2001 Translation

AGCHISTEUS, agchisteus

Sounds Like: ang-khis-TEFS

Translations: kinsman, a kinsman, redeemer, a redeemer, next of kin

From the root: ἈΓΧΙΣΤΕΥΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a kinsman, particularly one who has the right or duty to redeem property, avenge a death, or marry a childless widow, according to ancient Jewish law. It signifies a close relative, often with specific legal or social responsibilities within the family or clan.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G0059 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Ruth — 3:9, 3:12, 4:6, 4:8

From the same root

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

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.

• ἈΓΧΙΣΤΕΑ — kinsman, a kinsman, close relative, a close relative, avenger, an avenger, redeemer, a redeemer
• ἈΓΧΙΣΤΕΙ — to the kinsman, to the next of kin, to the redeemer

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