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ἀδελφ-ή G0079
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sister
1. sister A female sibling, used both for literal biological sisters (e.g., Martha and Mary as sisters of Lazarus, Mark 6:3 naming Jesus' sisters) and for fellow female believers in the Christian community (Romans 16:1 'Phoebe our sister,' 1 Corinthians 7:15, James 2:15). Spanish hermana/hermanas, Arabic أُخْت/أَخَوَاتٍ (ukht/akhawat), Korean 자매 (jamae), Hindi बहन/बहनों (bahan/bahnon), Swahili dada/ndugu-wa-kike. The two clusters are purely grammatical: singular case forms (S61286, 17x) versus plural accusative and nominative (S61287, 9x), with no semantic difference between them. 26×
PEOPLE_KINSHIP Kinship Terms Sister Sibling
AR["-الأُختِ","أَخَوَاتٍ","أُختٌ","أُختِكِ","أُختِي","أُخْتاً","أُخْتي","أُخْتٌ","أُخْتَنَا،","أُخْتَهَا","أُخْتُ","أُخْتِ","أُخْتِهَا","أُخْتِهِ،","الأُخْتُ"]·ben["বোন","বোন,","বোনকে","বোনদের","বোনের","ভগিনীর"]·DE["Schwester"]·EN["a-sister","sister","sisters"]·FR["sœur"]·heb["אֲחוֹת","אֲחוֹתִי","אֲחוֹתֵנוּ","אֲחוֹתָהּ","אֲחוֹתוֹ","אַחָיוֹת","אָחוֹת","הָ-אָחוֹת"]·HI["बहन","बहन-को","बहनके","बहनों-को","बहिन","बेहेनोन-को"]·ID["saudara-perempuan","saudari","saudari,","saudari-saudari","saudari;","saudarinya"]·IT["sorella"]·jav["saderekipun-èstri","sadherek-èstri","sadherek-èstri,","sadhèrèk","sadhèrèk-wadon,","sadhèrèk-èstri","sadhèrèk-èstri,","sadhèrèk-èstri;","sadèrèkipun-èstri","sedhèrèk-èstri"]·KO["누이-의","자매","자매-가","자매-를","자매-에게","자매가","자매들","자매들-을","자매를","자매인","자매치"]·PT["irmã","irmã,","irmã;","irmãs","irmãs,"]·RU["его","нашу","сестра","сестре;","сестру","сестру,","сестры","сестёр","сестёр,"]·ES["hermana","hermanas","una-hermana"]·SW["au","dada","dada,","kaka","ndugu-wa-kike"]·TR["karıyı","kız-kardeş","kız-kardeşi","kız-kardeşim","kız-kardeşim,","kız-kardeşimdir","kız-kardeşimizi","kız-kardeşine","kız-kardeşinin","kız-kardeşler","kız-kardeşleri","kızkardeş;","kızkardeşi","kızkardeşini","kızkardeşinin","o-"]·urd["بہن","بہنوں","بہنوں-کو"]

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BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἀδελφ-, , feminine of ἀδελφός, sister, Trag., E Refs 4th c.BC+: Ionic dialect ἀδελφ-εή, Refs 5th c.BC+; Epic dialect ἀδελφ-ειή, Refs 4th c.AD+; Doric dialect ἀδελφ-εά, Refs 5th c.BC+, and in lyr, passages of Trag., Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 kinswoman, LXX __3 term of endearment, LXX; applied to a wife, Refs 3rd c.BC+:—sister (as a fellow Christian), NT