Lexical Summary philadelphia: the love of brothers, brotherly love Original Word: φιλαδελφίαTransliteration: philadelphia Phonetic Spelling: (fil-ad-el-fee'-ah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: the love of brothers, brotherly love Meaning: the love of brothers, brotherly love Strong's Concordance brotherly love, kindnessFrom philadelphos; fraternal affection -- brotherly love (kindness), love of the brethren. see GREEK philadelphos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5360: φιλαδελφίαφιλαδελφία, 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. |
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