother of _you and the brothers of _you, are _seeking you outside. (MRK_3:32)

OET-RV: 32 Some in the crowd sitting around him told Yeshua that his mother and brothers were waiting outside for him. (MRK 3:32)

Mark 3:33 ἀδελφοί (adelfoi) NMP ‘of me and the brothers of me’ SR GNT Mark 3:33 word 20

OET-LV: 33 And answering to _them he _is _saying: Who is the mother of _me and the brothers of _me? (MRK_3:33)

OET-RV: 33 But Yeshua answered, “Who is my mother and who are my brothers?” (MRK 3:33)

Mark 3:34 ἀδελφοί (adelfoi) NMP ‘of me and the brothers of me’ SR GNT Mark 3:34 word 21

OET-LV: 34 And having _looked _around the ones around him sitting around, he _is _saying: Behold, the mother of _me and the brothers of _me. (MRK_3:34)

OET-RV: 34 And having looked around at the people sitting here, he said, “Actually, you all are my mother and my brothers. (MRK 3:34)

Mark 3:35 ἀδελφός (adelfos) NMS ‘will of god this one the brother of me and the sister’ SR GNT Mark 3:35 word 15

OET-LV: 35 For/Because whoever wishfully may _do the will of_ the _god, this one is the_brother of _me and the_sister and the_mother. (MRK_3:35)

OET-RV: 35 Anyone who obeys God, that person is my brother and my sister and my mother.” (MRK 3:35)

Mark 5:37 ἀδελφόν (adelfon) AMS ‘and Yōannaʸs the brother of Yakōbos/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ)’ SR GNT Mark 5:37 word 25

OET-LV: 37 And he_ not _allowed no _one with him to _accompany, except not/lest the Petros, and Yakōbos/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ), and Yōannaʸs the brother of _Yakōbos. (MRK_5:37)

OET-RV: 37 And Yeshua didn’t allow anyone to accompany him other than Peter, and Yacob and his brother, Yohan. (MRK 5:37)

Mark 6:3 ἀδελφός (adelfos) NMS ‘son of Maria/(Miryām) and brother of Yakōbos/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ) and Yōsaʸs/(Yōşēf?)’ SR GNT Mark 6:3 word 14

OET-LV: 3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of_ the _Maria/(Miryām), and brother of_Yakōbos/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ), and Yōsaʸs/(Yōşēf? ), and Youdas/(Yəhūdāh), and Simōn? And are not the sisters of _him here with us? And they _were _being _offended at him. (MRK_6:3)

OET-RV: 3 Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Maria, and the brother of Yacob and Yosef and Yudas and Simon? Don’t his sisters live around here?” And they were offended by his teaching. (MRK 6:3)

Mark 6:17 ἀδελφοῦ (adelfou) GMS ‘wife of Filippos the brother of him because her’ SR GNT Mark 6:17 word 28

OET-LV: 17 For/Because the Haʸrōdaʸs himself, having _sent _out, apprehended the Yōannaʸs and bound him in prison because _of Haʸrōidias, the wife of _Filippos, the brother of _him, because he _married her. (MRK_6:17)

OET-RV: 17 Because Herod himself had had Yohan arrested and put in prison because he had married Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife. (MRK 6:17)

Mark 6:18 ἀδελφοῦ (adelfou) GMS ‘the wife of the brother of you’ SR GNT Mark 6:18 word 18

OET-LV: 18 For/Because the Yōannaʸs was _saying to_ the _Haʸrōdaʸs, that It _is_ not _permitting for _you to _be _having the wife of _the brother of _you. (MRK_6:18)

OET-RV: 18 Yohan had been telling him that it was wrong for him to marry his brother’s wife, (MRK 6:18)

Mark 10:29 ἀδελφούς (adelfous) AMP ‘left house or brothers or sisters or’ SR GNT Mark 10:29 word 19

OET-LV: 29 The Yaʸsous was _saying: Truly, I _am _saying to _you _all, there _is no _one who left house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or farms, on _account of _me and of _the good _message, (MRK_10:29)

OET-RV: 29 He answered, “Yes I can assure you all that anyone who left their home or farm, and left their siblings or parents or children because of me and my teaching, (MRK 10:29)

Mark 10:30 ἀδελφούς (adelfous) AMP ‘this houses and brothers and sisters and’ SR GNT Mark 10:30 word 19

OET-LV: 30 if may_ not _receive hundred _fold now in the this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and farms, with persecutions, and in the age which coming, eternal life. (MRK_10:30)

OET-RV: 30 they’ll be rewarded one hundred times over with homes and farms and siblings and parents and children along with persecution, but gaining eternal life in the next era. (MRK 10:30)

Mark 12:19 Ἀδελφός (Adelfos) NMS ‘to us if of anyone a brother may die_off and may leave’ SR GNT Mark 12:19 word 9

OET-LV: 19 Teacher, Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh) wrote to _us, that if A_brother of _anyone may _die _off, and may _leave a_wife and may_ not _leave children, that the brother of _him may _take the wife, and may _raise _up seed for _the brother of _him. (MRK_12:19)

OET-RV: 19 “Teacher, Mosheh wrote that if a man’s married brother should die before his wife without having any children, then his brother should marry her to produce descendants in his brother’s name. (MRK 12:19)

Mark 12:19 ἀδελφός (adelfos) NMS ‘that may take the brother of him the wife’ SR GNT Mark 12:19 word 28

Mark 12:19 ἀδελφῷ (adelfōi) DMS ‘may raise_up seed for the brother of him’ SR GNT Mark 12:19 word 38

Mark 12:20 ἀδελφοί (adelfoi) NMP ‘seven brothers there were and the’ SR GNT Mark 12:20 word 7

OET-LV: 20 There _were seven brothers, and the first took a_wife, and dying _off, not left seed, (MRK_12:20)

OET-RV: 20 Now what if there were seven brothers and the first one got married and died childless. (MRK 12:20)

Mark 13:12 ἀδελφός (adelfos) NMS ‘and will_be giving_over brother brother to death’ SR GNT Mark 13:12 word 4

OET-LV: 12 And brother will _be _giving _over brother to death, and father child, and they _will _be _raising _up children against parents and they _will _be _putting_ them _to _death. (MRK_13:12)

OET-RV: 12 In those times, a brother will report on his brother to have him executed, and a father report on his child, and children will be encouraged to report on their own parents and then they’ll be executed as a result. (MRK 13:12)

Mark 13:12 ἀδελφόν (adelfon) AMS ‘and will_be giving_over brother brother to death and’ SR GNT Mark 13:12 word 5

Mat 1:2 ἀδελφούς (adelfous) AMP ‘Youda/(Yəhūdāh) and the brothers of him’ SR GNT Mat 1:2 word 17

OET-LV: 2 Abraʼam bore the Isaʼak/(Yiʦḩāq), and Isaʼak bore the Yakōb/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ), and Yakōb bore the Youda/(Yəhūdāh) and the brothers of _him, (MAT_1:2)

OET-RV: 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Yacob (Grk: Yakob), Yacob the father of Yudah (Grk: Youdas) and his brothers. (MAT 1:2)

Mat 1:11 ἀδελφούς (adelfous) AMP ‘Yeⱪonias/(Yəkānə^yāh) and the brothers of him during the’ SR GNT Mat 1:11 word 8

OET-LV: 11 and Yōsias bore the Yeⱪonias/(Yəkānə^yāh) and the brothers of _him during the deportation to_Babulōn/(Bāⱱel? ). (MAT_1:11)

OET-RV: 11 Josiah was the father of Jechoniah (Grk: Yechonias) and his brothers, when they were deported to Babylon (Grk: Babulonos). (MAT 1:11)

Mat 4:18 ἀδελφούς (adelfous) AMP ‘of Galilaia/(Gālīl) he saw two brothers Simōn being called Petros’ SR GNT Mat 4:18 word 13

OET-LV: 18 And walking beside the sea of_ the _Galilaia he _saw two, brothers, Simōn which being _called Petros and Andreas the brother of _him, throwing a_throwing _net into the sea, because/for they _were fishermen. (MAT_4:18)

OET-RV: 18 As he walked beside Lake Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (later nicknamed Peter) and Andrew, throwing their net into the sea because they were fishermen. (MAT 4:18)

Mat 4:18 ἀδελφόν (adelfon) AMS ‘and Andreas the brother of him throwing a throwing_net’ SR GNT Mat 4:18 word 22

OET-RV: 18 As he walked beside Lake Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (later nicknamed Peter) and Andrew, throwing their net into the sea because they were fishermen. (MAT 4:18)

Mat 4:21 ἀδελφούς (adelfous) AMP ‘he saw other two brothers Yakōbos/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ) the son of Zebedaios’ SR GNT Mat 4:21 word 7

OET-LV: 21 And having _advanced from _there, he _saw two other brothers, Yakōbos/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ) the son of_ the _Zebedaios and Yōannaʸs the brother of _him, in the boat with Zebedaios the father of _them, preparing the nets of _them, and he _called them. (MAT_4:21)

OET-RV: 21 Going on a bit further, he saw two other brothers, Yacob and Yohan, in the boat getting their nets ready along with their father Zebedee, and Yeshua also called the two of them. (MAT 4:21)

Mat 4:21 ἀδελφόν (adelfon) AMS ‘and Yōannaʸs the brother of him in the’ SR GNT Mat 4:21 word 16

Mat 5:22 ἀδελφῷ (adelfōi) DMS ‘everyone being angered by the brother of him liable will_be’ SR GNT Mat 5:22 word 11

OET-LV: 22 But I am _saying to _you _all that everyone which being _angered by _the brother of _him, will _be liable to _the judgement, and whoever wishfully may _say to _the brother of _him: Raca, will _be liable to _the council, and whoever wishfully may _say: Foolish, will _be liable to the geenna of_ the _fire. (MAT_5:22)

OET-RV: 22 But I’m telling you that anyone who gets angry at another will be liable for judgement, and anyone who calls another person a numbskull will have to face the court, and if you call them a fool, you’re liable for hellfire. (MAT 5:22)

Mat 5:22 ἀδελφῷ (adelfōi) DMS ‘and may say to the brother of him raca liable’ SR GNT Mat 5:22 word 23

Mat 5:23 ἀδελφός (adelfos) NMS ‘you may_be reminded that the brother of you is having something’ SR GNT Mat 5:23 word 17

OET-LV: 23 Therefore if you _may _be _offering the gift of _you at the altar, and _there you _may _be _reminded that the brother of _you is _having something against you, (MAT_5:23)

OET-RV: 23 So if you’re there at the altar to offer your gift and remember that someone has something against you, (MAT 5:23)

Mat 5:24 ἀδελφῷ (adelfōi) DMS ‘first be reconciled to the brother of you and then’ SR GNT Mat 5:24 word 15

OET-LV: 24 leave the gift of _you there before the altar. And be _going _away, first be _reconciled to _the brother of _you, and then having _come, be _offering the gift of _you. (MAT_5:24)

OET-RV: 24 leave your gift there at the altar and go and sort that out first, before coming back to offer your gift. (MAT 5:24)

Mat 5:47 ἀδελφούς (adelfous) AMP ‘if you_all may greet the brothers of you_all only what’ SR GNT Mat 5:47 word 6

OET-LV: 47 And if you _all _may _greet the brothers of _you _all only, what additional things are _you _all _doing? Not also the pagans are _doing the same? (MAT_5:47)

OET-RV: 47 And if you’re only polite to your own circle, how is that achieving anything? Aren’t non-Jews just the same? (MAT 5:47)

Mat 7:3 ἀδελφοῦ (adelfou) GMS ‘the eye of the brother of you the speck but’ SR GNT Mat 7:3 word 11

OET-LV: 3 And why you _are _looking the speck which in the eye of _the brother of _you, but you _are_ not _observing the speck beam in the your eye? (MAT_7:3)

OET-RV: 3 And why are you looking at the speck in another person’s eye when you have a massive lump in your own eye? (MAT 7:3)

Mat 7:4 ἀδελφῷ (adelfōi) DMS ‘how you will_be saying to the brother of you allow that I may throw_out’ SR GNT Mat 7:4 word 6

OET-LV: 4 Or how you _will _be _saying to _the brother of _you: Allow that I _may _throw _out the speck from the eye of _you, and see, the beam is in the eye of _you? (MAT_7:4)

OET-RV: 4 How could you say to them, ‘Let me get the speck out of your eye,’ when the lump is still in your eye? (MAT 7:4)

Mat 7:5 ἀδελφοῦ (adelfou) GMS ‘the eye of the brother of you’ SR GNT Mat 7:5 word 23

OET-LV: 5 Hypocrite, first throw _out the beam from the eye of _you, and then you _will _be _seeing _clearly to _throw _out the speck from the eye of _the brother of _you. (MAT_7:5)

OET-RV: 5 What a hypocrite! First get the lump out of your own eye, and then you’ll be able to see clearly so that you can help them with their eye. (MAT 7:5)

Mat 10:2 ἀδελφός (adelfos) NMS ‘and Andreas the brother of him and Yakōbos/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ)’ SR GNT Mat 10:2 word 17

OET-LV: 2 And the of_the_twelve ambassadors the names is these: first Simōn which being _called Petros, and Andreas the brother of _him, and Yakōbos/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ) the son of_ the _Zebedaios, and Yōannaʸs the brother of _him, (MAT_10:2)

OET-RV: 2 These are the names of the twelve: Simon (nicknamed Peter) and his brother Andrew, Yacob and his brother Yohan (the sons of Zebedee), (MAT 10:2)

Mat 10:2 ἀδελφός (adelfos) NMS ‘and Yōannaʸs the brother of him’ SR GNT Mat 10:2 word 27

OET-RV: 2 These are the names of the twelve: Simon (nicknamed Peter) and his brother Andrew, Yacob and his brother Yohan (the sons of Zebedee), (MAT 10:2)

Key: N=noun AMP=accusative,masculine,plural AMS=accusative,masculine,singular DMS=dative,masculine,singular GMS=genitive,masculine,singular NMP=nominative,masculine,plural NMS=nominative,masculine,singular