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bruth´ẽr -li ( אח , 'āḥ , "brother"; φιλαδελφία , philadelphı́a , "brotherly love"): Like a brother in all the large human relationships indicated above; e.g. the early friendly and fraternal alliance between Tyre and Israel as illustrated by "brotherly covenant" between David and Solomon, and Hiram, king of Tyre ( 2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 5:12 ), and repudiated in a later generation by the treachery of Tyre (Amos 1:9 ). See BROTHERLY KINDNESS (LOVE).

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Brotherly'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​b/brotherly.html. 1915.
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