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To: MHGinTN
What siblings?

That's just another misreading of adelphos, adelphe and/or adelphoi

These terms appear throughout scripture and are usually used in the sense of kinsman or relative.

Lot, for example, is called Abraham’s 'brother' (Genesis 14:14), even though he's the son of Haran, Abraham’s brother. He was actually Abraham’s nephew.

The term "brother" (Greek: adelphos) has a wide meaning in the Bible. It's not restricted to the literal meaning of a full brother or half-brother. The same goes for "sister" (adelphe) and the plural form "brothers" (adelphoi).

The Old Testament shows that "brother" had a wide semantic range of meaning and could refer to

* any male relative from whom you are not descended

* kinsmen such as cousins

* those who are members of the family by marriage or by law rather than by blood

* friends or mere political allies - for instance:

2 Samuel. 1:26

How I weep for you, my brother Jonathan! Oh, how much I loved you!

and in Amos 1:9

The people of Tyre have sinned again and again, and I will not let them go unpunished! They broke their treaty of brotherhood with Israel, selling whole villages as slaves to Edom.

73 posted on 03/12/2016 11:39:11 AM PST by agere_contra (Hamas has dug miles of tunnels - but no bomb-shelters.)
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To: agere_contra

And of His sisters, what fantasy dismissal do you peddle for them?


76 posted on 03/12/2016 11:42:15 AM PST by MHGinTN (Democrats bait then switch; their fishy voters buy it every time.)
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