Strong’s G81 · Greek
ἀδελφότης
adelphótēs · ad-el-fot'-ace
Origin from ἀδελφός (G80);
Meaning brotherhood (properly, the feeling of brotherliness), i.e. the (Christian) fraternity
In the King James Version brethren, brotherhood.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- 1 Peter 2:17Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
- 1 Peter 5:9Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.