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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) Plural of Kinsman.

Greek

4773a. suggenes -- congenital, hence akin to, subst. a kinsman ...
... a kinsman, relative NASB Word Usage kinsman (1), kinsmen (3), relative (1), relatives
(6). 4773, 4773a. suggenes. 4773b . Strong's Numbers.
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Strong's Hebrew

251. ach -- a brother
... 1), countryman (10), countryman's (2), countrymen (10), fellow (2), fellow countryman
(3), fellow countrymen (2), fellows (1), kinsman (3), kinsmen (27), nephew ...
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7138. qarob -- near
... Word Origin from qarab Definition near NASB Word Usage about (1), close (2), close
relative (1), closer (1), draws near (1), hand (1), kinsmen (1), lately (1 ...
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Library

Concerning Daniel and what Befell Him at Babylon.
... 1. But now Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, took some of the most noble of the Jews
that were children, and the kinsmen of Zedekiah their king, such as were ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 10 concerning daniel and.htm

Whether we Ought to do Good to those Rather who are More Closely ...
... For it is written (Lk.14:12): "When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy
friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen." Now these are the most closely ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether we ought to do 2.htm

Matt. x. 34
... For not friends only, saith He, nor fellow citizens, but even kinsmen shall stand
against one another, and nature shall be divided against herself. ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily xxxv matt x 34.htm

John Chapter ii. 21-Dec
... The kinsmen of Mary, of whatever degree, are the brethren of the Lord. How do we
prove this? From Scripture itself. ... Why, but because they were kinsmen? ...
/.../augustine/homilies on the gospel of john/tractate x john chapter ii.htm

St. Paul's Wish to be Accursed from Christ.
... Christ. Romans ix.3 "For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ
for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh.". Few ...
/.../lee/sermons on various important subjects/sermon ix st pauls wish.htm

Of the Example of the Holy Fathers
... They renounced all riches, dignities, honours, friends, kinsmen; they desired nothing
from the world; they ate the bare necessaries of life; they were ...
/.../kempis/imitation of christ/chapter xviii of the example.htm

A Diversity of Interpretations is Useful. Errors Arising from ...
... of the two translators is compared, a more likely sense of the words suggests itself,
viz., that the command is not to despise our kinsmen, because when one ...
/.../chapter 12 a diversity of interpretations.htm

And this Circumstance Would Assist Rather than Hinder the ...
... of the two translators is compared, a more likely sense of the words suggests itself,
viz., that the command is not to despise our kinsmen, because when one ...
/.../on christian doctrine in four books/chapter 17 and this circumstance.htm

Address in Lambeth Chapel, at the First Session of the Lambeth ...
... faith in Jesus Christ. We are sad that some of our kinsmen in Christ, children
of one mother, have forsaken her ways. God can over ...
//christianbookshelf.org/whipple/five sermons/iv address in lambeth chapel.htm

Education.
... Kinsmen were on the watch for kinsmen and acquaintances for acquaintances; sometimes
it was mere good-humoured violence which secured the person of the freshman ...
//christianbookshelf.org/basil/basil letters and select works/ii education.htm

Thesaurus

Kinsmen (74 Occurrences)
...Kinsmen (74 Occurrences). Mark 6:4 But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not despised
save in his own country, and among his kinsmen, and in his own house. (DBY) ...
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Ga'al (8 Occurrences)
... Ga'al (8 Occurrences). Judges 9:26 And Ga'al the son of Ebed moved into Shechem
with his kinsmen; and the men of Shechem put confidence in him. (DBY RSV). ...
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Abim'elech (58 Occurrences)
... Judges 9:1 Now Abim'elech the son of Jerubba'al went to Shechem to his mother's
kinsmen and said to them and to the whole clan of his mother's family, (DBY RSV ...
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Jumping (14 Occurrences)
... Paul defines the two as (1) "my kinsmen," (2) "my fellow-prisoners," (3) "who are
of note among the apostles," and (4) "who also have been in Christ before me ...
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Lucius (2 Occurrences)
... (2) "Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen" were among those who joined
Paul in saluting the Christians in Rome (Romans 16:21). ...
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Aru'mah (2 Occurrences)
... Judges 9:31 And he sent messengers to Abim'elech at Aru'mah, saying, "Behold,
Ga'al the son of Ebed and his kinsmen have come to Shechem, and they are stirring ...
/a/aru'mah.htm - 6k

Salute (48 Occurrences)
... Romans 16:7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, who
are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. ...
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Relationships (1 Occurrence)
... RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY. re-la'-shun-ships: I. CONSANGUINITY 1. In General 2. Parents
and Children 3. Brothers and Sisters 4. Uncles, Aunts, Cousins, Kinsmen II. ...
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Kinswoman (4 Occurrences)

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Zalmunna (9 Occurrences)
... These he determined to slay to avenge the death of his own kinsmen, and called upon
his eldest son to perform this solemn public duty that he owed to the dead. ...
/z/zalmunna.htm - 13k

Resources

What is a kinsman redeemer? | GotQuestions.org

Why did the first kinsman redeemer refuse to marry Ruth? | GotQuestions.org

Who was Ruth in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

Kinsmen: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Kinsmen (74 Occurrences)

Mark 6:4
But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not despised save in his own country, and among his kinsmen, and in his own house.
(DBY)

Luke 14:12
He also said to the one who had invited him, "When you make a dinner or a supper, don't call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS RSV)

Luke 21:16
And ye will be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsmen, and friends; and some of you will they cause to be put to death.
(WBS RSV)

Acts 10:24
And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and he had called together his kinsmen and near friends.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Romans 9:3
For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
(KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Romans 16:7
Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Romans 16:21
Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Genesis 13:8
Abram said to Lot, "Please, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives.
(See RSV)

Genesis 16:12
He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him. He will live opposite all of his brothers."
(See RSV)

Genesis 24:27
and saith, 'Blessed 'is' Jehovah, God of my lord Abraham, who hath not left off His kindness and His truth with my lord; -- I 'being' in the way, Jehovah hath led me to the house of my lord's brethren.'
(See RSV)

Genesis 31:23
And taking the men of his family with him, he went after him for seven days and overtook him in the hill-country of Gilead.
(See NAS RSV)

Genesis 31:25
Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mountain, and Laban with his relatives encamped in the mountain of Gilead.
(See NAS RSV)

Genesis 31:32
Anyone you find your gods with shall not live. Before our relatives, discern what is yours with me, and take it." For Jacob didn't know that Rachel had stolen them.
(See NAS RSV)

Genesis 31:37
Now that you have felt around in all my stuff, what have you found of all your household stuff? Set it here before my relatives and your relatives, that they may judge between us two.
(See NAS RSV)

Genesis 31:46
Jacob said to his relatives, "Gather stones." They took stones, and made a heap. They ate there by the heap.
(See NAS RSV)

Genesis 31:54
Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his relatives to eat bread. They ate bread, and stayed all night in the mountain.
(See NAS RSV)

Exodus 4:18
Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, "Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive." Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace."
(See RSV)

Leviticus 10:6
And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons: 'Let not the hair of your heads go loose, neither tend your clothes, that ye die not, and that He be not wroth with all the congregation; but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.
(See NAS)

Judges 5:14
From E'phraim they set out thither into the valley, following you, Benjamin, with your kinsmen; from Machir marched down the commanders, and from Zeb'ulun those who bear the marshal's staff;
(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:1
Now Abim'elech the son of Jerubba'al went to Shechem to his mother's kinsmen and said to them and to the whole clan of his mother's family,
(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:3
And his mother's kinsmen spoke all these words on his behalf in the ears of all the men of Shechem; and their hearts inclined to follow Abim'elech, for they said, "He is our brother."
(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:26
And Ga'al the son of Ebed moved into Shechem with his kinsmen; and the men of Shechem put confidence in him.
(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:31
And he sent messengers to Abim'elech at Aru'mah, saying, "Behold, Ga'al the son of Ebed and his kinsmen have come to Shechem, and they are stirring up the city against you.
(DBY RSV)

Judges 9:41
And Abim'elech dwelt at Aru'mah; and Zebul drove out Ga'al and his kinsmen, so that they could not live on at Shechem.
(DBY RSV)

Judges 14:3
But his father and mother said to him, "Is there not a woman among the daughters of your kinsmen, or among all our people, that you must go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?" But Samson said to his father, "Get her for me; for she pleases me well."
(DBY RSV)

Judges 18:14
Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish answered, and said to their brothers, "Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and an engraved image, and a molten image? Now therefore consider what you have to do."
(See NAS)

Ruth 2:20
Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "Blessed be he of Yahweh, who has not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead." Naomi said to her, "The man is a close relative to us, one of our near kinsmen."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)

2 Samuel 19:12
Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh; wherefore then should ye be the last to bring back the king?
(See RSV)

1 Kings 12:24
'Thus says Yahweh, "You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers, the children of Israel. Everyone return to his house; for this thing is of me."'" So they listened to the word of Yahweh, and returned and went their way, according to the word of Yahweh.
(See RSV)

1 Kings 16:11
And it came to pass when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not a male, neither of his kinsmen nor of his friends.
(DBY RSV)

2 Kings 10:11
So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsmen, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.
(WBS)

2 Kings 10:13
Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said: 'Who are ye?' And they answered: 'We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.'
(See RSV)

1 Chronicles 5:7
His brothers by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
(See NAS RSV)

1 Chronicles 5:13
Their brothers of their fathers' houses: Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zia, and Eber, seven.
(See NAS RSV)

1 Chronicles 6:44
On the left hand their brothers the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
(See NAS)

1 Chronicles 6:48
Their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
(See NAS)

1 Chronicles 7:5
Their brothers among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by genealogy, were eighty-seven thousand.
(See RSV)

1 Chronicles 8:32
Mikloth became the father of Shimeah. They also lived with their brothers in Jerusalem, over against their brothers.
(See RSV)

1 Chronicles 9:6
Of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel, and their brothers, six hundred ninety.
(See RSV)

1 Chronicles 9:9
and their brothers, according to their generations, nine hundred fifty-six. All these men were heads of fathers' houses by their fathers' houses.
(See RSV)

1 Chronicles 9:13
and their brothers, heads of their fathers' houses, one thousand seven hundred sixty; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
(See RSV)

1 Chronicles 9:17
The porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brothers (Shallum was the chief),
(See RSV)

1 Chronicles 9:19
Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, of his father's house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent: and their fathers had been over the camp of Yahweh, keepers of the entry.
(See RSV)

1 Chronicles 9:25
Their brothers, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:
(See RSV)

1 Chronicles 9:32
Some of their brothers, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the show bread, to prepare it every Sabbath.
(See RSV)

1 Chronicles 9:38
Mikloth became the father of Shimeam. They also lived with their brothers in Jerusalem, over against their brothers.
(See RSV)

1 Chronicles 12:2
They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow: they were of Saul's brothers of Benjamin.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 12:29
Of the children of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 12:32
Of the children of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brothers were at their commandment.
(See NAS RSV)

1 Chronicles 12:39
And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brethren had made preparation for them.
(See NAS)

1 Chronicles 13:2
David said to all the assembly of Israel, "If it seems good to you, and if it is of Yahweh our God, let us send abroad everywhere to our brothers who are left in all the land of Israel, with whom the priests and Levites are in their cities that have suburbs, that they may gather themselves to us;
(See NAS)

1 Chronicles 23:22
Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only: and their brothers the sons of Kish took them to wife.
(See RSV)

2 Chronicles 5:12
also the Levites who were the singers, all of them, even Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their brothers, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals and stringed instruments and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them one hundred twenty priests sounding with trumpets;)
(See NAS RSV)

2 Chronicles 28:8
The children of Israel carried away captive of their brothers two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 29:34
But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: therefore their brothers the Levites helped them, until the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
(See NIV)

Ezra 3:2
Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brothers, and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.
(See RSV)

Ezra 3:9
Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to have the oversight of the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brothers the Levites.
(See RSV)

Ezra 8:17
I sent them forth to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia; and I told them what they should tell Iddo, and his brothers the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God.
(See NIV)

Ezra 8:18
According to the good hand of our God on us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brothers, eighteen;
(See RSV)

Ezra 8:19
and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty;
(See RSV)

Ezra 8:24
Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs of the priests, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them,
(See RSV)

Nehemiah 5:14
Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
(See NAS)

Nehemiah 10:29
They joined with their brothers, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;
(See NAS)

Nehemiah 11:12
and their brothers who did the work of the house, eight hundred twenty-two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,
(See NAS)

Nehemiah 11:13
and his brothers, chiefs of fathers' houses, two hundred forty-two; and Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,
(See NAS)

Nehemiah 12:7
Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.
(See NAS)

Nehemiah 12:36
and his brothers, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was before them.
(See NAS RSV)

Nehemiah 13:13
I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their business was to distribute to their brothers.
(See NAS)

Esther 10:3
For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren; seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his seed.
(See NAS)

Job 19:14
My kinsmen have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
(WBS NIV)

Psalms 38:11
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 7:15
And I will send you away from before my face, as I have sent away all your brothers, even all the seed of Ephraim.
(See RSV)

Jeremiah 29:16
Surely thus said Jehovah concerning the king who is sitting on the throne of David, and concerning all the people that is dwelling in this city, your brethren who went not forth with you in the removal;
(See RSV)

Jeremiah 51:35
The violence done to me and to my flesh be on Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and, My blood be on the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say.
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Kinsmen

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Abim'elech (58 Occurrences)

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Aru'mah (2 Occurrences)

Salute (48 Occurrences)

Relationships (1 Occurrence)

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Zalmunna (9 Occurrences)