ἀδελφὸς

adelphós

brother

A male sibling, one born of the same father or mother; in a broader sense, a member of the same family, clan, community, or group. In extended usage, the term includes close associates, fellow members of a social, religious, or ethnic group, and sometimes co-believers or colleagues. Contextually, can refer to literal brothers, kin, compatriots, associates, or figurative 'brothers' in a spiritual or communal sense.

G80

1 Corinthians 7:12 · Word #11

Lexicon G80

Lemmaἀδελφός
Transliterationadelphós
Strong'sG80
DefinitionA male sibling, one born of the same father or mother; in a broader sense, a member of the same family, clan, community, or group. In extended usage, the term includes close associates, fellow members of a social, religious, or ethnic group, and sometimes co-believers or colleagues. Contextually, can refer to literal brothers, kin, compatriots, associates, or figurative 'brothers' in a spiritual or communal sense.

Morphology N NOM M SG All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Case NOM — Nominative — The subject of the sentence
Gender M — Masculine — Grammatical masculine
Number SG — Singular — One

Common Translation

Phrasebrother
Literalbrother

Lexical Info

Lemmaἀδελφός
Strong'sG80

SIBI-P1 Translation G80-06

brother

Morphological NotesNoun, nominative masculine singular (Gr,N,,,,,NMS); subject-form, masculine gender, singular number.
Rendering Rationale"Brother" directly reflects the core etymological sense of one born from the same womb while naturally extending to a male member of the same kin or community. The nominative masculine singular form is preserved by the singular English noun functioning as a subject form.

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