Home › Words › A › adelphoiadelphoiadelphoi means the brothers and sisters of Jesus Christ, named in the New Testament as James, Joses, Simon, and Jude; unnamed sisters are mentioned in Mark and Matthew.EtymologyAncient Greek ἀδελφοί (adelphoí)nounThe brothers and sisters of Jesus Christ, named in the New Testament as James, Joses, Simon, and Jude; unnamed sisters are mentioned in Mark and Matthew.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.desposyni 59% match — Those people in the same family descent as Jesus Christ. vs adelphoi →adelphopoiia 54% match — Synonym of adelphopoiesis. vs adelphoi →adelphic 53% match — Describing a form of polyandry in which a woman is married to two or more brothers vs adelphoi →idren 52% match — One's peers, or spiritual brothers and sisters. vs adelphoi →brotherly 50% match — Of or characteristic of brothers. vs adelphoi →brotherment 50% match — Synonym of adelphopoiesis (“a ceremony where males are unionised with one another”). vs adelphoi →bro 49% match — Brother (a male sibling). vs adelphoi →german 49% match — A citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany. vs adelphoi →