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Of these parts one is termed the hystera or delphys, whence is derived the word adelphos, and the other part, the tube or orifice, is termed metra.
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(Leviticus 19: 17) + Metaphorically of any similarity, as in (Job 30: 19) The word adelphos has a similar range of meanings in the New Testament.
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Additionally, the word adelphos is used for (1) male children of the same parents (Mt 1: 2); (2) male descendants of the same parents (Acts 7: 23); (3) male children of the same mother (Gal 1: 19);
Latest Articles 2010
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The way Paul and other early Christians use "adelphos" doesn't make me all that confident that this necessarilty implies kinship.
Review of Doubting Jesus' Resurrection James F. McGrath 2010
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The word Philadelphia is comprised of two Latin words: "philos" (meaning love) and "adelphos" (meaning brother).
George Heymont: Isn't It Bromantic? (VIDEOS) George Heymont 2011
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The word Philadelphia is comprised of two Latin words: "philos" (meaning love) and "adelphos" (meaning brother).
George Heymont: Isn't It Bromantic? (VIDEOS) George Heymont 2011
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The word Philadelphia is comprised of two Latin words: "philos" (meaning love) and "adelphos" (meaning brother).
George Heymont: Isn't It Bromantic? (VIDEOS) George Heymont 2011
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The word Philadelphia is comprised of two Latin words: "philos" (meaning love) and "adelphos" (meaning brother).
George Heymont: Isn't It Bromantic? (VIDEOS) George Heymont 2011
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[Greek: adelphos], and the familiar "bone of my bone," etc. A very interesting word for "child" is Sanskrit _toka, _ Greek [Greek: teknon], from the Indo-European radical _tek, _ "to prepare, make, produce, generate."
The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day Alexander F. Chamberlain
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Dēmētrianos, Phirmilianos de Kaisareias tēs Kappadokōn, kai epi toutois tōn kata Ponton ekklēsiōn Grēgorios kai o toutou adelphos Athēnodōros. —
The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries 1851-1930 1908
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