Strong’s G80 · Greek

ἀδελφός
adelphós

Definition

a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like G1 (Α))

Etymology

from G1 (Α) (as a connective particle) and (the womb);

Where the KJV renders it

  • brother

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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