Words the Bible translates as sister
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- adelphēἀδελφήa sister: a female sibling, and by extension a woman who belongs to the same spiritual family
- aḥotאָחוֹתsister: a female relative by blood or kinship, from full sister to half-sister and broader female kin
+2 more meanings
- a term of intimate address: beloved, or any entity spoken of with the closeness of a sister
- counterpart: used of paired inanimate objects aligned with or joined to each other
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