noun · masculine · G80 · 342× in the NT
ὁ ἀδελφός
οῦ, ὁ
a brother
Gloss
a brother, member of the same religious community, especially a fellow-Christian.
Forms
Endings and the sense of each form. NT counts are from the SBLGNT; generated slots fill a regular paradigm when the NT never uses that case.
Singular
- ἀδελφός—a brothernominative · singular · masculine43×
- ἀδελφόν‑νa brotheraccusative · singular · masculine41×
- ἀδελφοῦ‑ῦof a brothergenitive · singular · masculine17×
- ἀδελφῷ‑ῷto/for a brotherdative · singular · masculine14×
- ἀδελφέ‑έO brothervocative · singular · masculine6×
Plural
- ἀδελφοί‑ίbrothersnominative · plural · masculine39×
- ἀδελφούς‑ύςbrothersaccusative · plural · masculine39×
- ἀδελφῶν‑ῶνof brothersgenitive · plural · masculine21×
- ἀδελφοῖς‑ῖςto/for brothersdative · plural · masculine17×
- ἀδελφοί‑ίO brothersvocative · plural · masculine105×
Where you’ll meet it
- New Testament
NT glosses follow Dodson’s public-domain lexicon, counted on the SBLGNT (MorphGNT). Attic and patristic notes are short reader-helps for Xenophon, Plato, and the pre-Nicene writers — not a substitute for LSJ.