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.

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

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

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