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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

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 Ἅβραμ τῷ Λώτ. μὴ ἔστω μάχη ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν ποιμένων μου καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν ποιμένων σου, ὅτι ἄνθρωποι ἀδελφοί ἐσμεν ἡμεῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 13:8)
  • εἶπε δὲ πρὸσ αὐτούσ. μηδαμῶσ ἀδελφοί, μὴ πονηρεύσησθε. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:7)
  • εἶπαν δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῆσ καὶ ἡ μήτηρ. μεινάτω ἡ παρθένοσ μεθ̓ ἡμῶν ἡμέρασ ὡσεὶ δέκα, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἀπελεύσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 24:55)
  • εἶπε δὲ αὐτοῖσ Ἰακώβ. ἀδελφοί, πόθεν ἐστὲ ὑμεῖσ̣ οἱ δὲ εἶπαν. ἐκ Χαρρὰν ἐσμέν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 29:4)
  • καὶ εἶπαν αὐτοῖσ Συμεὼν καὶ Λευὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ Δείνασ. οὐ δυνησόμεθα ποιῆσαι τὸ ρῆμα τοῦτο, δοῦναι τὴν ἀδελφὴν ἡμῶν ἀνθρώπῳ, ὃσ ἔχει ἀκροβυστίαν. ἔστι γὰρ ὄνειδοσ ἡμῖν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 34:14)

Synonyms

  1. brother

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