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Name of God’s Son

ΚΗΔΕΣΤΗΝ, κηδεστην

KĒDESTĒN, kēdestēn

Sounds Like: kay-des-TEN

Translations: son-in-law, a son-in-law, relative by marriage, a relative by marriage

From the root: ΚΗΔΕΣΤΗΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a male relative by marriage, most commonly a son-in-law. It can also refer more broadly to any male relative connected through marriage, such as a brother-in-law or father-in-law, depending on the context. It is used to describe a person who has become part of one's family through the marriage of a child or sibling.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G2789 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Josephus' The Jewish War

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΗΔΕΣΤΗΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

  • ΚΗΔΕΣΤΗΣ — father-in-law, a father-in-law, son-in-law, a son-in-law, relative by marriage, a relative by marriage

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