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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #5360 - φιλαδελφία

Transliteration

philadelphía

Phonetics

fil-ad-el-fee'-ah

Origin

from (G5361)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TDNT

1:144,22

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

love of brothers or sisters, brotherly love
in the NT the love which Christians cherish for each other as brethren

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (5)

Romans 1

1 Thessalonians 1

Hebrews 1

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 1

BSB (6)

Romans 1

1 Thessalonians 1

Hebrews 1

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 2

CSB (6)

Romans 1

1 Thessalonians 1

Hebrews 1

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 2

ESV (6)

Romans 1

1 Thessalonians 1

Hebrews 1

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 2

KJV (6)

Romans 1

1 Thessalonians 1

Hebrews 1

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 2

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (18)

Romans 2

1 Thessalonians 4

Hebrews 4

1 Peter 4

2 Peter 4

N95 (12)

Romans 2

1 Thessalonians 2

Hebrews 2

1 Peter 2

2 Peter 4

NAS (21)

Romans 2

1 Thessalonians 2

Hebrews 2

1 Peter 2

2 Peter 4

NLT (5)

1 Thessalonians 2

Hebrews 2

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 2

WEB (6)

Romans 1

1 Thessalonians 1

Hebrews 1

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 2

YLT (6)

Romans 1

1 Thessalonians 1

Hebrews 1

1 Peter 1

2 Peter 2

ASV (5)

brotherly kindness 1

in love 1

love 2

love of the brethren 1

BSB (6)

brotherly kindness 2

brotherly love 1

in brotherly love 2

you have a genuine love for your brothers 1

CSB (6)

affection 2

love 3

the brothers 1

ESV (6)

brotherly 1

brotherly affection 3

brotherly love 2

KJV (6)

brethren 1

kindness 2

love 3

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (18)

brotherly 3

brothers 3

kindness 2

love 4

of 3

the 3

N95 (12)

brethren 3

brotherly 3

kindness 2

love 4

NAS (21)

brotherly 3

brothers 3

kindness 2

love 4

of 3

sisters 3

the 3

NLT (5)

affection 2

other 1

sisters 2

WEB (6)

brotherly 1

brotherly affection 2

brotherly love 2

in love 1

YLT (6)

brotherly kindness 2

brotherly love 1

let brotherly love 1

love of brethren 1

the spirit to brotherly love 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 1

ANT

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 1

BEZ

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 1

BGB

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 1

BMT

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 1

BYZ

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 1

ELZ

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 1

NA26

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 1

SBL

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 1

SCV

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 1

STV

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 3

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 1

TIS

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 1

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 1

TRG

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

N-NSF 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

φῐλᾰδελφ-ία, ἡ,

brotherly love, Alex. 334, Ph. 2.558, J. AJ 2.6.9, Babr. 47.15; in NT, love of the brethren, Romans 12:10, al.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

φιλαδελφία, φιλαδελφίας, ἡ (φιλάδελφος), the love of brothers (or sisters), brotherly love (properly, 4 Macc. 13:22; 14:1; (Philo, leg. ad Gaium § 12); Josephus, Antiquities 4, 2, 4; Lucian, dial. deor. 26, 2; Plutarch, libell. περί φιλαδελφίας; (cf. Babrius 47, 15)); in the N. T. "the love which Christians cherish for each other as 'brethren'" (see ἀδελφός, 4); (love of the brethren) (Vulg. caritas or amor fraternitatis): Romans 12:10; 1 Thessalonians 4:9; Hebrews 13:1; 1 Peter 1:22; 2 Peter 1:7, cf. 1 John 5:1.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

φιλαδελφία , -ας , ἡ

(< φιλάδελφος ),

[in LXX: 4 Maccabees 13:23; 4 Maccabees 13:26; 4 Maccabees 14:1*;]

the love of brothers, brotherly love: of Christians' mutual love as brethren (see ἀδελφός ), Romans 12:10, 1 Thessalonians 4:9, Hebrews 13:1, 1 Peter 1:22, 2 Peter 1:7.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

φωτεινός (or φωτινός, WH), ";shining,"; ";bright"; (Mat. 6:22 al.). The superlve is applied to a person in the address P Lond 1917.1 (c A.D. 330–340) τῷ γνησιωτάτῳ καὶ φω [τ ]ι ̣νωτάτῳ μ [α ]καριωτάτῳ. . . . ἄπα Παιηο ̣υ ̣ͅ, ἐν δεσπό [του Ἰη ]σοῦ Χριστοῦ χαῖραι (l. χαῖρε), ";to the most genuine and most enlightened, most blessed Apa Paiêou, greeting in our Master Jesus Christ"; (Ed.). Cf. also the vi/A.D. biblical scholion PSI I. 65.13 οἱ (l. εἰ ?) πειστοὶ κροιγοροῦντες (l. πιστοὶ γρηγοροῦντες) ἐσώ (=ό)μεθα, λαμπάτ (=δ)ες ὑ (=ἡ)μῶν φωτινὲ (l. φωτειναὶ) ἐν ἐλαίῳ.

In a Christian Greek inscr. from Nubia of ix/A.D., published in J. Eg. Arch. xiii. p. 227, the prayer occurs—ὁ θ (εὸ)ς ἀναπαῦσον τ (ὴν) ψυχὴν αὐτ (ο)ῦ ἐν κόλποις Ἀβραὰμ κ (αὶ) Ἰσαὰκ κ (αὶ) Ἰακὼβ ἐν τόπῳ φωτινῷ ἐν τόπῳ ἀναψύξεως ἔνθα ἀπέδρα ὀδύνη κ (αὶ) λύπη κ (αὶ) στεναγμός, ";O God, give rest to his soul in the bosom of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, in a place of light, in a place of refreshment, from which pain and grief and lamentation have fled away"; (Ed.). See also P. D. Scott-Moncrieff Paganism and Christianity in Egypt, p. : o4, where reference is made to a funeral tablet (Berlin, No. 11820), which runs ";Taêsai lived 28 years. She has gone to the shining (land)."; The φωτινὸς τόπος may be either the Christian heaven, or the place of the ";illuminated ones"; of the old pagan religion.

List of Word Forms

φιλαδελφια φιλαδελφία φιλαδελφίᾳ φιλαδελφιαν φιλαδελφίαν φιλαδελφιας φιλαδελφίας philadelphia philadelphía philadelphíāi philadelphian philadelphían philadelphias philadelphías