Adelphotes means “brotherhood” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H81 — abaqah (“powder”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G81 ἀδελφότης (adelphotes) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. adelphotes (ad-el-fot'-ace) n. 1. (properly) the feeling of brotherliness 2. (commonly) brotherhood, i.e. the (Christian) fraternity It has 9 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include brotherhood and brethren. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
adelphotes (ad-el-fot'-ace) n. 1. (properly) the feeling of brotherliness 2. (commonly) brotherhood, i.e. the (Christian) fraternity [from G80] KJV: brethren, brotherhood Root(s): G80
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G81. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
brotherhood
Usage: ἀδελφότης, -ητος, ἡ (ἀδελφός), [in LXX: 1Ma.12:10,17, 4Mac .5 * ;] __1. abstract, brotherhood, brotherly affection (LXX). __2. Concrete, the brotherhood, the Christian community: 1Pe.2:17 5:9 (MM, VGT, see word). † (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render adelphotes, 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 G81 (ἀδελφότης) appears 7 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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2 indexed usages in New Testament.
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
7 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
have nevertheless attempted to send unto you for the renewing of brotherhood and friendship, lest we should become strangers unto you altogether: for there is a long time passed since ye sent unto us.
We commanded them also to go unto you, and to salute you, and to deliver you our letters concerning the renewing of our brotherhood.
Imitate me, O brethren, nor ever desert your station, nor abjure my brotherhood in courage: fight the holy and honorable fight of religion;
First 9 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G81.
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
have nevertheless attempted to send unto you for the renewing of brotherhood and friendship, lest we should become strangers unto you altogether: for there is a long time passed since ye sent unto us.
We commanded them also to go unto you, and to salute you, and to deliver you our letters concerning the renewing of our brotherhood.
Imitate me, O brethren, nor ever desert your station, nor abjure my brotherhood in courage: fight the holy and honorable fight of religion;
I abjure not the noble relationship of my brethren.
By the blessed death of my brethren, and the eternal punishment of the tyrant, and the glorious life of the pious, I will not repudiate the noble brotherhood.
Now you are not ignorant of the charm of brotherhood, which the Divine and all-wise Providence has imparted through fathers to children, and has engendered through the mother’s womb.
And yet, although nature and intercourse and virtuous morals increased their brotherly love, those who were left endured to behold their brethren, who were ill-used for their religion, tortured even unto death.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G81, grouped by book.
Adelphotes (Strong's G81) is a Greek word most simply glossed "brotherhood". adelphotes (ad-el-fot'-ace) n. 1. (properly) the feeling of brotherliness 2. (commonly) brotherhood, i.e. the (Christian) fraternity
This page currently indexes 9 linked usages for Strong's G81 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G81 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as brotherhood and brethren. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 7 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G81, with linked reader references where each row is available.