Dictionaries :: Kin, Kinsfolk, Kinsman, Kinswoman

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Kin, Kinsfolk, Kinsman, Kinswoman:

primarily denoting "congenital, natural, innate" (sun, "with," genos, "a family, race, offspring"), then, "akin to," is used as a noun, denoting

(a) of "family relationship, kin, a kinsman, kinsfolk(s)," Luk 1:58, RV, "kinsfolk" (AV, "cousins"); 14:12; 21:16; Jhn 18:26; Act 10:24;

(b) of "tribal or racial kinship, fellow nationals," Rom 9:3; 16:7, 11, 21.

Kin, Kinsfolk, Kinsman, Kinswoman:

a late feminine form of A (some mss. have sungenes), denotes "a kinswoman," Luk 1:36, RV, "kinswoman" (AV, "cousin"). Cp. sungeneia (see KINDRED).

Kin, Kinsfolk, Kinsman, Kinswoman:

an alternative form of A, is used in Mar 6:4, "kin," and Luk 2:44, "kinsfolk."