Word

מוֹדַעַת

môwdaʻath · H4130 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. relative

    A person connected by blood or by marriage

    Examples

    Ruth 3:2 “Now then, is Boaz not our relative, with whose young women you were? Behold, he is winnowing barley at the threshing floor tonight.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 2 words
מִשְׁפָּחָה mishpâchâh · H4940 · genus, kind (of animals), clan
Hebrew noun denoting family or clan; shares the semantic field of kinship relations but typically refers to the broader tribal/clan unit rather than individual kindred
קָרוֹב qârôwb · H7138 · near, close
Hebrew adjective/noun used substantively for a near kinsman or relative; overlaps in denoting family relation though emphasizes proximity of relationship
Contrasting words 2 words
זוּר zûwr · H2114 · stranger, outsider, strange
Hebrew adjective/noun denoting stranger or foreigner, one outside the kinship group; lexical opposite of kindred/kin as it designates non-relatives or outsiders
נׇכְרִי nokrîy · H5237 · foreign, strange, wild
Hebrew adjective/noun for foreigner or alien, one not of one's own people or family; opposite of kindred in denoting those outside one's kinship circle
In the other Testament 2 words
συγγένεια syngéneia · G4772 · relatives, kinfolks
Greek noun denoting kindred, family, or relatives; direct translation equivalent for the Hebrew term denoting one's extended family or kin group
συγγενής syngenḗs · G4773 · relative, kinsman, fellow countryman
Greek feminine noun for a female relative or kinswoman; closely parallels the sense of מוֹדַעַת as kindred/kin
Semantic domains 1 entry
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מוֹדַעַת denotes kindred or family relation, as reflected in its gloss 'kindred' used in Ruth 3:2's Boaz described as "our relative," placing it among terms for family connection.
Word family 10 words
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4130. modaath [מֹדַ֫עַת] noun feminine kindred, kinship — singular suffix מֹדַעְתָּנוּ…
H4130. modaath
[מֹדַ֫עַת] noun feminine kindred, kinship — singular suffix מֹדַעְתָּנוּ Rth 3:2 is not Boaz (of) our kindred ?

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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