Strong's #80: adephos (pronounced ad-el-fos')
from 1 (as a connective particle) and delphus (the womb); a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like 1):--brother.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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adelphos
1) a brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother
2) having the same national ancestor, belonging to the same people, or countryman
3) any fellow or man
4) a fellow believer, united to another by the bond of affection
5) an associate in employment or office
6) brethren in Christ
6a) his brothers by blood
6b) all men
6c) apostles
6d) Christians, as those who are exalted to the same heavenly place
Part of Speech: noun masculine
Relation: from G1 (as a connective particle) and delphus (the womb)
Citing in TDNT: 1:144, 22
Usage:
This word is used 348 times:
James 1:2: "My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers"
James 1:9: "Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:"
James 1:16: "err, my beloved brethren."
James 1:19: "Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift"
James 2:1: "My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord"
James 2:5: "Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the"
James 2:14: "What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath"
James 2:15: "If a brother or sister be naked, and"
James 3:1: "My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that"
James 3:10: "and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so"
James 3:12: "Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine,"
James 4:11: "Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth"
James 4:11: "Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his"
James 4:11: "of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and"
James 5:7: "Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord."
James 5:9: "Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold,"
James 5:10: "Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the"
James 5:12: "above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven,"
James 5:19: " Brethren, if any of you do err from the"
1 Peter 5:12: "By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written"
2 Peter 1:10: "Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and"
2 Peter 3:15: "even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the"
1 John 2:7: " Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old"
1 John 2:9: "and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until"
1 John 2:10: "He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and"
1 John 2:11: "But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and"
1 John 3:10: "he that loveth not his brother."
1 John 3:12: "and slew his brother. And wherefore slew"
1 John 3:12: "were evil, and his brother's righteous."
1 John 3:13: "Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate"
1 John 3:14: "because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth"
1 John 3:14: "brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death."
1 John 3:15: "Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know"
1 John 3:16: "to lay down our lives for the brethren."
1 John 3:17: "good, and seeth his brother have need, and"
1 John 4:20: "and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth"
1 John 4:20: "he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can"
1 John 4:21: "God love his brother also."
1 John 5:16: "any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto"
3 John 1:3: "For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the"
3 John 1:5: "whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;"
3 John 1:10: "therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth"
Jude 1:1: "of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God"
Revelation 1:9: "John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation,"
Revelation 6:11: "fellow servants also and their brethren, that should be killed as"
Revelation 12:10: "the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before"
Revelation 19:10: "fellow servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus:"
Revelation 22:9: "fellow servant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep"
