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Clemens, Flavius, First Cousin of Domitian

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Jean Cousin
Germaine Cousin, Saint
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Charles Guillaume Marie Apollinaire Antoine Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao
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Cognatus (or Cousin), Johannes
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Cousin (Lat. Cognatus), Gilbert
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Jean Cousin
St. Germaine Cousin

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At times the KJV uses cousin when a distant relative is referred to (Luke 1:36; see also Mark 6:4; Luke 1:58; Luke 2:44; Luke 14:12 ). The same Greek word in all these passages means relatives, kin, or countryman.

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Cousin'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/c/cousin.html. 1991.

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