Brotherly

BROTHERLY bruth'-er-li ('ach, "brother"; philadelphia, "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 (2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 5:12), and repudiated in a later generation by the treachery of Tyre (Amos 1:9).

See BROTHERLY KINDNESS (LOVE).

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BROTHERLY'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.