ἀδελφῷ

adelphós

brother

A male sibling, one born of the same father or mother; in a broader sense, a member of the same family, clan, community, or group. In extended usage, the term includes close associates, fellow members of a social, religious, or ethnic group, and sometimes co-believers or colleagues. Contextually, can refer to literal brothers, kin, compatriots, associates, or figurative 'brothers' in a spiritual or communal sense.

G80

Luke 20:28 · Word #27

Lexicon G80

Lemmaἀδελφός
Transliterationadelphós
Strong'sG80
DefinitionA male sibling, one born of the same father or mother; in a broader sense, a member of the same family, clan, community, or group. In extended usage, the term includes close associates, fellow members of a social, religious, or ethnic group, and sometimes co-believers or colleagues. Contextually, can refer to literal brothers, kin, compatriots, associates, or figurative 'brothers' in a spiritual or communal sense.

Morphology N DAT M SG All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Case DAT — Dative — Indirect object, means, or location
Gender M — Masculine — Grammatical masculine
Number SG — Singular — One

Common Translation

Phrasebrother
Literalbrother

Lexical Info

Lemmaἀδελφός
Strong'sG80

SIBI-P1 Translation G80-02

to a brother

Morphological NotesNoun, masculine, singular, dative (Gr,N,,,,,DMS): indicating a male sibling or associate as indirect object or recipient.
Rendering RationaleThe dative masculine singular form ἀδελφῷ denotes relation or indirect object, naturally rendered in English with “to” or “for.” “Brother” preserves the root sense of one born from the same womb, while remaining open to its extended communal sense.

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SILEX v2

SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)

brother

Same as P1No — adjusted for context
RationaleRemove the indefinite article 'a'; context requires definite 'brother' as referent is specified by pronoun and earlier context.
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