Lexical Definition
συγγενής syngenḗs (soong-ghen-ace') kindred G:A
from σύν and γένος
cousin, kin(-sfolk, -sman).
- a relative (by blood)
- by extension, a fellow countryman
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| συγγενῶν | kinsmen | Rom.9.3 |
| relatives | Luke.21.16 | |
| συγγενῆν | kinsman | Rom.16.11 |
| συγγενὴσ | kinsman | John.18.26 |
| συγγενών | their relatives | LXX.Lev.25.45 |
| συγγενούσ | his relative | LXX.Lev.20.20 |
| συγγενεῦσιν | relatives | Mark.6.4 • Luke.2.44 |
| συγγενεῖσ | kinsmen | Rom.16.7 • Rom.16.21 |
| relatives | Luke.1.58 • Luke.14.12 • Acts.10.24 | |
| συγγενείσ | his relatives | LXX.Ezek.22.6 |
| relatives | LXX.1Kgs.16.11 | |
| συγγενήσ | as a relative | LXX.2Sam.3.39 |
| relative | LXX.Lev.18.14 | |
| συγγενέσιν | relatives | LXX.Josh.21.27 |
Abbott-Smith
**† συγγενεύς, v.s. συγγενής.
Liddell-Scott-Jones
συγγενής-ής, ές,
congenital, inborn, ἦθος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. εἶδος,= φύσις, character, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παύροις.. ἐστι συγγενήςὲς τόδε natural to them, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πότμος σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; προϊδεῖν σ. οἷς ἕπεται who have the natural gift to foresee, [Refs]; συγγενήςεῖς μῆνες my connate months, the months of my natural life, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. τρίχες the hair born with one, i.e. the hair of the head as opposed to to the beard, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σημεῖα σ. birth-marks, [Refs]; δυνάμεις αἱ σ., opposed to αἱ ἔθει and αἱ μαθήσει, [Refs]; αὔξει τὸ σ. increases its natural force, [Refs] adverb, -νῶς δύστηνος miserable from his birth, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; see at {σύμφυτος}.
__II of the same kin, descent, or family, akin to, τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, akin, cognate, θεός [Refs 5th c.BC+]; συγγενήςέστατον φύσει πάντων most nearly akin, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of animals, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.b substantive, kinsman, relative, οὖσα σ. ἐκείνου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς ἐμῆς γυναικὸς ξυγγενεῖ (dual) [συγγενήςῆ πένητός ἐστιν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 4; γάμει τὴν συγγενήςῆ [prev. author] 929: frequently in \_plural\_, οἱ σ">Refs 5th c.BC+]. kinsfolk, kinsmen, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; not properly applied to children (ἔκγονοι) in relation to their parents, and so opposed to ἔκγονοι in [συγγενήςέσι τὰ τοῦ συγγενήςοῦς ψηφίζεσθαι 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 4.23. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.c τὸ σ.,= συγγένεια, kindred, relationship, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, the spirit of one's race, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰ τούτῳ προσήκει Λαΐῳ τι σ. if he had any connexion with him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of tribes, κατὰ τὸ ξ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 metaphorically, akin, cognate, of like kind, τοὺς τρόπους οὐ συγγενήςής [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξυγγενὴς ὁ κύσθος αὐτῆς θητέρᾳ (for τῷ τῆς ἑτέρας) [συγγενήςῆ δεῖ νομίζειν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 788b9, compare “Rh.” 1398a21 (\_comparative\_): rarely with \_genitive\_, νοῦς αἰτίας σ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 31a, compare “Phd.” 79d, “R.” 403a, 487a: \_absolutely\_, σ. τιμωρίαι">Refs 5th c.BC+] fitting, proper punishments, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; συγγενήςῆ things of the same kind, homogeneous, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν γαίῃ μὲν σῶμα τὸ σ. its congener, [Refs] (Corcyra). adverb, συγγενήςῶς ἔρχεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ σ. εἰρημένα to similar effect, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III συγγενήςής represented a title bestowed at the Persian court by the king as a mark of honour, 'cousin', [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also at the Ptolemaic and Seleucid courts, [LXX+2nd c.BC+]; οἱ σ. τῶν κατοίκων ἱππέων probably a category of nobles among the κάτοικοι, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; συγγενήςεῖς κάτοικοι [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
συγγενής-εύς, έως, ὁ,
= συγγενήςής, only in dative plural, [LXX+NT].