STRONGS G81:
ἀδελφότης,
-ητος,
ἡ,
brotherhood; the abstract for the concrete,
a band of brothers, i. e. of Christians,
Christian brethren: 1 Peter 2:17;
1 Peter 5:9. (1 Macc. 12:10, 17, the connection of allied nations; 4 Macc. 9:23; 10:3, the connection of brothers; Dio Chrysostom 2:137 [edited by Reiske]; often in ecclesiastical writings.)
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