Strong's Greek · G4773

G4773 syngenḗs

συγγενής

soong-ghen-ace'

kindred

Looking for Hebrew H4773 margêmâh? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G4773. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

syngenḗs appears 12 times in Scripture, including Mark 6:4 and Luke 1:36. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

a relative (by blood); by extension, a fellow countryman

In the King James Version

cousin, kin(-sfolk, -sman)

Derivation

from G4862 (σύν) and G1085 (γένος);

Appears 12 times in Scripture

Romans 9:3

“For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,”

Luke 1:36

“Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.”

Luke 14:12

“Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.”

Mark 6:4

“Then Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household is a prophet without honor.””

Acts 10:24

“The following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.”

John 18:26

“One of the high priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Didn’t I see you with Him in the garden?””

Romans 16:11

“Greet Herodion, my fellow countryman. Greet those from the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.”

Romans 16:7

“Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow countrymen and fellow prisoners. They are outstanding among the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.”

Luke 1:58

“Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.”

Romans 16:21

“Timothy, my fellow worker, sends you greetings, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my fellow countrymen.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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