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ἀδελφός?

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration: adelphos

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

  • καὶ εἶπε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς πρὸς Κάϊν. ποῦ ἔστιν Ἄβελ ὁ ἀδελφός σου; καὶ εἶπεν. οὐ γινώσκω. μὴ φύλαξ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ μου εἰμὶ ἐγώ; (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 4:9)
  • οὐκ αὐτός μοι εἶπεν, ἀδελφή μου ἐστί; καὶ αὕτη μοι εἶπεν, ἀδελφός μου ἐστίν; ἐν καθαρᾷ καρδίᾳ καὶ ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ χειρῶν ἐποίησα τοῦτο. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 20:5)
  • ἐγένετο δέ, ἡνίκα ἐξήγαγέ με ὁ Θεὸς ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ πατρός μου, καὶ εἶπα αὐτῇ. ταύτην τὴν δικαιοσύνην ποιήσεις εἰς ἐμέ, εἰς πάντα τόπον οὗ ἐὰν εἰσέλθωμεν ἐκεῖ, εἰπὸν ἐμέ, ὅτι ἀδελφός μου ἐστίν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 20:13)
  • τῇ δὲ Ρεβέκκᾳ ἀδελφὸς ἦν ᾧ ὄνομα Λάβαν. καὶ ἔδραμε Λάβαν πρὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἔξω ἐπὶ τὴν πηγήν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 24:29)
  • καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο ἐξῆλθεν ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ ἐπειλημμένη τῆς πτέρνης Ἡσαῦ. καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰακώβ. Ἰσαὰκ δὲ ἦν ἐτῶν ἑξήκοντα, ὅτε ἔτεκεν αὐτοὺς Ρεβέκκα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 25:26)

Synonyms

  1. brother

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