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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