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.
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