Philadelphos means “love as brethren” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H5361 — naqa (“be alienated”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G5361 φιλάδελφος (philadelphos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. philadelphos (fil-ad'-el-fos) adj. 1. fond of brethren, i.e. fraternal [from G5384 and G80] It has 4 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include brethren. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
philadelphos (fil-ad'-el-fos) adj. 1. fond of brethren, i.e. fraternal [from G5384 and G80] KJV: love as brethren Root(s): G5384, G80
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5361. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
loving the brothers
Usage: 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.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render philadelphos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G5361 (φιλάδελφος) appears 3 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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1 indexed usage in New Testament.
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Then Onias answered, saying, This is a lover of the brethren, who prayeth much for the people, and for the holy city, to wit, Jeremiah the prophet of God.
and having been brought forth at equal intervals, and having sucked milk from the same fountains, hence their brotherly souls are reared up lovingly together;
For they were both just and temperate, and manly, and high-minded, and fond of their brethren, and so fond of their mother that even unto death they obeyed her by observing the law.
First 4 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5361.
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
Then Onias answered, saying, This is a lover of the brethren, who prayeth much for the people, and for the holy city, to wit, Jeremiah the prophet of God.
and having been brought forth at equal intervals, and having sucked milk from the same fountains, hence their brotherly souls are reared up lovingly together;
For they were both just and temperate, and manly, and high-minded, and fond of their brethren, and so fond of their mother that even unto death they obeyed her by observing the law.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5361, grouped by book.
Philadelphos (Strong's G5361) is a Greek word most simply glossed "love as brethren". philadelphos (fil-ad'-el-fos) adj. 1. fond of brethren, i.e. fraternal [from G5384 and G80]
This page currently indexes 4 linked usages for Strong's G5361 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5361 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as brethren. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G5361, with linked reader references where each row is available.