ἀδελφή
adelphē (G0079)
sister
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The Greek word ἀδελφή (adelphē) is defined as "sister." This term is employed 26 times throughout the Bible, highlighting its relative frequency and significance in the text. As a familial relationship, adelphē emphasizes the bond and tie that exists between siblings. The usage of adelphē is generally straightforward, referring to a biological sister. However, its range of usage may also extend to metaphorical or spiritual contexts, where the term is used to describe relationships or roles similar to those of a biological sister. Further analysis of specific occurrences would be necessary to confirm this possibility. The significance of adelphē lies in its representation of family relationships and the societal structures that surround them. This term can also be seen as a tool for conveying affection, intimacy, and loyalty within these relationships, underscoring the importance of sibling bonds in ancient Greek culture.
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For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.”
Aren’t all of his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all of these things?”
Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.
A multitude was sitting around him, and they told him, “Behold, your mother, your brothers, and your sisters are outside looking for you.”
For whoever does the will of God is my brother, my sister, and mother.”
Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judah, and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” They were offended at him.
Jesus said, “Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News,
but he will receive one hundred times more now in this time: houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land, with persecutions; and in the age to come eternal life.
She had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.
But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me.”
“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha.
The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, “Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick.”
Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
When she had said this, she went away and called Mary, her sister, secretly, saying, “The Teacher is here and is calling you.”
Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.”
But standing by Jesus’ cross were his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
But Paul’s sister’s son heard they were lying in wait, and he came and entered into the barracks and told Paul.
I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a servant of the assembly that is at Cenchreae,
Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them.
Yet if the unbeliever departs, let there be separation. The brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us in peace.
Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
to the beloved Apphia, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the assembly in your house:
And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,
The children of your chosen sister greet you. Amen.