SISTER'S SON

The King James Version translates rightly (1) ben-'achotho (Genesis 29:13); and (2) huios tes adelphes (Acts 23:16), and wrongly, (3) anepsios (Colossians 4:10), where, without doubt, the real meaning is "cousin," as in the Revised Version (British and American).

See RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY , FAMILY .

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