COUNTRYMAN

kun'-tri-man (sumphuletes): "Of the same tribe" (1 Thessalonians 2:14); also in idiomatic rendering (genos) for those of one's own race or kin (2 Corinthians 11:26; Galatians 1:14 the King James Version, "one's own nation"). Compare Mark 6:4; Romans 9:3; and see COUSIN ; KINSMAN; KINSWOMAN , etc.

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.