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Kinsman

מֹדַ֫עַתStrong’s H4130

modaat (mo-da-at)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Modaat is the Hebrew word usually translated “relative our”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.”
Ruth 3:2 KJV
Meaning
  1. Kindred, kinship
How it's translated
  • relative our 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Ruth 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    מֹדַ֫עַת modaat · kinsman

    kindred, kinship

    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.