Strong G4773συγγενής
kindred
- Transliteration
- suggenēs
- Pronunciation
- soong-ghen-ace'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
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)
(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)
In the Bible
Strong G4773 appears in 12 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- kinsmen5
- cousin2
- kinsfolk2
- kinsman2
- kin1
First verses
- Mark 6:4But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
- Luke 1:36And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
- Luke 1:58And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
- Luke 2:44But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day’s journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.
- Luke 14:12Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.
- Luke 21:16And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
- John 18:26One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?
- Acts 10:24And the morrow after they entered into Cesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.
- Romans 9:3For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
- Romans 16:7Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.
- Romans 16:11Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord.
- Romans 16:21Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
συγγεν-ής, ές,
congenital, inborn, ἦθος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.13; εὐδοξία [prev. author] “N.” 3.40)]; σ. εἶδος,= φύσις, character, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ χυμῶν” 1; νόσημα σ. ἐστί τινι [prev. author] “Prorrh.” 2.2; φόβος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 691)]; παύροις.. ἐστι συγγενὲς τόδε natural to them, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ag.” 832; ἡ τύχη προσγίγνεθ᾽ ἡμῖν σ. τῷ σώματι 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 10)]; πότμος σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.40)]; προϊδεῖν σ. οἷς ἕπεται who have the natural gift to foresee, [Refs ([prev. work] 1.28)]; συγγενεῖς μῆνες my connate months, the months of my natural life, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1082)]; σ. τρίχες the hair born with one, i.e. the hair of the head as opposed to to the beard, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 518a18, 584a24)]; σημεῖα σ. birth-marks, [Refs ([prev. work] 585b31)]; δυνάμεις αἱ σ., opposed to αἱ ἔθει and αἱ μαθήσει, [Refs ([prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1047b31)]; αὔξει τὸ σ. increases its natural force, [Refs ([prev. author] “EN” 1119b9.)] adverb, -νῶς δύστηνος miserable from his birth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1293)]; see at {σύμφυτος}.
II of the same kin, descent, or family, akin to, τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.109, 3.2, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 229)]: absolutely, akin, cognate, θεός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 14; γυνή 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 887; χείρ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1387)]; συγγενέστατον φύσει πάντων most nearly akin, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 11.17; σ. γάμος ἀνεψιῶν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 855)]; of animals, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 539a23, “GA” 747a31, +others: hence,)]
II.b substantive, kinsman, relative, οὖσα σ. ἐκείνου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 618 (troch.))]; τῆς ἐμῆς γυναικὸς ξυγγενεῖ (dual) [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Av.” 368 (troch.); πρὸς σ. τε καὶ οἰκείους αὐτῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 378c; ἔργον εὑρεῖν συγγενῆ πένητός ἐστιν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 4; γάμει τὴν συγγενῆ [prev. author] 929: frequently in _plural_, οἱ σ)]. kinsfolk, kinsmen, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.133, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.91, etc.)]; not properly applied to children (ἔκγονοι) in relation to their parents, and so opposed to ἔκγονοι in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.30, see at {συγγένεια} 1 (but compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.17); τοῖς συγγενέσι τὰ τοῦ συγγενοῦς ψηφίζεσθαι 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 4.23.)]
II.c τὸ σ.,= συγγένεια, kindred, relationship, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 291 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1469, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82, etc.)]; also, the spirit of one's race, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.12, “N.” 6.8)]; εἰ τούτῳ προσήκει Λαΐῳ τι σ. if he had any connexion with him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 814)]; of tribes, κατὰ τὸ ξ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.95.)]
II.2 metaphorically, akin, cognate, of like kind, τοὺς τρόπους οὐ συγγενής [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1280 (troch.), compare “Th.” 574)]; ξυγγενὴς ὁ κύσθος αὐτῆς θητέρᾳ (for τῷ τῆς ἑτέρας) [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ach.” 789; frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, [ἡ ψυχὴ] σ. οὖσα τῷ θείῳ “R.” 611e; τῇ πολεμικῇ σ. ἡ πάλη “Lg.” 814d; τοῖς.. λόγοις τὴν αἰτίαν συγγενῆ δεῖ νομίζειν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 788b9, compare “Rh.” 1398a21 (_comparative_): rarely with _genitive_, νοῦς αἰτίας σ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 31a, compare “Phd.” 79d, “R.” 403a, 487a: _absolutely_, σ. τιμωρίαι)] fitting, proper punishments, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 122 (but probably _falsa lectio_ for{εὐγ-}))]; συγγενῆ things of the same kind, homogeneous, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 76a1; τὰ σ. καὶ τὰ ὁμοειδῆ [prev. author] “Rh.” 1405a35; σ. τέχναι “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.30)]; ἐν γαίῃ μὲν σῶμα τὸ σ. its congener, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 9(1).882.7)] (Corcyra). adverb, συγγενῶς ἔρχεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 897c; σ. τρέχων Πλάτωνι 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 1 (codices 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius))]; τὰ σ. εἰρημένα to similar effect, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.92K.)]
III συγγενής represented a title bestowed at the Persian court by the king as a mark of honour, 'cousin', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.27, 2.2.31, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.50)]; also at the Ptolemaic and Seleucid courts, [LXX+2nd c.BC+ (“OGI” 104.2 (Delos, 2nd c.BC), +others, “BGU” 1741.12 (1st c.BC), LXX.1Mac.10.89)]; οἱ σ. τῶν κατοίκων ἱππέων probably a category of nobles among the κάτοικοι, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 61 (b). 79 (2nd c.BC))]; συγγενεῖς κάτοικοι [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 14.8 (2nd c.BC).)]
συγγεν-εύς, έως, ὁ,
= συγγενής, only in dative plural, [LXX+NT (“JHS” 22.358 (from Pisidia), LXX.1Mac.10.89 codex A, NT.Mark.6.4, NT.Luke.2.44)].
congenital, inborn, ἦθος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.13; εὐδοξία [prev. author] “N.” 3.40)]; σ. εἶδος,= φύσις, character, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ χυμῶν” 1; νόσημα σ. ἐστί τινι [prev. author] “Prorrh.” 2.2; φόβος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 691)]; παύροις.. ἐστι συγγενὲς τόδε natural to them, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ag.” 832; ἡ τύχη προσγίγνεθ᾽ ἡμῖν σ. τῷ σώματι 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 10)]; πότμος σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.40)]; προϊδεῖν σ. οἷς ἕπεται who have the natural gift to foresee, [Refs ([prev. work] 1.28)]; συγγενεῖς μῆνες my connate months, the months of my natural life, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1082)]; σ. τρίχες the hair born with one, i.e. the hair of the head as opposed to to the beard, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 518a18, 584a24)]; σημεῖα σ. birth-marks, [Refs ([prev. work] 585b31)]; δυνάμεις αἱ σ., opposed to αἱ ἔθει and αἱ μαθήσει, [Refs ([prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1047b31)]; αὔξει τὸ σ. increases its natural force, [Refs ([prev. author] “EN” 1119b9.)] adverb, -νῶς δύστηνος miserable from his birth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1293)]; see at {σύμφυτος}.
II of the same kin, descent, or family, akin to, τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.109, 3.2, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 229)]: absolutely, akin, cognate, θεός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 14; γυνή 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 887; χείρ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1387)]; συγγενέστατον φύσει πάντων most nearly akin, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 11.17; σ. γάμος ἀνεψιῶν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 855)]; of animals, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 539a23, “GA” 747a31, +others: hence,)]
II.b substantive, kinsman, relative, οὖσα σ. ἐκείνου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 618 (troch.))]; τῆς ἐμῆς γυναικὸς ξυγγενεῖ (dual) [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Av.” 368 (troch.); πρὸς σ. τε καὶ οἰκείους αὐτῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 378c; ἔργον εὑρεῖν συγγενῆ πένητός ἐστιν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 4; γάμει τὴν συγγενῆ [prev. author] 929: frequently in _plural_, οἱ σ)]. kinsfolk, kinsmen, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.133, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.91, etc.)]; not properly applied to children (ἔκγονοι) in relation to their parents, and so opposed to ἔκγονοι in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.30, see at {συγγένεια} 1 (but compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.17); τοῖς συγγενέσι τὰ τοῦ συγγενοῦς ψηφίζεσθαι 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 4.23.)]
II.c τὸ σ.,= συγγένεια, kindred, relationship, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 291 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1469, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82, etc.)]; also, the spirit of one's race, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.12, “N.” 6.8)]; εἰ τούτῳ προσήκει Λαΐῳ τι σ. if he had any connexion with him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 814)]; of tribes, κατὰ τὸ ξ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.95.)]
II.2 metaphorically, akin, cognate, of like kind, τοὺς τρόπους οὐ συγγενής [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1280 (troch.), compare “Th.” 574)]; ξυγγενὴς ὁ κύσθος αὐτῆς θητέρᾳ (for τῷ τῆς ἑτέρας) [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ach.” 789; frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, [ἡ ψυχὴ] σ. οὖσα τῷ θείῳ “R.” 611e; τῇ πολεμικῇ σ. ἡ πάλη “Lg.” 814d; τοῖς.. λόγοις τὴν αἰτίαν συγγενῆ δεῖ νομίζειν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 788b9, compare “Rh.” 1398a21 (_comparative_): rarely with _genitive_, νοῦς αἰτίας σ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 31a, compare “Phd.” 79d, “R.” 403a, 487a: _absolutely_, σ. τιμωρίαι)] fitting, proper punishments, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 122 (but probably _falsa lectio_ for{εὐγ-}))]; συγγενῆ things of the same kind, homogeneous, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 76a1; τὰ σ. καὶ τὰ ὁμοειδῆ [prev. author] “Rh.” 1405a35; σ. τέχναι “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.30)]; ἐν γαίῃ μὲν σῶμα τὸ σ. its congener, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 9(1).882.7)] (Corcyra). adverb, συγγενῶς ἔρχεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 897c; σ. τρέχων Πλάτωνι 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 1 (codices 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius))]; τὰ σ. εἰρημένα to similar effect, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.92K.)]
III συγγενής represented a title bestowed at the Persian court by the king as a mark of honour, 'cousin', [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.4.27, 2.2.31, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.50)]; also at the Ptolemaic and Seleucid courts, [LXX+2nd c.BC+ (“OGI” 104.2 (Delos, 2nd c.BC), +others, “BGU” 1741.12 (1st c.BC), LXX.1Mac.10.89)]; οἱ σ. τῶν κατοίκων ἱππέων probably a category of nobles among the κάτοικοι, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 61 (b). 79 (2nd c.BC))]; συγγενεῖς κάτοικοι [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 14.8 (2nd c.BC).)]
συγγεν-εύς, έως, ὁ,
= συγγενής, only in dative plural, [LXX+NT (“JHS” 22.358 (from Pisidia), LXX.1Mac.10.89 codex A, NT.Mark.6.4, NT.Luke.2.44)].