φιλ·άδελφος, ος, ον [ῐᾰ]
      1 qui aime ses frères ou sœurs, XÉN. Mem. 2, 3, 17 ; PLUT. Sol. 27, etc. ; τὸ φιλάδελφον, DS. 17, 34, amour fraternel ;
      2 qui marque l’affection pour un frère, SOPH. Ant. 527.

• Sup. -ότατος, PLUT. Luc. 43.

Étym. φίλος, ἀδελφός.

ον, loving one΄s brother or sister, brotherly, sisterly, φ. δάκρυα S. Ant. 527 (anap.); of persons, X. Mem. 2.3.17, Plu. Sol. 27; Sup., Id. Luc. 43; freq. as a title of kings, as of Ptolemy ΙΙ and Arsinoe, Wilcken Chr. 106, etc. ; of Ptolemy XIII, OGI 185, etc., and of Attalus IΙ; ib. 329.38 (Aegina, ii BC), etc. ; τῆς Φ. Κύπριδος, of Arsinoe, Posidipp. ap. Ath. 7.318d; of Antoninus and Verus, IG2². 3405, al. ; τὸ φ. τῆς ψυχῆς D.S. 17.34. Adv. -φως Sch. S. l.c. in NT, loving the brethren, 1 Ep. Pet. 3.8. φιλάδελφον, τό, mock orange, Philadelphus coronarius, Apollod. ap. Ath. 15.682c. φιλάδελφοι, οἱ, name of fabulous stones, Ps.-Plu. Fluv. 11.4.

1) bruder-, schwesterliebend, geschwisterliebend ; Soph. Ant. 523 ; in Prosa, wie Plut. Sol. 27 ; Κύπρις Posidipp. 21 (APP 67).
2) ein Strauch mit wohlriechender Blüte, wahrscheinlich unser Jasmin, Ath. XV.682c.

φιλ-άδελφος, -ον
[in LXX: 2Ma.15:14, 4Ma.13:21 4Mac 15:10 * ;]
loving one's brother, loving like a brother (Soph., Xen., al.): of Christians' love for one another (EV, loving as brethren), 1Pe.3:8.†
(AS)