The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Sister's Son

The King James Version translates rightly

(1) ben-'achotho (Ge 29:13); and

(2) huios tes adelphes (Ac 23:16), and wrongly,

(3) anepsios (Col 4:10), where, without doubt, the real meaning is "cousin," as in the Revised Version (British and American).

See RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr (1915). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.