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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

ἀδελφή

Lemmaἀδελφή
Citation formἀδελφή, ῆς, ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa sister
Strong’sG0079
Transliterationadelphḗ
Definitiona sister (naturally or ecclesiastically)
KJV glosses:--sister.
Derivationfeminine of
SBLGNT occurrences25

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 formGrammar 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

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

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

Additional Greek lexicons

Compare the biblical entry for ἀδελφή with classical and later Greek dictionaries collected by Logeion.