Word Study · Strong's G5360 · Greek
φιλαδελφία
philadelphia
fil-ad-el-fee'-ah
Strong's 1890 spelling: philadelphía
“fraternal affection”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
fraternal affection
Rendered in the KJV as
brotherly love (kindness), love of the brethren.
- 6occurrencesin the New Testament
- 5 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- φιλαδελφίᾳ2
- φιλαδελφία1
- φιλαδελφίαν1
- φιλαδελφίαν,1
- φιλαδελφίας1
How it is rendered · 5
- brotherly love2
- brotherly affection1
- brotherly affection,1
- Brotherly love1
- in brotherly love1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular2
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular2
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-ASF · 2
- N-DSF · 2
- N-GSF · 1
- N-NSF · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 2 Peter2 of 6 · 33%
- Romans1 of 6 · 17%
- 1 Thessalonians1 of 6 · 17%
- Hebrews1 of 6 · 17%
- 1 Peter1 of 6 · 17%
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1 Thessalonians1 occurrence
Hebrews1 occurrence
2 Peter2 occurrences
- 2 Peter 1:7φιλαδελφίαν,philadelphiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularand to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.here: brotherly affection,
- 2 Peter 1:7φιλαδελφίᾳphiladelphianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularand to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.here: brotherly affection