Words the Bible translates as kindred
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- phulēφυλήa tribe: a body of people who share a common ancestor and form one division within a larger nation
- mishpaḥahמִשְׁפָּחָהa clan: the group of people who belong together by shared descent, occupying the social tier between the tribe and the individual household
- genosγένοςa group that belongs together by common origin: offspring, a people, or a kind of thing
- sungeneiaσυγγένειαkindrednot studied yet
- sungenēsσυγγενήςa relative: someone who belongs to your family line, whether a member of your wider family or a fellow member of your people
- moledetמוֹלֶדֶתthe whole setting of a person's birth: their native land, their kindred, or their offspring, depending on what the context has in view
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