Greek root word (lemma) ‘ἀδελφή’ (adelfē)

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This root form (lemma) ‘ἀδελφή’ is used in 6 different forms in the Greek originals: ἀδελφάς (N-····AFP), ἀδελφή (N-····NFS), ἀδελφήν (N-····AFS), ἀδελφαί (N-····NFP), ἀδελφῆς (N-····GFS), ἀδελφῇ (N-····DFS).

It is glossed in 4 different ways: ‘a sister’, ‘the sister’, ‘sister’, ‘sisters’.

Have 25 uses of Greek root word (lemma) ‘adelfē’ (noun) in the Greek originals

Yhn (Jhn) 11:1 ἀδελφῆς (adelfaʸs) GFS ‘and Martha the sister of her’ SR GNT Yhn 11:1 word 19

OET-LV: 11 And a_certain man was ailing, Lazaros of Baʸthania of the village of _Maria/(Miryām), and Martha the sister of _her. (JHN_11:1)

OET-RV: 11 Now there was a man called Lazarus who lived in the village of Bethany along with his sisters Martha and Maria. (JHN 11:1)

Yhn (Jhn) 11:3 ἀδελφαί (adelfai) NFP ‘sent_out therefore the sisters to him saying’ SR GNT Yhn 11:3 word 7

OET-LV: 3 Therefore the sisters sent _out to him saying: master, see, he _whom you _are _loving is _ailing. (JHN_11:3)

OET-RV: 3 and so the two sisters sent a message to Yeshua saying, “Master, this man that you love is seriously ill.” (JHN 11:3)

Yhn (Jhn) 11:5 ἀδελφήν (adelfaʸn) AFS ‘Martha and the sister of her and Lazaros’ SR GNT Yhn 11:5 word 13

OET-LV: 5 And the Yaʸsous was _loving the Martha, and the sister of _her, and the Lazaros. (JHN_11:5)

OET-RV: 5 Now it was true that Yeshua loved the three of them. (JHN 11:5)

Yhn (Jhn) 11:28 ἀδελφήν (adelfaʸn) AFS ‘called Maria/(Miryām) the sister of her secretly having said’ SR GNT Yhn 11:28 word 10

OET-LV: 28 And having _said this she _went _away, and called Maria, the sister of _her secretly, having _said: The teacher is _coming, and he _is _calling you. (JHN_11:28)

OET-RV: 28 After saying this, Martha went and quietly called her sister Maria, “The teacher is on his way and he wants to see you.” (JHN 11:28)

Yhn (Jhn) 11:39 ἀδελφή (adelfaʸ) NFS ‘is saying to him the the sister of the one having died Martha’ SR GNT Yhn 11:39 word 12

OET-LV: 39 The Yaʸsous is _saying: Take _away the stone. Martha the the_sister of _the one having _died is _saying to _him: master, he _is_ already _stinking, because/for it _is the_fourth _day. (JHN_11:39)

OET-RV: 39 and Yeshua instructed them to take away the stone.
¶ Martha (the sister of the dead man) spoke up, “Master, the stink will be bad because it’s already been four days.” (JHN 11:39)

Yhn (Jhn) 19:25 ἀδελφή (adelfaʸ) NFS ‘of him and the sister of the mother of him’ SR GNT Yhn 19:25 word 13

OET-LV: 25 On _the _other _hand the mother of _him had _stood by the stake of_ the _Yaʸsous, and the sister of _the mother of _him, Maria/(Miryām) the wife of_ the _Clopas, and Maria the from _Magdala. (JHN_19:25)

OET-RV: 25 Meanwhile a group of women had stayed standing near Yeshua on the stake: his mother and his aunt, Maria the wife of Clopas, and Maria from Magdala. (JHN 19:25)

Mark 3:35 ἀδελφή (adelfaʸ) NFS ‘the brother of me and the sister and the mother is’ SR GNT Mark 3:35 word 18

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 6:3 ἀδελφαί (adelfai) NFP ‘not are the sisters of him here with’ SR GNT Mark 6:3 word 30

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 10:29 ἀδελφάς (adelfas) AFP ‘or brothers or sisters or mother or’ SR GNT Mark 10:29 word 21

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 ἀδελφάς (adelfas) AFP ‘and brothers and sisters and mothers and’ SR GNT Mark 10:30 word 21

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)

Mat 12:50 ἀδελφή (adelfaʸ) NFS ‘of me brother and sister and mother is’ SR GNT Mat 12:50 word 19

OET-LV: 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_12:50)

OET-RV: 50 because anyone who obeys my father in the heavens is my brother and my sister and my mother.” (MAT 12:50)

Mat 13:56 ἀδελφαί (adelfai) NFP ‘and the sisters of him not all’ SR GNT Mat 13:56 word 3

OET-LV: 56 And are not the sisters of _him all with us? Therefore from _where to _this man these things all received? (MAT_13:56)

OET-RV: 56 Aren’t his sisters still here in town? So where did he get all these abilities?” (MAT 13:56)

Mat 19:29 ἀδελφάς (adelfas) AFP ‘or brothers or sisters or father or’ SR GNT Mat 19:29 word 10

OET-LV: 29 And everyone who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or farms, on _account the name of _me, will _be _receiving hundred _fold and will _be _inheriting eternal life. (MAT_19:29)

OET-RV: 29 And everyone who left their houses, or brothers or sisters, or father or mother, or wife or children, or farms on account of my name and commission, will be repaid a hundred times over and will inherit eternal life. (MAT 19:29)

Luke 10:39 ἀδελφή (adelfaʸ) NFS ‘and to this woman she was a sister being called Maria/(Miryām) who’ SR GNT Luke 10:39 word 6

OET-LV: 39 and to _this woman she _was a_sister being _called Maria/(Miryām), who also having _been _seated _beside at the feet the of_Yaʸsous, was _hearing the message of _him. (LUK_10:39)

OET-RV: 39 She had a sister named Maria who was also sitting there on the floor by Yeshua’s feet listening to his teaching. (LUK 10:39)

Luke 10:40 ἀδελφή (adelfaʸ) NFS ‘to you that the sister of me only me’ SR GNT Luke 10:40 word 20

OET-LV: 40 But the Martha was _being _pulled _away about much service, and having _approached said: master, not is _it _mattering to _you that the sister of _me left only me to _be _serving? Therefore tell to _her that she _may _help with _me. (LUK_10:40)

OET-RV: 40 But Martha kept getting pulled away to keep the household running, and after a while approached Yeshua and asked, “Master, doesn’t it bother you that my sister has left all the housework to me? Tell her to come and help me.” (LUK 10:40)

Luke 14:26 ἀδελφάς (adelfas) AFP ‘brothers and the sisters still and also’ SR GNT Luke 14:26 word 29

OET-LV: 26 If anyone is _coming to me, and is_ not _hating the father of _himself, and the mother, and the wife, and the children, and the brothers, and the sisters, and still also the life of _himself, is_ not _able to _be an_apprentice/follower of _me. (LUK_14:26)

OET-RV: 26 “If anyone comes to me but doesn’t love me more than they love their parents and their siblings, and their spouse and children, and even their own life, then that person is unable to become my apprentice. (LUK 14:26)

Acts 23:16 ἀδελφῆς (adelfaʸs) GFS ‘the son of the sister of Paulos the ambush’ SR GNT Acts 23:16 word 6

OET-LV: 16 But the son of _the sister of _Paulos having _heard, the ambush having _arrived, and having _come _in into the barracks, he _reported it to_ the _Paulos. (ACT_23:16)

OET-RV: 16 But a nephew of Paul had heard about this ambush and went in to the barracks to inform Paul. (ACT 23:16)

Rom 16:1 ἀδελφήν (adelfaʸn) AFS ‘to you_all Foibaʸ the sister of us being also’ SR GNT Rom 16:1 word 6

OET-LV: 16 And I _am _commending to _you _all Foibaʸ, the sister of _us, being also a_servant of _the assembly which in Kegⱪreai, (ROM_16:1)

OET-RV: 16 I’m commending our sister Phoebe to you all—she’s a servant in the assembly at Cenchreae. (ROM 16:1)

Rom 16:15 ἀδελφήν (adelfaʸn) AFS ‘Naʸreus and the sister of him and Olumpas’ SR GNT Rom 16:15 word 11

OET-LV: 15 Greet Filologos and Youlia, Naʸreus and the sister of _him, and Olumpas, and the with them all holy ones. (ROM_16:15)

OET-RV: 15 Greet Filologos, Yulia, Nereus and his sister, and Olumpas and all the godly people there with them. (ROM 16:15)

1 Cor 7:15 ἀδελφή (adelfaʸ) NFS ‘brother or the sister in such matters in’ SR GNT 1 Cor 7:15 word 13

OET-LV: 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. (CO1_7:15)

OET-RV: 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. (CO1 7:15)

1 Cor 9:5 ἀδελφήν (adelfaʸn) AFS ‘not we are having right a sister a wife to_be taking_along as’ SR GNT 1 Cor 9:5 word 5

OET-LV: 5 Not not we _are _having right a_sister, a_wife to _be _taking _along, as also the other ambassadors, and the brothers of _the master, and Kaʸfas? (CO1_9:5)

OET-RV: 5 Don’t we have a right to take along a believing wife like the rest of the missionaries and the master’s brothers and Peter? (CO1 9:5)

1 Tim 5:2 ἀδελφάς (adelfas) AFP ‘mothers younger as sisters in all purity’ SR GNT 1 Tim 5:2 word 6

OET-LV: 2 eldresses as mothers, younger as sisters, in all purity. (TI1_5:2)

OET-RV: 2 female elders as mothers and younger ones as sisters in all purity. (TI1 5:2)

Phm 1:2 ἀδελφῇ (adelfaʸ) DFS ‘and to Apfia the sister and to Arⱪippos the’ SR GNT Phm 1:2 word 4

OET-LV: 2 and to _Apfia, the sister, and to _Arⱪippos, the fellow-soldier of _us, and to _the in the_house of _you assembly: (PHM_1:2)

OET-RV: 2 as well as our sister Apphia and our fellow-soldier Archippus, and to the assembly that meets in your home. (PHM 1:2)

Yac (Jam) 2:15 ἀδελφή (adelfaʸ) NFS ‘if a brother or a sister naked may_be being and’ SR GNT Yac 2:15 word 5

OET-LV: 15 If a_brother or a_sister naked may _be _being, and lacking of_ the _daily food, (JAM_2:15)

OET-RV: 15 If a fellow believer is lacking clothes or food, (JAM 2:15)

2 Yhn (2 Yohan or 2 Jhn) 1:13 ἀδελφῆς (adelfaʸs) GFS ‘the children of the sister of you chosen’ SR GNT 2 Yhn 1:13 word 6

OET-LV: 13 The children of _the the chosen sister of _you is _greeting you. (JN2_1:13)

OET-RV: 13 Your sister’s children (and she’s also a chosen one) send their greetings also. (JN2 1:13)

Key: N=noun AFP=accusative,feminine,plural AFS=accusative,feminine,singular DFS=dative,feminine,singular GFS=genitive,feminine,singular NFP=nominative,feminine,plural NFS=nominative,feminine,singular