International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Brotherly

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Brotherly


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bruth´ẽr-li (אח, 'āḥ, “brother”; φιλαδελφία, philadelphı́a, “brotherly love”): Like a brother in all the large human relationships indicated above; e.g. the early friendly and fraternal alliance between Tyre and Israel as illustrated by “brotherly covenant” between David and Solomon, and Hiram, king of Tyre (; ), and repudiated in a later generation by the treachery of Tyre (). See BROTHERLY KINDNESS (LOVE).