'Relatives' in the Bible

The leaders of the Levites—Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their relatives opposite them—gave praise and thanks, division by division, as David the man of God had prescribed.

as well as his relatives—Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David, the man of God. Ezra the scribe went in front of them.

Esther had not made known her people nor her relatives, because Mordecai had instructed her that she should not make it known.

Esther had not yet made known her relatives nor her people, as Mordecai had commanded her; for Esther obeyed Mordecai, like she did when she was brought up by him.

For how could I bear to see the disaster that would come on my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my relatives?”

Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus, famous among the Jews, and highly popular with many of his relatives. He continued to seek good for his people and to speak for the welfare of all his descendants.

"He has put my relatives far from me; my acquaintances only turn away from me.

My relatives stop coming by,and my close friends have forgotten me.

"After all, you've taken collateral from your relatives for no reason; you stripped the naked of their clothing.

All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Yahweh. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.

My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction,and my relatives stand at a distance.

For the sake of my relatives and friends I will now say, "May there be peace within you."

A servant who acts wisely will rule over an heir who behaves shamefully, and will share the inheritance along with the relatives.

All the relatives of a poor person shun him how much more do his friends avoid him! Though he runs after them pleading, they aren't around.

"Come, go to this steward, to Shebna who is in charge of the household, and ask him: "What are you doing here, and who are your relatives here that you could carve out a grave for yourself here cutting out a tomb at the choicest location, chiseling out a resting place for yourself out of solid rock?

[Is it] not to break your bread for the hungry? You must bring {home} [the] poor, [the] homeless. When you see [the] naked, you must cover him, and you must not hide yourself from your {relatives}.

And I will drive you out of my sight just like I drove out your relatives, the people of Israel.'"

"Beware of your neighbors, and don't trust any of your relatives. For all of your relatives act deceitfully, and every friend goes around as a slanderer.

For even your relatives, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you, even they call {loudly} after you. You must not trust in them, though they speak kindly to you.

Therefore thus says the Lord in regard to Jehoiakim the [second] son of Josiah, king of Judah,“The relatives will not lament (mourn over with expressions of grief) for him:‘Alas, my brother!’ or, ‘Alas, sister,’ [how great our loss]!The subjects will not lament for him:‘Alas, master!’ or ‘Alas, majesty [how great was his glory]!’

"People will no longer need to teach their neighbors and relatives to know me. For all of them, from the least important to the most important, will know me," says the Lord. "For I will forgive their sin and will no longer call to mind the wrong they have done."

But I will strip Esau bare;I will uncover his secret places.He will try to hide himself, but he will be unable.His descendants will be destroyedalong with his relatives and neighbors.He will exist no longer.

The person who lives in Zion says, "May Babylon pay for the violence done to me and to my relatives." Jerusalem says, "May those living in Babylonia pay for the bloodshed of my people."

“Son of man, your own relatives, those who have the right to redeem you, and the entire house of Israel, all of them, are those that the residents of Jerusalem have said this to, ‘Stay away from the Lord; this land has been given to us as a possession.’

Even though he is fruitful compared to his relatives, an east wind will come, the LORD's wind storm from the wilderness, and his spring will evaporate. His fountain will dry up, and the LORD's wind storm will plunder all the expensive vessels of the treasury.

This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Tyre and now for a fourth I will not turn away; because they delivered the entire population to Edom, and did not remember their covenant with their relatives.

When their close relatives, the ones who will burn the corpses, pick up their bodies to remove the bones from the house, they will say to anyone who is in the inner rooms of the house, "Is anyone else with you?" He will respond, "Be quiet! Don't invoke the Lord's name!"

"Because you violently slaughtered your relatives, the people of Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be destroyed forever.

You should not have gloated when your relatives suffered calamity. You should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah when they were destroyed. You should not have boasted when they suffered adversity.

And if you greet only your relatives, that's no great thing you're doing, is it? Even the unbelievers do the same, don't they?

And his relatives having heard of it went out to lay hold on him, for they said, He is out of his mind.

Jesus did not let him [come], but [instead] He said to him, “Go home to your family and tell them all the great things that the Lord has done for you, and how He has had mercy on you.”

Then Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his household.”

Then her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her His great mercy, and they rejoiced with her.

Then they said to her, “None of your relatives has that name.”

Assuming He was in the traveling party, they went a day’s journey. Then they began looking for Him among their relatives and friends.

As the sun was setting, all those who had any relatives sick with various diseases brought them to Jesus. He placed his hands on every one of them and healed them.

He also said to the one who had invited Him, “When you give a lunch or a dinner, don’t invite your friends, your brothers, your relatives, or your rich neighbors, because they might invite you back, and you would be repaid.

You will even be betrayed by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will kill some of you.

Annas the high priest was there, with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and as many as were relatives of the high priest.

and said to him:Get out of your countryand away from your relatives,and come to the landthat I will show you.

Joseph then invited his father Jacob and all his relatives, 75 people in all,

The following day he entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers' sake, my relatives according to the flesh,

Greet Andronicus and Junia, my relatives and my fellow prisoners, who are notable among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.

Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you, as do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my relatives.

But if anyone does not provide for his own, that is his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

If any woman is a believer and has relatives who are widows, she should help them. The church should not be burdened, so it can help those widows who have no other family members to care for them.