G79 – adelphe – ἀδελφή – a sister; fig. a female Christian/Believer
- Strong’s ID:
- G79
- Greek Word:
- ἀδελφή
- Transliteration:
- adelphē / adelphe
- Pronunciation:
- ad-el-fay’
- Part of Speech:
- noun feminine
- Etymology:
- feminine form of G80
- Usage Count:
- 24
- Search:
- Find “adelphe” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
1) a sister (literally or metaphorically)
2) a female Christian/Believer
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
feminine of G80; a sister (naturally or ecclesiastically):—sister.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) a full, own sister
2) one connected by the tie of the Christian religion
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.