Strong's Lexicon
G5360 — φιλαδελφία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5360 |
|---|---|
| Word: | φιλαδελφία |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G5361 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | philadelphia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | fil-ad-el-fee'-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. fraternal affection |
| KJV Renderings: | brotherly love (kindness), love of the brethren |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φιλαδελφία, φιλαδελφίας, ἡ (φιλάδελφος), the love of brothers (or sisters), brotherly love (properly, 4Ma 13:22; 4Ma 14:1; (Philo, leg. ad Gaium § 12); Josephus, Antiquities 4, 2, 4; Lucian, dial. deor. 26, 2; Plutarch, libell. περί φιλαδελφίας; (cf. Babrius 47, 15)); in the N. T. "the love which Christians cherish for each other as ’brethren’" (see ἀδελφός, 4); (love of the brethren) (Vulg.caritas or amor fraternitatis): Rom 12:10; 1Th 4:9; Heb 13:1; 1Pe 1:22; 2Pe 1:7, cf. 1Jn 5:1.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
φιλαδελφία (brotherly love (kindness))
Romans 12:10
- KJV: kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love in honour preferring one another
- GK: τη φιλαδελφία εις αλλήλους φιλόστοργοι τη τιμή αλλήλους προηγούμενοι
1 Thessalonians 4:9
- KJV: But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another
- GK: περί δε της φιλαδελφίας ου χρείαν έχετε γράφειν υμίν αυτοί γαρ υμείς θεοδίδακτοί εστε εις το αγαπάν αλλήλους
Hebrews 13:1
- KJV: Let brotherly love continue
- GK: η φιλαδελφία μενέτω
1 Peter 1:22
- KJV: Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren love one another with a pure heart fervently
- GK: τας ψυχάς υμών ηγνικότες εν τη υπακοή της αληθείας διά πνεύματος εις φιλαδελφίαν ανυπόκριτον εκ καθαράς καρδίας αλλήλους αγαπήσατε εκτενώς
2 Peter 1:7
- KJV: And to godliness brotherly kindness and to brotherly kindness charity
- GK: εν δε τη ευσεβεία την φιλαδελφίαν εν δε τη φιλαδελφία την αγάπην
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