Romans 16:21:14Rom.16.21.W14TAB
συγγενεῖς
syggeneis
“kinsmen”
- Transliteration
- syg-ge-NEIS
- Extended
- syg-geh-NEIS
- IPA
- /syŋ.geˈneːs/
Meaning by language
- English
- kinsmen
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Gamma | gh — guttural | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
syg-ge-NEIS
- sentence
a-spa-ZE-tai hy-MAS ti-MO-the-os ho sy-ner-GOS mou KAI LOU-ki-os KAI i-A-son KAI sô-SI-pa-tros hoi syg-ge-NEIS mou
Exegesis
These names are then collectively described by the appositional hoi syngeneis mou {οἱ συγγενεῖς μου | hoi syng-en-eîs moû} ‘my kinsmen,’ clarifying their familial relationship to the writer. The Greek joins a compound subject to one predicate, a common pattern in salutations, and in translation this is rendered via parallel clauses that preserve the greeting’s inclusivity and relational nuance.
Root and etymology
genosgamma–epsilon–nu–omicron–sigma
“race, kind, family”
In context — Romans 16:21
Timothy, my fellow worker , greets you, and Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen , greet you.
About this coordinate
Romans 16:21:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Romans 16:21, so the Greek word συγγενεῖς (syggeneis) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Rom.16.21.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.16.21.W14.S1) and character.