φῐλᾰδελφ-ος, ον, loving one’s brother or sister, brotherly, sisterly, φ. δάκρυα S. Ant. 527 (anap.); of persons, X. Mem. 2.3.17, Plu. Sol. 27: Sup., Id. Luc. 43; freq. as a title of kings, as of Ptolemy Il and Arsinoe, Wilcken Chr. 106, etc.; of Ptolemy XIII, OGI 185, etc., and of Attalus Il; ib.329.38 (Aegina, ii B. C.), etc.; τῆς Φ. Κύπριδος, of Arsinoe, Posidipp. ap. Ath. 7.318d; of Antoninus and Verus, IG 22.3405, al.; τὸ φ. τῆς ψυχῆς D.S. 17.34. Adv. -φως Sch.S.l.c.
2. in NT, loving the brethren, [1Pe 3:8].
II φιλάδελφον, τό, mock orange, Philadelphus coronarius, Apollod. ap. Ath. 15.682c.
III φιλάδελφοι, οἱ, name of fabulous stones, Ps.- Plu. Fluv. 11.4.
φιλάδελφος philadelphos 1x
brother-loving; in NT loving the members of the Christian brotherhood, [1Pe 3:8]
G5361 — φιλάδελφος
φιλαδελφον (φίλος and ἀδελφός), loving brother or sister (Sophocles, Plutarch, Anthol.); in a broader sense, loving one like a brother, Xenophon, mem. 2, 3, 17; loving one's fellow-countrymen, of an Israelite, 2 Macc. 15:14; of a Christian loving Christians, [1Pe 3:8] (R. V. loving as brethren).
* φιλ - άδελφος , - ον ,
[in LXX : 2Ma 15:14 , 4Ma 13:21 ; 4Ma 15:10 * ;]
loving one's brother, loving like a brother ( Soph ., Xen ., al. ): of Christians' love for one another ( EV , loving as brethren), [1Pe 3:8]. †