Brotherly love
φιλαδελφίαStrong’s G5360philadelphia
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Philadelphia is the Greek word usually translated “brotherly love” and “brotherly affection”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.”
Meaning
Usually translated “brotherly love” and “brotherly affection”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- brotherly love 3
- brotherly affection 2
- in brotherly love 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 1
- 1 Thessalonians 1
- Hebrews 1
- 1 Peter 1
- 2 Peter 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Romans 12:10Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
- 1 Thessalonians 4:9But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
- Hebrews 13:1Let brotherly love continue.
- 1 Peter 1:22Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
Greek dictionary
φιλαδελφία philadelphia · brotherly love
φιλαδελφία, -ας, ἡ (φιλάδελφος), [in LXX: 4Ma.13:23 4Mac 13:26 4Mac 14:1 * ;] the love of brothers, brotherly love: of Christians' mutual love as brethren (see: ἀδελφός), Rom.12:10, 1Th.4:9, Heb.13:1, 1Pe.1:22, 2Pe.1:7.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.