Is "adelphi" really a Greek word?
Posted: May 2nd, 2023, 10:30 am
I sometimes run across the word adelphi, generally as part of the name of a purportedly Christian organization or institution (e.g., Adelphi Christian Academy was the name of a private school that some kids in my church attended). But is this a bona fide Greek word form?
Is it an attempt to transliterate the nominative plural adelphoi as it may be pronounced in some pronunciation schemes?
Is it part of a non-Koine (or at least non-biblical) declension that I'm not familiar with?
Could it be a Latin corruption of a Greek word?
Or is it just plain wrong?
Is it an attempt to transliterate the nominative plural adelphoi as it may be pronounced in some pronunciation schemes?
Is it part of a non-Koine (or at least non-biblical) declension that I'm not familiar with?
Could it be a Latin corruption of a Greek word?
Or is it just plain wrong?