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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

  • καὶ προσέθηκε τεκεῖν τὸ ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, τὸν Ἄβελ. καὶ ἐγένετο Ἄβελ ποιμὴν προβάτων, Κάϊν δὲ ἦν ἐργαζόμενοσ τὴν γῆν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 4:2)
  • καὶ εἶπε Κάϊν πρὸσ Ἄβελ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ. διέλθωμεν εἰσ τὸ πεδίον. καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτοὺσ ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ, ἀνέστη Κάϊν ἐπὶ Ἄβελ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπέκτεινεν αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 4:8)
  • τὸν Οὒζ πρωτότοκον καὶ τὸν Βαὺξ ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸν Καμουὴλ πατέρα Σύρων (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 22:21)
  • Ρεβέκκα δὲ εἶπε πρὸσ Ἰακὼβ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆσ, τὸν ἐλάσσω. ἰδέ, ἤκουσα τοῦ πατρόσ σου λαλοῦντοσ πρὸσ Ἡσαῦ τὸν ἀδελφόν σου λέγοντοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 27:6)

Synonyms

  1. brother

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