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ἀδελφός

adelphos

son of the same mother

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Where it lives

  • 1 Thessalonians 18 · 123.8/10k
  • Philemon 4 · 121.95/10k
  • 2 Thessalonians 9 · 111.52/10k
  • James 19 · 111.11/10k
  • 3 John 2 · 92.59/10k
  • Paralipomenon I 91 · 68.47/10k
  • 1 John 14 · 65.85/10k
  • Genesis 166 · 55.25/10k
  • 1 Corinthians 37 · 54.77/10k
  • Tobias (cod. Vat. et Alex.) 27 · 51.4/10k
  • Galatians 11 · 50.34/10k
  • Philippians 8 · 50.06/10k

Densest 12 of 128 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

son of the same mother

son of the same mother:

I brother, brother and sister

as Subst., ἀδελφός, ὁ, voc. ἄδελφε; Ep., Ion., and Lyr. ἀδελφεός (gen. -ειοῦ in Hom. is for -εόο), Cret. ἀδελφιός, ἀδευφιός, Leg.Gort. 2.21, Mon.Ant. 18.319:—brother, Hom., etc.; ἀδελφοί brother and sister, E. El. 536; so of the Ptolemies, θεοὶ ἀδελφοί Herod. 1.30, OGI 50.2 (iii B. C.), etc.; ἀπʼ ἀμφοτέρων ἀδελφεός Hdt. 7.97: prov., χαλεποὶ πόλεμοι ἀδελφῶν E. Fr. 975: metaph., ἀ. γέγονα σειρήνων LXX Jb. 30.29.

2 kinsman, tribesman

kinsman, ib. Ge. 13.8, al.; tribesman, Ex. 2.11, al.

3 colleague, associate, member of a college

colleague, associate, PTeb. 1.12, IG 12 (9).906.19 (Chalcis); member of a college, ib. 14.956.

4

term of address, used by kings, OGI 138.3 (Philae), J. AJ 13.2.2, etc.; generally, LXX Ju. 7.30; esp. in letters, PPar. 48 (ii B. C.), etc.:—as a term of affection, applicable by wife to husband, LXX To. 10.12, PLond. 1.42.1 (ii B. C.), etc.

5 brother

brother (as a fellow Christian), Ev.Matt. 12.50, Act.Ap. 9.30, al.; of other religious communities, e.g. Serapeum, PPar. 42.1 (ii B. C.), cf. PTaur. 1.1.20.

6 fellow

metaph., of things, fellow, ἀνὴρ τῷ ἀ. προσκολληθήσεται, of Leviathanʼs scales, LXX Jb. 41.8.

II brotherly, sisterly

Adj., ἀδελφός, ή, όν, brotherly or sisterly, A. Th. 811, etc.; φύσιν ἀ. ἔχοντες, of Hephaistos and Athena, Pl. Criti. 109c.

2 twin, in pairs, akin, cognate

generally, of anything double, twin, in pairs, X. Mem. 2.3.19:—also, akin, cognate, μαθήματα Archyt. 1; ἀ. νόμοις Pl. Lg. 683a: mostly c. gen., ἀδελφὰ τῶνδε S. Ant. 192; ἡ δὲ μωρία μάλιστʼ ἀ. τῆς πονηρίας ἔφυ Id. Fr. 925; freq. in Pl., Phd. 108b, Cra. 418e, al., cf. Hyp. Epit. 35: c. dat., ἀδελφὰ τούτοισι S. OC 1262, cf. Pl. Smp. 210b.

In the wild

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Where it came from

  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἀδελφός (scan pp. 32-33; entry #111).

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