Meaning
Kindred kin'-dred: Several words are rendered "kindred" in the King James Version. 'ach, "brother," was used loosely among Hebrews for a member of the same tribe or family, a relative; and is once translated "kindred" (1Ch 12:29 the King James Version). Once also somewhat loosely as the translation of modha`ath, literally, "acquaintance" (Ru 3:2; compare same root in 2:1, rendered "kinsman"); once, for the, figurative expression, "men of thy redemption" (ge'ullah, referring to the law of the redemption of land by kinsmen, Le 25:25). The two most common words for kindred are: (1) moledheth, "related by birth" (Gen 12:1, Gen 24:4, Gen 24:7, Gen 31:3, Gen 31:13, Gen 32:9, Gen 43:7, Num 10:30, Est 2:10, Est 2:20, Est 8:6); (2) mishpachah, "family" (Gen 24:38, Gen 24:40, Gen 24:41, Jos 6:23, Rth 2:3, 1Ch 16:28, Job 32:2, Psa 22:27, Psa 96:7).
In the New Testament (several times), genos, "kindred by birth," so, of same family, tribe or race (Act 4:6, Act 7:13, Act 7:19 the Revised Version (British and American) "race"); so also suggeneia (Luk 1:61, Act 7:3, Act 7:14). In the King James Version phule, "tribe," rendered "kindred" (Rev 1:7, Rev 5:9, Rev 7:9, Rev 11:9, Rev 13:7, Rev 14:6), but better "tribe" as in the Revised Version (British and American). patria, rendered "kindred" in Ac 3:25, is better "families," as in the Revised Version (British and American).
Edward Bagby Pollard
