adjective
sungenos
Strong’sG4773
akin, a relative
stem sungen-11 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books6 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
σνγγενής, -ές (dat. pl., -εῦσιν, Mk 6:4, Lk 2:44, as though from -εύς, v. Swete, Mk., l.c.; Bl., § 8, 6; cf. I Mac 10:89 Aא2 *;)
(< σύν, γένος), [in LXX for דּוֹד, דּוֹדָה, מִשְׁפָּחָה;]
SYN.: ἴδιος, οἰκεῖος (q.v.)
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4773 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
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.
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | sungenos1×συγγενὴς | sungenas | sungenem | sungenois2×συγγενεῖς | sungenais | sungeneim |
| object accusative | sungenon1×συγγενῆ | sungenan | sungenoin3×συγγενεῖς | sungenain | ||
| direct address vocative | sungenor | sungenar | sungenoir | sungenair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | sungenou | sungenau | sungeneu | sungenoiu2×συγγενῶν | sungenaiu | sungeneiu |
| to, for dative | sungeno | sungena | sungene | sungenoi2×συγγενεῦσιν | sungenai | sungenei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
sungen is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
11 occurrences, every one of them listed
sungenos“relative”subjectnominative singular1×
John 18:26… henos ek toiu douloiu tou archierevou, sungenos arōntos hou apokoptata Petros tem ōtiem; …… of the high priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter …
sungenon“relative”objectaccusative singular1×
Romans 16:11“relative”aspazevar Hērōdiōnon ton sungenon mu. aspazevar toin ek toiu Narkissou …Greet Herodion, my fellow countryman. Greet those from the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.
sungenois“relatives”subjectnominative plural2×
Luke 1:58kai akouala tois perioikois kai tois sungenois autau hoti megalunata kurios tem elesem …Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown …
Romans 16:21“relatives”… Loukios kai Iasōnos kai Sōsipatros tois sungenois mu.… as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my fellow countrymen.
sungenoin“relatives”objectaccusative plural3×
Luke 14:12… mēde toin adelfoin su mēde toin sungenoin su mēde geitonoin plousioin, mēpote kai …… invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may …
Acts 10:24… Kornēlios ate prosdokarōntos autoin sunkalerantos toin sungenoin autou kai toin anankaioin filoin.… them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
Romans 16:7“relatives”aspazevar Andronikon kai Iounian toin sungenoin mu kai sunaichmalōtoin mu, hotinois alō …Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow countrymen and fellow prisoners. They are outstanding among …
sungenoiu“kinsmen”of, belonging togenitive plural2×
Luke 21:16… kai hupo gonevoiu kai adelfoiu kai sungenoiu kai filoiu, kai thanatali ek vu,… even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you …
Romans 9:3“kinsmen”… Christou huper toiu adelfoiu mu toiu sungenoiu mu kata sarkan,… off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,
sungenoi“relatives”to, fordative plural2×
Mark 6:4… ta patrida autou kai en toi sungenoi autou kai en ta oikia autou.… Only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household is …
Luke 2:44… hodan kai anazētale auton en toi sungenoi kai toi gnōstoi,… to look for Him among their relatives and friends.