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# kin

noun (kin — plural only); adjective (kin — formal, «related»)

«kin» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Kin means your family and relatives. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kin/#m1)
2. Next of kin is your closest relative, often named on forms for emergencies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kin/#m2)
3. (old-fashioned) Kin can mean people or animals of the same kind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kin/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories and history, kings and clans protected their kin; on forms, «next of kin»; in science, related animals; phrases: kith and kin (friends and family), next of kin.

### Examples

- The hospital called his next of kin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kin/#x1)
- They gathered all their kin for the wedding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kin/#x2)
- Kith and kin means friends and relatives. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kin/#x3)
- Wolves protect their kin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kin/#x4)
- She is my kin; we share a great-grandmother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kin/#x5)

### Note

Takes a plural verb: «My kin are coming». Not «a kin». Related: kinship, kinsfolk. Old-fashioned and formal words in many uses.

## In Jewish tradition

Close relatives by blood, especially those whose marriage with you is forbidden.

**Interpretation.** The laws of forbidden relations in Leviticus list which near kin one may not marry, and these rules still guide Jewish marriage law.

### Examples

- None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness. (Torah LEV.18.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kin/#x1)
- except for his kin, that is near unto him, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother; (Torah LEV.21.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kin/#x2)
- And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister; for he hath made naked his near kin; they shall bear their iniquity. (Torah LEV.20.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kin/#x3)

### Note

Takes a plural verb: «My kin are coming». Not «a kin». Related: kinship, kinsfolk. Old-fashioned and formal words in many uses.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «kin» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kin/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«kin» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/kin.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «kin» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kin/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«kin» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/kin.html) on Mova free.