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Lexicon :: Strong's G79 - adelphē

Aa
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 BoxMat 12:50

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:56

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:56 - And his sisters, are they not all with us? from where, then, has he all these things?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:29 - And everyone who has given up houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or child, or land, for my name, will be given a hundred times as much, and have eternal life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:32 - And a great number were seated round him; and they said to him, See, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:35 - Whoever does God's pleasure, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:3 - Is not this the woodworker, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were bitter against him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:29 - Jesus said, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or land, because of me and the good news,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:30 - Who will not get a hundred times as much now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and land--though with great troubles; and, in the world to come, eternal life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:39 - And she had a sister, by name Mary, who took her seat at the Lord's feet and gave attention to his words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:40 - But Martha had her hands full of the work of the house, and she came to him and said, Lord, is it nothing to you that my sister has let me do all the work? Say to her that she is to give me some help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:26 - And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:1 - Now a certain man named Lazarus was ill; he was of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:3 - So the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, your dear friend is ill.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:5 - Now Jesus had love in his heart for Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:28 - And having said this, she went away and said secretly to her sister Mary, The Master is here and has sent for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:39 - Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said, Lord, by this time the body will be smelling, for he has been dead four days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:25 - Now by the side of the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother's sister Mary, the wife of Cleopas, and Mary Magdalene.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:16 - But Paul's sister's son had word of their design, and he came into the army building and gave news of it to Paul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:1 - It is my desire to say a good word for Phoebe, who is a servant of the church in Cenchreae:

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:15 - Give my love to Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:15 - But if the one who is not a Christian has a desire to go away, let it be so: the brother or the sister in such a position is not forced to do one thing or the other: but it is God's pleasure that we may be at peace with one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:5 - Have we no right to take about with us a Christian wife, like the rest of the Apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:2 - To the older women as to mothers, to the younger as to sisters, with a clean heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:2 - And to Apphia, our sister, and to Archippus, our brother in God's army, and to the church in your house:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:15 - If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:13 - The children of your noble sister, who is of God's selection, send you their love.
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