Relative
συγγενίςStrong’s G6080sungenis
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Sungenis is the Greek word usually translated “relative”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.”
Meaning
Usually translated “relative”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- relative 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
συγγενίς sungenis · relative
συγγενίς, -ίδος, ἡ, late fem. form of σνγγενής, which see, a kinswoman: Luk.1:36.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “relative” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
REL'ATIVE, adjective
[Latin relativus.]
- Having relation; respecting.
- Not absolute or existing by itself; considered as belonging to or respecting something else.
- Incident to man in society; as relative rights and duties.
- Particular; positive. [Not in use.]
All definitions and other forms of “relative”
REL'ATIVE, noun
- A person connected by blood or affinity; strictly, one allied by blood; a relation; a kinsman or kinswoman.
- That which has relation to something else.
- In grammar, a word which relates to or represents another word, called its antecedent, or to a sentence or member of a sentence, or to a series of sentences, which constitutes its antecedent. 'He seldom lives frugally, who lives by chance.' Here who is the relative which represents he, the antecedent.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.