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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

  • ἀποκριθεὶσ δὲ Ἰσαὰκ εἶπε τῷ Ἡσαῦ. εἰ κύριον αὐτὸν πεποίηκά σου καὶ πάντασ τοὺσ ἀδελφούσ αὐτοῦ πεποίηκα αὐτοῦ οἰκέτασ, σίτῳ καὶ οἴνῳ ἐστήριξα αὐτόν, σοὶ δὲ τί ποιήσω, τέκνον̣ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 27:37)
  • καὶ παραλαβὼν τοὺσ ἀδελφοὺσ αὐτοῦ μεθ̓ ἑαυτοῦ, ἐδίωξεν ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ὁδὸν ἡμερῶν ἑπτὰ καὶ κατέλαβεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ ὄρει Γαλαάδ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 31:23)
  • καὶ κατέλαβε Λάβαν τὸν Ἰακώβ. Ἰακὼβ δὲ ἔπηξε τὴν σκηνὴν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ ὄρει. Λάβαν δὲ ἔστησε τοὺσ ἀδελφοὺσ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ ὄρει Γαλαάδ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 31:25)
  • καὶ ὤμοσεν Ἰακὼβ κατὰ τοῦ φόβου τοῦ πατρὸσ αὐτοῦ Ἰσαάκ, καὶ ἔθυσε θυσίαν ἐν τῷ ὄρει καὶ ἐκάλεσε τοὺσ ἀδελφοὺσ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔφαγον καὶ ἔπιον καὶ ἐκοιμήθησαν ἐν τῷ ὄρει. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 31:54)
  • εἶπε δὲ Συχὲμ πρὸσ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῆσ καὶ πρὸσ τοὺσ ἀδελφοὺσ αὐτῆσ. εὕροιμι χάριν ἐναντίον ὑμῶν, καὶ ὃ ἐὰν εἴπητε, δώσομεν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 34:11)

Synonyms

  1. brother

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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