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ἀδελφός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀδελφός ἀδελφοῦ

Structure: ἀδελφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. brother

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀδελφός ἀδελφώ ἀδελφοί
Genitive ἀδελφοῦ ἀδελφοῖν ἀδελφῶν
Dative ἀδελφῷ ἀδελφοῖν ἀδελφοῖς
Accusative ἀδελφόν ἀδελφώ ἀδελφούς
Vocative ἀδελφέ ἀδελφώ ἀδελφοί

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • εἶπε δὲ Ἡσαῦ. ἔστι μοι πολλά, ἀδελφέ. ἔστω σοι τὰ σά. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 33:9)
  • ἀλγῶ ἐπὶ σοί, ἀδελφέ μου Ἰωνάθαν. ὡραιώθησ μοι σφόδρα, ἐθαυμαστώθη ἡ ἀγάπησίσ σου ἐμοὶ ὑπὲρ ἀγάπησιν γυναικῶν. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 1:26)
  • καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ. μή, ἀδελφέ μου. μὴ ταπεινώσῃσ με, διότι οὐ ποιηθήσεται οὕτωσ ἐν Ἰσραήλ, μὴ ποιήσῃσ τὴν ἀφροσύνην ταύτην. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 13:12)
  • καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Θημάρ. μή, ἀδελφέ, ὅτι μεγάλη ἡ κακία ἡ ἐσχάτη ὑπὲρ τὴν πρώτην, ἣν ἐποίησασ μετ’ ἐμοῦ τοῦ ἐξαποστεῖλαί με. καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησεν Ἀμνὼν ἀκοῦσαι τῆσ φωνῆσ αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 13:16)
  • καὶ εἶπεν Ἰωὰβ τῷ Ἀμεσσαί̈. εἰ ὑγιαίνεισ σὺ ἀδελφέ̣ καὶ ἐκράτησεν ἡ χεὶρ ἡ δεξιὰ Ἰωὰβ τοῦ πώγωνοσ Ἀμεσσαί̈ τοῦ καταφιλῆσαι αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 20:9)

Synonyms

  1. brother

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