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KJV Dictionary Definition: kin

kin

KIN, n. L. genus; Gr. connected with L. gigno, geno.

1. Relation, properly by consanguinity or blood,but perhaps sometimes used for relation by affinity or marriage.

This man is of kin to me.

2. Relatives; kindred; persons of the same race.

--The father, mother and the kin beside.

3. A relation; a relative.

4. The same generical class; a thing related.

And the ear-deafening voice of th' oracle,

Kin to Jove's thunder.

5. As a termination, kin is used as a diminutive, denoting small, from the sense of child; as in manikin, a little man.

KIN, a. Of the same nature; kindred; congenial.