ἀδελφή

ἀδελφή — adelphḗ

ἀδελφή, (ῆς, ἡ (see ἀδελφός) (from Aeschylus down), sister;

1. a full, own sister (i. e. by birth): Mat 19:29; Luk 10:39; Joh 11:1; Joh 11:3; Joh 11:5; Joh 19:25; Rom 16:15, etc.; respecting the sisters of Christ, mentioned in Mat 13:56; Mar 6:3, see ἀδελφός, 1.

2. one connected by the tie of the Christian religion: 1Co 7:15; 1Co 9:5; Phm 1:2 L T Tr WH; Jas 2:15; with a subjective genitive, a Christian woman especially dear to one, Rom 16:1.