ἀδελφή

Noun

adelphē · sister

Search morphology

Strong's ID: 79

Lexical summary

26

NT occurrences

6

Observed forms

About this Greek word

A sister; near kinswoman, or female relative, a female member of the Christian community

Observed NT forms

These forms and parsing labels come from the attested NT corpus. A missing form is not presented as an unattested grammatical claim.

Noun declension

Noun declension, grouped by number and case
NumberCaseFeminineReferences
SingularNominative
Matthew 12:50
Genitive
John 11:1
Dative
Accusative
John 11:5
Vocative——
PluralNominative
Matthew 13:56
Genitive——
Dative——
Accusative
Matthew 19:29
Vocative——

NT distribution

NT Book

ἀδελφή

Book distribution counts: John: 6 occurrences; Mark: 5 occurrences; Luke: 3 occurrences; Matthew: 3 occurrences; Romans: 2 occurrences; 1 Corinthians: 2 occurrences; Acts: 1 occurrences; James: 1 occurrences; 2 John: 1 occurrences; Philemon: 1 occurrences; 1 Timothy: 1 occurrences

Author

ἀδελφή
  • John7
  • Paul6
  • Mark5
  • Luke4
  • Matthew3
  • James1

Author distribution counts: John: 7 occurrences; Paul: 6 occurrences; Mark: 5 occurrences; Luke: 4 occurrences; Matthew: 3 occurrences; James: 1 occurrences