What does πέντε · ἀδελφός mean in the Bible?
πέντε · ἀδελφός is a Greek phrase meaning "five brothers".
Greek · G4002, G80
πέντε ἀδελφούς
"Five" · a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like )
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πέντε G4002 "five"
Pronunciation pénte
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ἀδελφός G80 a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like )
Pronunciation adelphós
Brother encompasses literal kinship, fellow-nationals, neighbors, and crucially, fellow-Christians in Christian community.
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What does πέντε ἀδελφούς (pente adelphous) mean in the Bible?
πέντε · ἀδελφός is a Greek phrase meaning "five brothers".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4002, G80?
G4002, G80 is connected to 38 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. five brothers
Source Gloss
five brothers
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 9 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 9 Aligned forms 38 Case pattern Accusative (27) Number pattern Plural (38)
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Matt 25:2 · Acts 4:4 3×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Luke 9:13 · Luke 12:52 · Rev 17:10 3×
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Luke 12:6 1×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Luke 19:19 · Acts 20:6 2×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine John 6:13 1×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Acts 7:14 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 14:17 · Matt 14:19 · Matt 16:9 · Mark 6:38 · Mark 6:41 · Mark 8:19 · Luke 1:24 · Luke 9:16 · Luke 16:28 · John 4:18 · John 6:9 · John 6:19 · 1 Cor 14:19 · Rev 9:5 · Rev 9:10 15×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 25:15 · Matt 25:16 · Matt 25:20 · Luke 14:19 8×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Luke 19:18 · John 5:2 · Acts 19:19 · Acts 24:1 4×
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain