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συγγενής
syngenḗs · Greek · Strong's G4773 · 12 occurrences
The KJV renders 2 different Hebrew and Greek words as “kinsfolk”
What it means
a relative (by blood); by extension, a fellow countryman
from G4862 (σύν) and G1085 (γένος);
How the KJV renders it
cousin, kinsfolk, sman
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“kinsfolk”
also renders yâdaʻ (H3045)
Answers that weigh this word
Where it appears
12 occurrences in the Greek text.
Acts 10:24 · A-APM
On the next day they entered into Caesarea. Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his relatives and his near friends.
John 18:26 · A-NSM
One of the servants of the high priest, being a relative of him whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “Didn’t I see you in the garden with him?”
Luke 1:36 · N-NSF
Behold, Elizabeth your relative also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.
Luke 1:58 · A-NPM
Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her.
Luke 2:44 · A-DPM
but supposing him to be in the company, they went a day’s journey; and they looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances.
Luke 14:12 · A-APM
He also said to the one who had invited him, “When you make a dinner or a supper, don’t call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.
Luke 21:16 A-GPMMark 6:4 A-DPMRomans 9:3 A-GPMRomans 16:7 A-APMRomans 16:11 A-ASMRomans 16:21 A-NPM
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