Quick Definition
συγγένεια, ας, ἡ n.f. kindred, family
Strong's Definition
from 4773; relationship, i.e. (concretely) relatives
KJV Usage: kindred
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | γίνομαι
10.5 · Kinship Terms · Groups and Members of Groups of Persons Regarded as Related by Blood but without Special Reference to Successive Generations
relatives, kinfolks the group of persons who are members of an extended family This clause in LUK 1:61 may also be translated in some languages as ‘but you do not have anyone in your clan who has that name’ or ‘no one in your family has ever had that name’ or ‘none of your ancestors has ever had that name.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
συγγένεια, -ας, ἧ, (συγγενής), fr. Eur.and Thue. down; [Sept.] ; a. kinship, relationship. b. kindred, relations collectively, family: Lk.i.61; Acts vii. 3, 14.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
συγγένεια syngeneia 3x
kindred; kinsfolk, kinsmen, relatives, Lk. 1:61; Acts 7:3, 14*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
συγγένεια, -ας, ἡ
(< συγγενής), [in LXX chiefly for מִשְׁפָּחָה ;]
kinship.
By meton., kinsfolk, kindred: Lk 1:61, Ac 7:3, 14 †
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
συγγένεια, “‘kinship,” and hence collectively ‘kinsfolk,” ‘‘ kindred” (Lk 184, Ac 7314) : cf. P Oxy III. 4879 (A.D. 156), where a petitioner states that he had been appointed guardian to two minors seeing that neither on their father’s nor on their mother’s side had they any other persons who could undertake the duty from ties of kinship—ek {x} τῆς συνγενίας αὐτῶν, and P Bouriant 2519 (v/A.D.) προσαγόρευε πᾶσαν τὴν συγγένειαν “ἡμῶν. See also the sepulchral inscr. Sy// 895 (= 51245)" (iii/A.D.) ὃ πατήρ pe ἀνέστησε ἥρωα συνγενείας (cum Lave familiaré Romanorum—Ed.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
συγγένεια (sungeneia) — kindred. συγγέν-εια, ἡ, kinship, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ πρώτη σ. primary kinship, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: with genitive, kin, relationship, with or to another, ἡ τοῦ θεοῦ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διὰ τὴν τοῦ Ἡρακλέους σ. [Refs]. with either of them, [Refs]; ἡ πρὸς τοὺς παῖδας σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ πρὸς ἀλλήλους σ. [Refs]: not properly applied to the relation of parents and children (see. συγγενής [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. ties of kindred, family connexion, family influence, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the relation between Athens and Thebes, Decrees cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]
3. metaphorically, κατὰ σ. τῆς μορφῆς [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ πρὸς τὸ.. ἱερὸν πῦρ σ. [παντὸς πυρός] [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of metals, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
4. congenital character of disease, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. kinsfolk, family, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a single kinsman, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: collectively, kinsfolk, kinsmen, [Refs]; ἡ Περικλέους ὅλη οἰκία ἢ ἄλλη σ. [NT+5th c.BC+]: plural, families, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ σ. ἡ Ἀγανιτέων clan, [Refs]
II.2. of animals, kind, species, παρὰ τὰς σ. συνδυάζεσθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]: generally, kind, class, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
