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ἀδελφή

Lexicon Index Written Scriptures

Lemma	ἀδελφή
Citation form	ἀδελφή, ῆς, ἡ
Part of speech	noun
Gloss	a sister
Strong’s	G0079
Transliteration	adelphḗ
Definition	a sister (naturally or ecclesiastically)
KJV glosses	:--sister.
Derivation	feminine of
SBLGNT occurrences	25

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek form	Grammar and occurrences
ἀδελφαὶ	noun, nominative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----NPF-) — Matthew 13:56 noun, nominative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----NPF-) — Mark 6:3 noun, nominative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----NPF-) — John 11:3
ἀδελφὰς	noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-) — Matthew 19:29 noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-) — Mark 10:29 noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-) — Mark 10:30 noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-) — 1 Timothy 5:2
ἀδελφάς	noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-) — Luke 14:26
ἀδελφὴ	noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Matthew 12:50 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Mark 3:35 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Luke 10:39 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — John 11:39 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — John 19:25 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — 1 Corinthians 7:15 noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — James 2:15
ἀδελφή	noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Luke 10:40
ἀδελφῇ	noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Philemon 1:2
ἀδελφὴν	noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — John 11:28 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — John 11:5 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Romans 16:1 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Romans 16:15 noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — 1 Corinthians 9:5
ἀδελφῆς	noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — John 11:1 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Acts 23:16 noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — 2 John 1:13

Morphology

noun; MorphGNT ----APF-
noun; MorphGNT ----ASF-
noun; MorphGNT ----DSF-
noun; MorphGNT ----GSF-
noun; MorphGNT ----NPF-
noun; MorphGNT ----NSF-

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: αδελφη.