brother

in cl., , born of the same parent or parents. [In LXX (Hort, , 102 f.), for ;] a brother Ja. אָח lit. of a brother (, al.). Ge 4:2 Of a neighbour (). Le 19:17 Of a member of the same nation (, ). In NT in each of these senses (1. , al.; 2. ; 3. ) and also, Ex 2:14 De 15:3 Mt 1:2 Mt 7:3 Ro 9:3 of a fellow-Christian: , . This usage finds illustration in , where is used of members of a pagan religious community (M, , I, 1:4; MM, , s.v.). The ( , , , , , , ) may have been sons of Joseph and Mary (Mayor, , Intr. viff.; , i, 320 ff.) or of Joseph by a former marriage (Lft., , 252ff.; , i, 232 ff.), but the view of Jerome, which makes equivalent to , is inconsistent with Greek usage. (Cremer, 66.) I Co 1:1 Ac 9:30 Mt 12:46-49 13:55 28:10 Mk 3:31-34 Lk 8:19-21 Jo 2:12 7:3 5 10 20:17 Ac 1:14 I Co 9:5 π. ἀ. ἀδελφοὶ τ. Κυρίου ἀ. ἀνεψιός Th. VGT Ja. DB Gal. DCG

a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like G1 (Α))

brother