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kin´dred: Several words are rendered “kindred†in the King James Version. ××—, 'aÌ„hÌ£, “brother,†was used loosely among Hebrews for a member of the same tribe or family, a relative; and is once translated “kindred†( the King James Version). Once also somewhat loosely as the translation of מודעת, moÌ„dha‛ath, literally, “acquaintance†(; compare same root in , rendered “kinsmanâ€); once, for the, figurative expression, “men of thy redemption†(מש×פּלּה, ge'ullaÌ„h, referring to the law of the redemption of land by kinsmen, ). The two most common words for kindred are: (1) מולדת, moÌ„ledheth, “related by birth†(; , ; , ; ; ; ; , ; ); (2) מש×פּחה, mishpaÌ„hÌ£aÌ„h, “family†(, , ; ; ; ; ; ; ).
In the New Testament (several times), γεÌνος, geÌnos, “kindred by birth,†so, of same family, tribe or race (; , the Revised Version (British and American) “raceâ€); so also συγγεÌνεια, suggeÌneia (; , ). In the King James Version φυληÌ, phuleÌ„Ì, “tribe,†rendered “kindred†(; ; ; ; ; ), but better “tribe†as in the Revised Version (British and American). πατÏιαÌ, patriaÌ, rendered “kindred†in , is better “families,†as in the Revised Version (British and American).