Quick Definition
loving the brethren
Strong's Definition
fond of brethren, i.e. fraternal
Derivation: from G5384 (φίλος) and G80 (ἀδελφός);
KJV Usage: love as brethren
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φιλάδελφος, φιλαδελφον (φίλος and ἀδελφός), loving brother or sister (Sophocles, Plutarch, Anthol.); in a broader sense, loving one like a brother, Xenophon, mem. 2, 3, 17; loving one's fellow-countrymen, of an Israelite, 2Ma_15:14; of a Christian loving Christians, 1Pe_3:8 (R. V. loving as brethren).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φιλάδελφος philadelphos 1x
brother-loving; in NT loving the members of the Christian brotherhood, 1Pe_3:8
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*φιλ -άδελφος , -ον ,
[in LXX : 2Ma_15:14 , 4Ma_13:21 ; 4Ma_15:10 * ;]
loving one's brother, loving like a brother ( Soph ., Xen ., al. ): of Christians' love for one another ( EV , loving as brethren ), 1Pe_3:8 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φιλάδελφος [page 668]
loving one s (Christian) brothers, 1Pe. 3:8. For a brother loving his actual brother (see s.v. φιλαδελφία , cf. the inscr. on a tomb Preisigke 313 3 (i/A.D.?) Εἰσίων φιλάδελφε χρηστὲ χαῖρε , and similarly ib. 6234 .2 (B.C. 33), al.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
φιλάδελφος φι^λ-ά^δελφος, ον, "loving one's brother or sister, brotherly, sisterly", Soph. , Xen.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
φιλ-άδελφος, -ον
[in LXX: 2Ma.15:14, 4Ma.13:21 4Mac 15:10 * ;]
loving one's brother, loving like a brother (Soph., Xen., al.): of Christians' love for one another (EV, loving as brethren), 1Pe.3:8.†
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