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<TD vAlign=top>Luke 14:12 Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor [thy] rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
In the Greek, "suggenos" means kinsman or cousin and sometimes fellow-countryman with adelphos meaning brother.
In the Hebrew, "mowda/moda" or "ga'al" means kinsman or cousin, with "ach" meaning brother.
<P style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">Mar 6:3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
<P style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">There is no support for any application of the word "sister" having a colloquial equivalent to "kinsman," as is the claim for "brother."
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<TD vAlign=top>Luke 14:12 Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor [thy] rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
In the Greek, "suggenos" means kinsman or cousin and sometimes fellow-countryman with adelphos meaning brother.
In the Hebrew, "mowda/moda" or "ga'al" means kinsman or cousin, with "ach" meaning brother.
<P style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">Mar 6:3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
<P style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">There is no support for any application of the word "sister" having a colloquial equivalent to "kinsman," as is the claim for "brother."
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