4773. suggenes

Strong's Lexicon

suggenes: Relative, kinsman, kindred

Original Word: συγγενής
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: suggenes
Pronunciation: soong-ghen-ACE
Phonetic Spelling: (soong-ghen-ace')
Definition: Relative, kinsman, kindred
Meaning: akin to, related; subst: fellow countryman, kinsman.

Word Origin: From σύν (syn, meaning "with" or "together") and γένος (genos, meaning "race" or "kind")

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often used in the Old Testament for a relative or kinsman is "מִשְׁפָּחָה" (mishpachah, Strong's H4940), which also denotes family or clan.

Usage: The Greek word "συγγενής" (suggenes) is used in the New Testament to denote someone who is a relative or kinsman. It refers to those who are of the same family or lineage, indicating a close familial relationship. The term can be used broadly to include extended family members, not just immediate family.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman world, family and kinship ties were of paramount importance. These relationships were central to social structure, inheritance rights, and religious obligations. The concept of family extended beyond the nuclear family to include a wider network of relatives, which was crucial for social support and identity. The use of "suggenes" reflects this cultural emphasis on familial bonds and responsibilities.

HELPS Word-studies

4773 syggenḗs (from 4862 /sýn, "identified with" and 1085 /génos, "offspring") – properly, offspring, a relation; a relative, kinsman (of the same stock).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 4773: συγγενής

συγγενής, συγγενες (accusative singular συγγενῆ, and in Romans 16:11 Treg. συγγενην; see ἄρσην), dative plural συγγενέσιν and (in Mark 6:4 T Tr (WH, also in Luke 2:44 WH) according to a barbarous declension, cf. (1 Macc. 10:89) Buttmann, 25 (22)) συγγενεῦσιν (σύν and γένος) (from Pindar, Aeschylus down; the Sept.), of the same kin, akin to, related by blood, (Pliny,congener): Mark 6:4; Luke 2:44; Luke 21:16; τίνος, Luke (); ; John 18:26; Acts 10:24; Revelation 16:7, 11, 21 (see below); ἡ συγγενής, Luke 1:36 R G Tr (Leviticus 18:14); in a wider sense, of the same race, a fellow-countryman: Romans 9:3 ((so some take the word in , above; cf. Lightfoot on Philippians, p. 175)).

STRONGS NT 4773: συγγενίςσυγγενίς, συγγενιδος, ἡ (see the preceding word), a later Greek word ((Plutarch, quaest. Romans 6); like ἐυγενις, cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 451f; cf. Winers Grammar, 69 (67); Kühner, i., p. 419 Anm. 8), a kinswoman: τίνος, Luke 1:36 L T WH.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

relative, kinsman, cousin

From sun and genos; a relative (by blood); by extension, a fellow countryman -- cousin, kin(-sfolk, -sman).

see GREEK sun

see GREEK genos

Forms and Transliterations

συγγενεις συγγενείς συγγενεῖς συγγενέσθαι συγγενέσι συγγενέσιν συγγενευσιν συγγενεῦσιν συγγενη συγγενή συγγενῆ συγγενης συγγενής συγγενὴς συγγενις συγγενίς συγγενούς συγγενώμεθα συγγενων συγγενών συγγενῶν sungene sungenē sungeneis sungenes sungenēs sungeneusin sungenis sungenon sungenōn syngene syngenê syngenē syngenē̂ syngeneis syngeneîs syngenes syngenēs syngenḕs syngeneusin syngeneûsin syngenis syngenís syngenon syngenôn syngenōn syngenō̂n

Englishman's Concordance

Mark 6:4 Adj-DMP
GRK: ἐν τοῖς συγγενεῦσιν αὐτοῦ καὶ
NAS: and among his [own] relatives and in his [own] household.
KJV: and among his own kin, and in
INT: among relatives of him and

Luke 1:36 N-NFS
GRK: Ἐλισάβετ ἡ συγγενίς σου καὶ
NAS: even your relative Elizabeth
KJV: behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she
INT: Elizabeth who relative of you also

Luke 1:58 Adj-NMP
GRK: καὶ οἱ συγγενεῖς αὐτῆς ὅτι
NAS: Her neighbors and her relatives heard
KJV: and her cousins heard how
INT: and relatives of her that

Luke 2:44 Adj-DMP
GRK: ἐν τοῖς συγγενεῦσιν καὶ τοῖς
NAS: for Him among their relatives and acquaintances.
KJV: among [their] kinsfolk and
INT: among the relatives and the

Luke 14:12 Adj-AMP
GRK: μηδὲ τοὺς συγγενεῖς σου μηδὲ
NAS: or your relatives or
KJV: neither thy kinsmen, nor [thy] rich
INT: nor the relatives of you nor

Luke 21:16 Adj-GMP
GRK: ἀδελφῶν καὶ συγγενῶν καὶ φίλων
NAS: and brothers and relatives and friends,
KJV: brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends;
INT: brothers and relatives and friends

John 18:26 Adj-NMS
GRK: τοῦ ἀρχιερέως συγγενὴς ὢν οὗ
NAS: being a relative of the one whose
KJV: being [his] kinsman whose
INT: of the high priest kinsman being [of him] of whom

Acts 10:24 Adj-AMP
GRK: συνκαλεσάμενος τοὺς συγγενεῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ
NAS: for them and had called together his relatives and close
KJV: his kinsmen and
INT: having called together the relatives of him and

Romans 9:3 Adj-GMP
GRK: μου τῶν συγγενῶν μου κατὰ
NAS: of my brethren, my kinsmen according
KJV: my kinsmen according
INT: of me kinsmen of me according to

Romans 16:7 Adj-AMP
GRK: Ἰουνίαν τοὺς συγγενεῖς μου καὶ
NAS: and Junias, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners,
KJV: Junia, my kinsmen, and my
INT: Junias kinsmen of me and

Romans 16:11 Adj-AMS
GRK: Ἡρῳδίωνα τὸν συγγενῆ μου ἀσπάσασθε
NAS: Herodion, my kinsman. Greet
KJV: Herodion my kinsman. Greet them
INT: Herodion the kinsman of me greet

Romans 16:21 Adj-NMP
GRK: Σωσίπατρος οἱ συγγενεῖς μου
NAS: and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen.
KJV: Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.
INT: Sosipater the kinsmen of me

Strong's Greek 4773
12 Occurrences

συγγενῆ — 1 Occ.
συγγενὴς — 1 Occ.
συγγενεῖς — 5 Occ.
συγγενεῦσιν — 2 Occ.
συγγενίς — 1 Occ.
συγγενῶν — 2 Occ.