STRONGS G5360:
φιλαδελφία,
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.
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