Bible Encyclopedias
Nephew
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
is used in the old English sense of grandson as a rendering נֶכֶד (neked, Job 18:19; Isaiah 14:22; progeny, especially a "son's son," as rendered in Genesis 21:23), and E'cyoioi, a descendant (1 Timothy 5:4). (See KINDRED).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Nephew'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/n/nephew.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.