Kinsman
מוֹדַעStrong’s H4129moda (mo-da)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Moda is the Hebrew word usually translated “relative”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.”
Meaning
- Kinsman, relative
How it's translated
- a relative 1
- and a relative 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ruth 1
- Proverbs 1
2 books in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
מוֹדַע moda · kinsman
kinsman, relative
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “kinsman” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
KINS'MAN, noun
[kin and man.]
A man of the same race or family; one related by blood.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.