Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A spiritual or social fellowship; The state of being brothers or a brother. 2. (n.) An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity. 3. (n.) The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, -- especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood. 4. (n.) Persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia BROTHERHOOD bruth'-er-hood: The rare occurrence of the term (only Zechariah 11:14 and 1 Peter 2:17) in contrast with the abundant use of "brother," "brethren," seems to indicate that the sense of the vital relation naturally called for the most concrete expression: "the brethren." But in 1 Peter 2:17 the abstract is used for the concrete. In the Old Testament the brotherhood of all Israelites was emphasized; but in the New Testament the brotherhood in Christ is a relation so much deeper and stronger as to eclipse the other. See also BROTHER; BRETHREN.

Multi-Version Concordance Brotherhood (7 Occurrences) 1 Corinthians 6:5 I say this to put you to shame. Is there not among you one wise man who may be able to give a decision between his brothers? (See RSV) 1 Thessalonians 4:9 But on the subject of love for the brotherhood it is unnecessary for me to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another; (WEY) Hebrews 12:15 Be carefully on your guard lest there be any one who falls back from the grace of God; lest any root bearing bitter fruit spring up and cause trouble among you, and through it the whole brotherhood be defiled; (WEY) 1 Peter 2:17 Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) 1 Peter 5:9 Whom resist, stedfast in faith, knowing that the selfsame sufferings are accomplished in your brotherhood which is in the world. (DBY YLT RSV) Amos 1:9 Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Tyre, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their delivering up a complete captivity to Edom, And they remembered not the brotherly covenant, (See NAS RSV NIV) Zechariah 11:14 Then I cut apart my other staff, even Union, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)