Bible Encyclopedias
Cousin
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
is given (Luke 1:36; Luke 1:58) by the Auth. Vers. in its vague acceptation as the rendering of συγγενής, a blood-relative, or "kinsman," as elsewhere translated. So also in the Apocrypha (1 Esdras 3:7; 1 Esdras 4:42; Tobit 6:10; 2 Maccabees 11:1; 2 Maccabees 11:35).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Cousin'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/c/cousin.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.