kindred

Everyday

1. Kindred are your family and relatives. tree →
2. Kindred means of the same kind or related in nature. tree →

In the lessons

in tales, one's family or clan; in old use, a group of relatives who gather to help

Examples

• It is good to be with one's own kindred again. tree →
• He summoned all his kindred. tree →
• Tritons and their kindred live in the sea. tree →

Note

nothing for maths.

In Jewish tradition

Your family and relatives, the people you are born into. In the writings it also means a whole clan or nation, as in "the kindreds of the peoples."

Interpretation. The rabbis saw Abraham's sending to his kindred as showing that the family's values and way of life should continue, and later it was read as a pattern for marrying within the Jewish people. The psalms are read as hoping that all the families of the earth will one day turn to God.

Examples

• But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son. (Torah GEN.24.38, JPS 1917) tree →
• But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son, even for Isaac.' (Torah GEN.24.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• And he said unto him: 'I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.' (Torah NUM.10.30, JPS 1917) tree →
• Ascribe unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the peoples, ascribe unto the LORD glory and strength. (Writings 1CH.16.28, JPS 1917) tree →
• Esther had not made known her people nor her kindred; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not tell it. (Writings EST.2.10, JPS 1917) tree →
• All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn unto the LORD; and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before Thee. (Writings PSA.22.28, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths.