Word Summary
philadelphia: the love of brothers, brotherly love
Original Word: φιλαδελφίαTransliteration: philadelphia
Phonetic Spelling: (fil-ad-el-fee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: the love of brothers, brotherly love
Meaning: the love of brothers, brotherly love
Strong's Concordance
brotherly love, kindness
From philadelphos; fraternal affection -- brotherly love (kindness), love of the brethren.
see GREEK philadelphos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5360: φιλαδελφίαφιλαδελφία,
φιλαδελφίας,
ἡ (
φιλάδελφος),
the love of brothers (or sisters), brotherly love (properly, 4 Macc. 13:22; 14:1; (
Philo, leg. ad Gaium § 12);
Josephus, Antiquities 4, 2, 4;
Lucian, dial. deor. 26, 2;
Plutarch, libell.
περί φιλαδελφίας; (cf.
Babrius 47, 15)); in the N. T. "the love which Christians cherish for each other as 'brethren'" (see
ἀδελφός, 4); (
love of the brethren) (
Vulg.caritas or amor fraternitatis):
Romans 12:10;
1 Thessalonians 4:9;
Hebrews 13:1;
1 Peter 1:22;
2 Peter 1:7, cf.
1 John 5:1.