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Lexicon :: Strong's G79 - adelphē

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ἀδελφή
Transliteration
adelphē (Key)
Pronunciation
ad-el-fay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:144,22

Strong’s Definitions

ἀδελφή adelphḗ, ad-el-fay'; feminine of G80; a sister (naturally or ecclesiastically):—sister.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's G79 in the following manner: sister (24x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's G79 in the following manner: sister (24x).

  1. a full, own sister

  2. one connected by the tie of the Christian religion

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀδελφή adelphḗ, ad-el-fay'; feminine of G80; a sister (naturally or ecclesiastically):—sister.
STRONGS G79:
ἀδελφή, -ῆς, ἡ (see ἀδελφός) (from Aeschylus down), sister;
1. a full, own sister (i. e. by birth): Matthew 19:29; Luke 10:39; John 11:1, 3, 5; John 19:25; Romans 16:15, etc.; respecting the sisters of Christ, mentioned in Matthew 13:56; Mark 6:3, see ἀδελφός, 1.
2. one connected by the tie of the Christian religion: 1 Corinthians 7:15; 1 Corinthians 9:5; Philemon 1:2 L T Tr WH; James 2:15; with a subjective genitive, a Christian woman especially dear to one, Romans 16:1.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
13:56; 19:29
Mark
6:3
Luke
10:39
John
11:1; 11:3; 11:5; 19:25
Romans
16:1; 16:15
1 Corinthians
7:15; 9:5
Philemon
1:2
James
2:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G79 matches the Greek ἀδελφή (adelphē),
which occurs 26 times in 26 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:50

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:50 - For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:56

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:56 - Aren’t all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all these things?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:29 - And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife[fn] or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:32 - A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:35 - Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:3 - Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph,[fn] Judas and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:29 - “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:30 - will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—along with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:39 - She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:40 - But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:26 - “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:1 - Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:3 - So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:5 - Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:28 - After she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. “The Teacher is here,” she said, “and is asking for you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:39 - “Take away the stone,” he said. “But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:25 - Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:16 - But when the son of Paul’s sister heard of this plot, he went into the barracks and told Paul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:1 - I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon[fn][fn] of the church in Cenchreae.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:15 - Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the Lord’s people who are with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:15 - But if the unbeliever leaves, let it be so. The brother or the sister is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:5 - Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas[fn]?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:2 - older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phm 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:2 - also to Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier—and to the church that meets in your home:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:15 - Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Jo 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:13 - The children of your sister, who is chosen by God, send their greetings.
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