Words the Bible translates as relative
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- sungenēsσυγγενήςa relative: someone who belongs to your family line, whether a member of your wider family or a fellow member of your people
- ḥotenחֹתֵןfather-in-law: the father of a man's wife (and, in the feminine form, his wife's mother)
+1 more meaning
- to become related to another family or people by marriage: to form a marriage alliance
- sungenisσυγγενίςrelativenot studied yet
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