15 occurrences

'Sister' in the Bible

"Here are my mother and my brothers. For wherever there is one who has been obedient to God, there is my brother--my sister--and my mother."

She had a sister called Mary, who seated herself at the Lord's feet and listened to His teaching.

Martha meanwhile was busy and distracted in waiting at table, and she came and said, "Master, do you not care that my sister is leaving me to do all the waiting? Tell her to assist me."

Now a certain man, named Lazarus, of Bethany, was lying ill-- Bethany being the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

After saying this, she went and called her sister Mary privately, telling her, "The Rabbi is here and is asking for you."

"Take away the stone," said Jesus. Martha, the sister of the dead man, exclaimed, "Master, by this time there is a foul smell; for it is three days since he died."

Now standing close to the cross of Jesus were His mother and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala.

to Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister and Olympas, and to all God's people associated with them.

Have we not a right to take with us on our journeys a Christian sister as our wife, as the rest of the Apostles do--and the Lord's brothers and Peter?

and to our sister Apphia and our comrade Archippus--as well as to the Church in your house.

Suppose a Christian brother or sister is poorly clad or lacks daily food,

The children of your elect sister send greetings to you.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
אחות 
'achowth 
Usage: 114

דּודה 
Dowdah 
Usage: 3

יבמת 
Y@bemeth 
Usage: 5

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ἀδελφή 
Adelphe 
Usage: 18

ἀνέψιος 
Anepsios 
Usage: 1

Μαρία Μαριάμ 
Maria 
Mary the mother of Jesus , Mary Magdalene , Mary the sister of Martha , Mary the mother of James , Mary the mother of John Mark , Mary of Rome
Usage: 52