Quick Definition
συγγενής, ές Adj akin, a relative
Strong's Definition
from 4862 and 1085; a relative (by blood); by extension, a fellow countryman
KJV Usage: cousin, kin(-sfolk, -sman)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ές · dat.pl. συγγενεῦσιν | γίνομαι
10.6 · Kinship Terms · Groups and Members of Groups of Persons Regarded as Related by Blood but without Special Reference to Successive Generations
relative, kinsman a person who belongs to the same extended family or clan
MRK 6:4 · LUK 1:58 · LUK 2:44 · LUK 14:12 · LUK 21:16 · JHN 18:26 · ACT 10:24
11.57 · Groups and Classes of Persons and Members of Such Groups and Classes · Socio-Political
fellow countryman a person who is a member of the same πατριά[b] or φυλή[b] ‘nation’ (11.56) The term ἄνδρες is often added to ἀδελφοί[d], constituting a lexical unit having essentially the same meaning as ἀδελφοί[d], but with the connotation of greater formality: ἄνδρες ἀδελφοίἐξὸν εἰπεῖν μετὰ παρρησίας πρὸς ὑμᾶς ‘fellow countrymen, I can speak to you quite plainly’ ACT 2:29.
συμφυλέτης[d] may often be translated by a phrase, for example, ‘a person of the same country’ or ‘a man who belongs to the same nation’ or ‘one who is part of the same tribe.’
noun, f. | -ίδος | γίνομαι
10.7 · Kinship Terms · Groups and Members of Groups of Persons Regarded as Related by Blood but without Special Reference to Successive Generations
relative, kinswoman a female member of an extended family or clan
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
συγγενής, -és, [ace. sing. συγγενῆ, and in Rom. xvi. 11 Treg. συγγενῆν ; see ἄρσην], dat. plur. συγγενέσιν and (in Mk. vi. 4 T Tr [WH, also in Lk. ii. 44 WII] ace. to a barbarous declens., ef. [1 Mace. x. 89] B. 25 (22)) συγγενεῦσιν, (σύν and γένος), [fr. Pind., Aeschyl. down; Sept.], of the same kin, akin to, related by blood, (Plin. congener): Mk. vi. 4; Lk. ii. 44; xxi. 16; τινός, Lk. [i. 58]; xiv. 12; Jn. xviii. 26; Acts x. 24; Ro. xvi. 7, 11, 21, [see below]; ἡ συγγ- Lk. i. 36 αὶ G Tr (Lev. xviii. 14) ; in a wider sense, of the same race, a fellow-countryman: Ro. ix. 3 [(so some take the word in xvi. 7, 11, 21, above; ef. Bp, Lghtft. on Philippians p. 175) ].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
συγγενίς syngenis 1x
a kinswoman, female relative, Lk. 1:36*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
**† συγγενεύς, v.s. συγγενής.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
συγγενής, “‘relative,’ with reference to blood-relationship: cf. P Grenf Il. 78! (a.p. 307) cvyye[vets ἀ]δελφοί, and P Fay 1. 1154 (A.D. 101) ἀγόρασον ἡμῖν Siar συγενῆ χυρίδια (2. συγγενῆ χοιρίδια), “" buy us two pigs of a litter” (Edd.). See also Aristeas 7 οὐ μόνον κατὰ τὸ συγγενὲς ἀδελφῷ καθεστῶτι, ‘not only does thy character shew thee to be my brother by birth ’’ (Thackeray). The word is common along with κύριος in the sense of “‘suardian kinsman”: eg. BGU III. 97538 (a.p. 45) (= Selections, p. 42) peta γυρίου τοῦ ἑ(α)υτῆς συνγηνὸς Σαταβοῦς, ‘“‘along with her guardian kinsman Satabous,” P Tebt 11. 381° (a.D. 123) (= Selections, Ὁ. 77) Θαῆσις + + + μετὰ κυρίου Tod ἑαυτῆς συνγενοῦς Κρονίωνος, 20. 3111} (A.D. 134), and P Lond 9038 (early ii/a.D.) (=III. p. 116). For the extension of the word to denote all of the same nationality (as in Rom 935) or of the same ¢77zée (as in Rom 167 11,21), see W. M. Ramsay ΟΖέζες p. 1771. For the first of these uses we may cite the difficult phrase ovyyevets κάτοικοι, as in P Tebt I. 61(4)*9 (B.c. 118-7) τῶν στρατευομένων ἐν τοῖς συγ[γ]ενέσι τῶν κατοίκων ἱππέων, 7). 62°8 (B.c, 119-8) συγγενῶν κατοίκων ἱππέων : see GH ad τό. 329, where the suggestion is thrown out that the class referred to is perhaps to be connected with an arrangement by ‘‘nationalities.”” Schubart (drchivii. p. 153) thinks that the reference is rather to a special class of κάτοικοι, perhaps ‘‘a more distinguished regiment ” (‘‘ein vornehmeres Regiment ”’). In any case this may lead us to the use of συγγενής as the highest honorific title introduced by the Ptolemies (cf. the OT apocryphal books and the use of ‘‘ cousin”’ by the King of England): see e.g. P Amh II. 361 (c. B.c. 135) βοήθω[ι] συνγενεῖ Kall ἐπιστρ]ατήγωι kal στρ[αἸτηγῶι τῆς Θηβ[αίδΊ]ος, and from the inscrr. OG/S 104° (c. B.C. 190) Χρύσερμον . τὸν συγγενῆ βασιλέως ΤΙτολεμαίου καὶ ἐξηγητήν, 16. Ὁ συκάμινος 137° (B.C. 146-116) Λόχον τὸν συγγενέα [καὶ] στρατηγόν, and Perg 2485) (B.C. 135-4) ᾿Αθήναιος 6 Σωσάνδρον vids, τοῦ γενομένου ἱερέως τοῦ Καθηγεμόνος [Atlovicov Kal συντρόφου τοῦ πατρός μου, ὅτι μὲν ἡμῶν ἐστὶ συ[γ]γενής.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
συγγενής (sungenēs) — kindred. συγγεν-ής, ές, congenital, inborn, ἦθος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. εἶδος,= φύσις, character, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παύροις.. ἐστι συγγενὲς τόδε natural to them, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πότμος σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; προϊδεῖν σ. οἷς ἕπεται who have the natural gift to foresee, [Refs]; συγγενεῖς μῆνες my connate months, the months of my natural life, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. τρίχες the hair born with one, i.e. the hair of the head as opposed to to the beard, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σημεῖα σ. birth-marks, [Refs]; δυνάμεις αἱ σ., opposed to αἱ ἔθει and αἱ μαθήσει, [Refs]; αὔξει τὸ σ. increases its natural force, [Refs] adverb, -νῶς δύστηνος miserable from his birth, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; see at {σύμφυτος}.
II. of the same kin, descent, or family, akin to, τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, akin, cognate, θεός [Refs 5th c.BC+]; συγγενέστατον φύσει πάντων most nearly akin, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of animals, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. b substantive, kinsman, relative, οὖσα σ. ἐκείνου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς ἐμῆς γυναικὸς ξυγγενεῖ (dual) [Refs 5th c.BC+]. kinsfolk, kinsmen, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; not properly applied to children (ἔκγονοι) in relation to their parents, and so opposed to ἔκγονοι in [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. c τὸ σ.,= συγγένεια, kindred, relationship, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, the spirit of one's race, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰ τούτῳ προσήκει Λαΐῳ τι σ. if he had any connexion with him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of tribes, κατὰ τὸ ξ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. metaphorically, akin, cognate, of like kind, τοὺς τρόπους οὐ συγγενής [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ξυγγενὴς ὁ κύσθος αὐτῆς θητέρᾳ (for τῷ τῆς ἑτέρας) [Refs 5th c.BC+] fitting, proper punishments, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; συγγενῆ things of the same kind, homogeneous, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν γαίῃ μὲν σῶμα τὸ σ. its congener, [Refs] (Corcyra). adverb, συγγενῶς ἔρχεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ σ. εἰρημένα to similar effect, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
III. συγγενής represented a title bestowed at the Persian court by the king as a mark of honour, 'cousin', [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also at the Ptolemaic and Seleucid courts, [LXX+2nd c.BC+]; οἱ σ. τῶν κατοίκων ἱππέων probably a category of nobles among the κάτοικοι, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; συγγενεῖς κάτοικοι [Refs 2nd c.BC+] συγγεν-εύς, έως, ὁ, = συγγενής, only in dative plural, [LXX+NT].