kindred

Greek Adjective

σνγγενής, -ές (dative pl, -εῦσιν, Mrk.6:4, Luk.2:44, as though from -εύς, see Swete, Mk., l.with; Bl, § 8, 6; cf. 1Ma.10:89 A א2 *;) (σύν, γένος), [in LXX for דּוֹד, דּוֹדָה, מִשְׁפָּחָה;] 1) congenital, natural, innate. 2) akin to; as subst, a kinsman: Mrk.6:4, Luk.1:58 2:44 14:12 21:16, Jhn.18:26, Act.10:24; of tribal kinship, Rom.9:3 16:7, 11 16:21. SYN.: ἴδιος, οἰκεῖος (which see) (AS)

kindred

Greek Adjective

συγγεν-ής, ές, congenital, inborn, ἦθος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. εἶδος,= φύσις, character, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παύροις. ἐστι συγγενὲς τόδε natural to them, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πότμος σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; προϊδεῖν σ. οἷς ἕπεται who have the natural gift to foresee, [Refs]; συγγενεῖς μῆνες my connate months, the months of my natural life, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. τρίχες the hair born with one, i.e. the hair of the head as opposed to to the beard, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σημεῖα σ. birth-marks, [Refs]; δυνάμεις αἱ σ, opposed to αἱ ἔθει and αἱ μαθήσει, [Refs]; αὔξει τὸ σ. increases its natural force, [Refs] adverb, -νῶς δύστηνος miserable from his birth, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; see at {σύμφυτος}. II) of the same kin, descent, or family, akin to, τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, akin, cognate, θεός [Refs 5th c.BC+]; συγγενέστατον φύσει πάντων most nearly akin, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of animals, [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.b) substantive, kinsman, relative, οὖσα σ. ἐκείνου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς ἐμῆς γυναικὸς ξυγγενεῖ (dual) [Refs 5th c.BC+]. kinsfolk, kinsmen, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; not properly applied to children (ἔκγονοι) in relation to their parents, and so opposed to ἔκγονοι in [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.c) τὸ σ,= συγγένεια, kindred, relationship, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, the spirit of one's race, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰ τούτῳ προσήκει Λαΐῳ τι σ. if he had any connexion with him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of tribes, κατὰ τὸ ξ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) metaphorically, akin, cognate, of like kind, τοὺς τρόπους οὐ συγγενής [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξυγγενὴς ὁ κύσθος αὐτῆς θητέρᾳ (for τῷ τῆς ἑτέρας) [Refs 5th c.BC+] fitting, proper punishments, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; συγγενῆ things of the same kind, homogeneous, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν γαίῃ μὲν σῶμα τὸ σ. its congener, [Refs] (Corcyra). adverb, συγγενῶς ἔρχεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ σ. εἰρημένα to similar effect, [Refs 1st c.BC+] III) συγγενής represented a title bestowed at the Persian court by the king as a mark of honour, 'cousin', [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also at the Ptolemaic and Seleucid courts, [LXX+2nd c.BC+]; οἱ σ. τῶν κατοίκων ἱππέων probably a category of nobles among the κάτοικοι, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; συγγενεῖς κάτοικοι [Refs 2nd c.BC+] συγγεν-εύς, έως, ὁ, = συγγενής, only in dative plural, [LXX+NT].

Greek

Adjective

a relative (by blood); by extension, a fellow countryman; cousin, kin(-sfolk, -sman); from g4862 (σύν) and g1085 (γένος)