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Affinity

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GREEK · G5037

τε

te — and/both

τέ, enclitic copulative particle (= Lat. -que as καί = and, ac, atque, not very frequently in NT, more than two-thirds of the occurrences being in Ac. 1. τέ solitarium, and, denoting a closer affinity than καί between words and sentences which it connects (BL, §77, 8): Mat.28:12, Jhn.4:42, Act.2:33, 37 40 10:22 11:21, al. 2. Denoting a closer connection than simple καί, τὲ . . . καί, τὲ καί, τὲ . . . τέ (Act.26:16 Rom.14:8), as well . . . as also, both . . . and: Luk.12:45, Act.1:1 15:9, 21:30, al.; τὲ . . . δέ, and . . . and, Act.19:2; τὲ γάρ . . . ὁμοίως δὲ καί, Rom.1:26, 27. (AS)

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GREEK · G1918

ἐπιγαμβρεύω

epigambreuō — to marry

ἐπι-γαμβρεύω (γαμβρός, a connection by marriage) [in LXX: Gen.34:9, 1Ki.18:21 ff., 2Ch.18:1, Est.9:14 (חָתַן hithp.), Gen.38:8 R (יָבַם pi.), 1Ma.10:54-56 * ;] 1. to enter into affinity with: with dative (LXX, H. with, exc. Gen.38:8). 2. to marry (as deceased husband's next of kin, cf. Gen.38:8): with accusative, Mat.22:24.† (AS)

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Historical dictionary entry

Relationship by alliance (2 Chr. 18:1) or by marriage (1 Kings 3:1). Marriages are prohibited within certain degrees of affinity, enumerated Lev. 18:6-17. Consanguinity is relationship by blood.

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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