noun · feminine

adelfotas

Greekἀδελφότης (adelfotēs)

Strong’sG81

brotherhood

stem adelfot-2 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

brotherhood2×

What it means

**† ἀδελφότης, -ητος, ἡ

(< ἀδελφός), [in LXX: I Mac 12:10, 17, IV Mac5*;]

1. abstract, brotherhood, brotherly affection (LXX).

2. Concrete, the brotherhood, the Christian community: I Pe 2:17 5:9 (MM, VGT, s.v.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G81 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidad-el-fot'-ace

brotherhood (properly, the feeling of brotherliness), i.e. the (Christian) fraternity

Fromfrom G80;

King Jamesbrethren, brotherhood.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	adelfotas	adelfotais
object accusative	adelfotan1×ἀδελφότητα	adelfotain
direct address vocative	adelfotar	adelfotair
of, belonging to genitive	adelfotau	adelfotaiu
to, for dative	adelfota1×ἀδελφότητι	adelfotai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

adelfotstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

adelfota is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

adelfotan“brotherhood”objectaccusative singular1×

1 Peter 2:17“brotherhood”pantoin timavar, tan adelfotan agapavōr, ton theon fobevōr, ton basilevon timavōr.Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.

adelfota“brotherhood”to, fordative singular1×

1 Peter 5:9“brotherhood”ho anthistanavar stereois ta pistia, oidarētois teim auteim teiu pathēmeiu ta en to kosmo vu adelfota epitelirō.Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.