συγγενήςsyngenḗs
a relative (by blood); by extension, a fellow countryman
Greek (New Testament) · G4773
Same root
- σύνsýn · G4862with or together (but much closer than G3326 (μετά) or G3844 (παρά)), i.e. by association, companionship, process, resemblance, possession, instrumentality, addition, etc.
- γένοςgénos · G1085"kin" (abstract or concrete, literal or figurative, individual or collective)
- συγγένειαsyngéneia · G4772relationship, i.e. (concretely) relatives
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- Mark 6:4 Then Jesus told them, “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own hometown and among his relatives and his own family.”
- Luke 1:58 And when her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had been very merciful to her, everyone rejoiced with her.
- Luke 2:44 because they assumed he was among the other travelers. But when he didn’t show up that evening, they started looking for him among their relatives and friends.
- Luke 14:12 Then he turned to his host. “When you put on a luncheon or a banquet,” he said, “don’t invite your friends, brothers, relatives, and rich neighbors. For they will invite you back, and that will be your only reward.
- Luke 21:16 Even those closest to you—your parents, brothers, relatives, and friends—will betray you. They will even kill some of you.
- John 18:26 But one of the household slaves of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Didn’t I see you out there in the olive grove with Jesus?”