Romans 16:23:21Rom.16.23.W21TAB
ἀδελφός
adelphos
“brother”
- Transliteration
- a-del-PHOS
- Extended
- ah-dehl-PHOHS
- IPA
- /a.delˈpʰos/
Meaning by language
- English
- brother
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
a-del-PHOS
- sentence
a-spa-ZE-tai hy-MAS GA-i-os ho KSE-nos mou KAI HO-lês tês ek-klê-SI-as a-spa-ZE-tai hy-MAS E-ras-tos ho oi-ko-NO-mos tês PO-le-ōs KAI KOU-ar-tos ho a-del-PHOS
Exegesis
The conjunction kai then adds Kouartos {Κούαρτος | Koúartos} with ho adelphos {ὁ ἀδελφός | ho adelphós} in apposition, marking him as “the brother,” a familial term for a fellow believer. English rendering preserves the two greeting clauses, uses appositional phrases to mirror the Greek nominative descriptors, and supplies an implied greeting verb for Quartus in the second clause to maintain fluent sentence structure while reflecting the single Greek verb governing both names.
Root and etymology
adelph-alpha–delta–epsilon–lambda–phi
“brother, from the same womb”
In context — Romans 16:23
Gaius, my host , and host to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city steward , and Quartus, the brother, also greet you.
About this coordinate
Romans 16:23:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of Romans 16:23, so the Greek word ἀδελφός (adelphos) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Rom.16.23.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.16.23.W21.S1) and character.