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1.
$
(
)
, 4773v), a late feminine form of A (some mss. have
$
),
denotes “a kinswoman,” Luke 1:36,
RV
, “kinswoman” (
KJV
, “cousin”). Cf.
$
(see
KINDRED
).¶
2.
$ $
(
)
, 4773**), an alternative form of A, is used in Mark 6:4,
“kin,” and Luke 2:44, “kinsfolk.”¶
KIND (Noun)
1.
(
!
, 1085), akin to
, “to become,” denotes (a) “a family,” Acts
4:6, “kindred;” 7:13,
RV
, “race” (
KJV
, “kindred”); 13:26, “stock”; (b) “an offspring,” Acts
17:28; Rev. 22:16; (c) “a nation, a race,” Mark 7:26,
RV
, “race” (
KJV
, “nation”); Acts
4:36,
RV
“(a man of Cyprus) by race,”
KJV
, “of the country (of Cyprus);”
does not
mean “a country;” the word here signifies “parentage” (Jews had settled in Cyprus from,
or even before, the reign of Alexander the Great); 7:19,
RV
, “race” (
KJV
, “kindred”); 18:2,
24,
RV
, “by race” (
KJV
, “born”); 2 Cor. 11:26, “countrymen”; Gal. 1:14,
RV
,
“countrymen” (
KJV
, “nation”); Phil. 3:5, “stock”; 1 Pet. 2:9,
RV
, “race” (
KJV
,
“generation”); (d) “a kind, sort, class,” Matt. 13:47, “kind”; in some mss. in 17:21,
KJV
,
“kind;” Mark 9:29, “kind”; 1 Cor. 12:10, 28, “kinds” (
KJV
, “diversities”); 14:10 (ditto).¶
See
BEGET
, B.
2.
$
(
"
, 5449) among its various meanings denotes “the nature, the natural
constitution or power of a person or thing,” and is translated “kind” in Jas. 3:7 (twice),
“kind” (of beasts etc.), and “(man)kind,” lit., “human kind.” See
NATURE
,
NATURAL
.
Notes:
(1) The indefinite pronoun
, “some, a certain, one,” is used adjectively with
the noun
, “firstfruits,” in Jas. 1:18, “a kind of.” (2) In 1 Cor. 15:37,
RV
, “some
other kind” (
KJV
, “some other grain”) translates a phrase which, lit. rendered, is “some
(one) of the rest (
).” (3) In 2 Cor. 6:13, “(for a recompense) in like kind,”
RV
, (
KJV
,
“in the same”), is, lit., “(as to) the same (recompense).”
KIND (Adjective), KIND (be), KINDLY, KINDNESS
A. Adjectives.
1.
(
$
, 5543), “serviceable, good, pleasant” (of things), “good,
gracious, kind” (of persons), is translated “kind” in Luke 6:35, of God; in Eph. 4:32,
enjoined upon believers. See
BETTER
,
EASY
,
GOOD
,
GOODNESS
,
GRACIOUS
.
2.
(
, 18), “good,” is translated “kind” in Titus 2:5,
RV
. See
GOOD
.
B. Verb.
$
(
$
, 5541), akin to A, No. 1, “to be kind,” is said of love, 1
Cor. 13:4.¶
v Variant spellings of forms of other words not listed in
Strong’s
are indicated with a “v”
following the number (for instance,
, a variant of
, is 1790v).
** Differing gender, number, or verb forms (for instance, infinitive or participle) of other
words not listed in
Strong’s
are indicated with a double asterisk (for instance,
, from
, is 3798**).